Honours Bachelor - Combined Credential Program with Georgian College

*Denotes courses offered by Georgian College. Course descriptions can be found on the Georgian College website.

This combined degree/diploma program is offered jointly by Lakehead University and Georgian College. Students will concurrently pursue the HBSc degree in Computer Science by Lakehead University and the Computer Programmer diploma offered by Georgian College.

The first and second years of the program are offered on the Barrie campus of Georgian College; the third and fourth years are offered on the Orillia campus of Lakehead University. Students must successfully complete the following Lakehead and *Georgian courses in order to receive both the diploma and the degree.

Students that completed all of the Computer Science courses from Georgian College cannot take Computer Science 1411, 1431, 2477, 2430, 3413 at Lakehead University.

Admission Requirements

Students wishing to enter the combined HBSc in Computer Science with Georgian Computer Programmer diploma will have met the existing admission requirements for HBSc Computer Science. That is:

Completion of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent;

  • A minimum of 6 Grade 12 U or M courses, or equivalent, including program specific prerequisite courses;
  • A minimum 70% overall final average (Applicants below the entrance average may be considered on an individual basis);
  • 1 credit each in Gr. 12 U English and Gr. 12 U Advanced Functions;
  • 1 credit from: Gr. 12 U Calculus & Vectors, Gr. 12 U Math of Data Management, Gr. 12 M Computer & Info Science;
  • 3 additional Gr. 12 U or M credits (Gr. 12 U Calculus & Vectors and Gr. 12 M Computer & Info Science recommended)
  • All other regulations that are applicable to students registered in the HBSc Computer Science remain in force.

All other regulations that are applicable to students registered in the HBSc Computer Science remain in force.

Year 1 Fall (Georgian College – Barrie Campus)

  1. *COMP 1030, 1002, 1045, 2003
  2. *ENTR 1002
  3. Mathematics 1271

Year 1 Winter (Georgian College – Barrie Campus)

  1. *COMP 1008, 1054, 1073, 1006, 1112
  2. Mathematics 2310

Year 2 Fall (Georgian College – Barrie Campus)

  1. *COMP 1011, 2084, 2139, 2006
  2. Mathematics 1171
  3. One-half FCE elective from Type C courses (except Engineering)

Year 2 Winter (Georgian College – Barrie Campus)

  1. *COMP 3025, 1035, 2068
  2. *COMP 2140
  3. Computer Science 2412
  4. One-half FCE elective

Year 2 Summer 

Georgian Co-op # 1

Year 3 Fall (Lakehead University – Orillia Campus)

  1. Computer Science 24533415 
  2. Mathematics 2255   
  3. Sociology 2755  
  4. One-half FCE elective from Type B courses

Year 3 Winter (Lakehead University – Orillia Campus)

  1. Computer Science 2476 
  2. One and one-half FCE electives from list of program electives
  3. One-half FCE elective from Type C courses (except Engineering)

Year 3 Summer (Lakehead University – Orillia Campus)

  1. One FCE elective
  2. One-half FCE elective from Type B courses

Year 4 Fall (Lakehead University – Orillia Campus)

  1. Computer Science 34734411
  2. One-half FCE elective
  3. One-half FCE elective from Type C courses (except Engineering)
  4. One-half FCE elective from list of program electives

Year 4 Winter (Lakehead University – Orillia Campus)

  1. Computer Science 44534433
  2. Computer Science 4431 or 4432 or 4434 
  3. One-half FCE elective from list of program elective
  4. One-half FCE elective from Type C courses (except Engineering)  

Notes:

  1. Year-to-year continuation in the program requires an average of at least 70% in all Computer Science courses.
  2. Students in this program are required to take at least five FCEs outside the Departments of Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences.
  3. Electives from the list of program electives must include at least three of: Computer Science 447844754471431143124476.
  4. At least one FCE elective from Type C courses (except Engineering) must be at the second year level or higher and such specified electives must not include zero level courses.
  5. The Indigenous Content Requirement is being fulfilled by the one-half FCE Sociology 2755.

Computer Science Elective List

Computer Science 4111 - Clinical Decision Support
Computer Science 4112 - Introduction to Data Science
Computer Science 4413 – Programming Language Processors
Computer Science 4433 - Algorithm Design and Analysis
Computer Science 4451 - Theory of Computing
Computer Science 4471 - Computer Graphics
Computer Science 4475 - Topics in Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science 4476 - Cryptography and Network Security
Computer Science 4478 - Game Programming
Computer Science 4479 - Directed Research in Computer Science
Computer Science 4210 - Special Topics
Computer Science 4310 - Web Health Informatics
Computer Science 4311 - Big Data
Computer Science 4312 - Cloud Computing

Four-year Non-Direct Entry program option

Bachelor of Science (Computer Science Major) 4-year (Lakehead/Georgian Partnership)  

This program option is for Honours students that are academically ineligible to continue in or complete the Honours program.

The program requirements are the same as for the HBSc Computer Science Major except that, in order to remain in the program, students must maintain a 60% average in the major, and all the fourth year Computer Science courses are counted as program electives.

Year 1 and Year 2 are the same as in HBSc in Computer Science – Combined credential program with Georgian College

Year 3 Fall (Lakehead University – Orillia Campus)

  1. Computer Science 2453
  2. Mathematics 2255
  3. Sociology 2755
  4. One-half FCE elective from list of program electives
  5. One-half FCE elective from Type B courses

Year 3 Winter (Lakehead University – Orillia Campus) 

  1. Computer Science 2476
  2. One and one-half FCE electives from list of program electives
  3. One-half FCE elective from Type C courses (except Engineering)

Year 3 Summer (Lakehead University – Orillia Campus)

  1. One FCE elective
  2. One-half FCE elective from Type B courses

Year 4 Fall (Lakehead University – Orillia Campus)

  1. Computer Science 34153473
  2. One-half FCE elective
  3. One-half FCE elective from Type C courses (except Engineering)
  4. One-half FCE elective from list of program electives

Year 4 Winter (Lakehead University – Orillia Campus)

  1. Two FCE electives from list of program electives
  2. One-half FCE elective from Type C courses (except Engineering)

Computer Science Elective List

Computer Science 4111 - Clinical Decision Support
Computer Science 4112 - Introduction to Data Science
Computer Science 4413 – Programming Language Processors
Computer Science 4433 - Algorithm Design and Analysis
Computer Science 4451 - Theory of Computing
Computer Science 4471 - Computer Graphics
Computer Science 4475 - Topics in Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science 4476 - Cryptography and Network Security
Computer Science 4478 - Game Programming
Computer Science 4479 - Directed Research in Computer Science
Computer Science 4210 - Special Topics
Computer Science 4310 - Web Health Informatics
Computer Science 4311 - Big Data
Computer Science 4312 - Cloud Computing