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HONOURS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE -TRANSFER PROGRAM

Admission Requirements

Transfer students wishing to enter the HBSc in Computer Science pathway will have

i. Completed the 2 Year Georgian College Computer Programmer diploma with an overall 70% minimum average,  

ii. Successfully completed Georgian course COMP2006 as an elective within the Georgian program (students who do not have Georgian course COMP 2006 will have to take Lakehead courses COMP 1411 (Computer Programming I) and COMP 1431 (Computer Programming II) in addition to all other elements of the program in order to complete the degree),

iii. Completed Grade 12U Advanced Functions or its equivalent with a minimum grade of 60%, and

iv. Completed the required Lakehead courses: MATH 1271 (Discrete Mathematics) and COMP 2412 (Data Structures).

Note: This pathway program is available to students at the Thunder Bay and Orillia campuses. Admission for the Thunder Bay campus will begin for Fall 2019 entry and the Orillia campus for Fall 2020 entry.

Prior to entering the program

(a) Mathematics 1271

(b) Computer Science 2412

First year at Lakehead University

Fall/Winter

(a) Computer Science 2453, 2476

(b) Mathematics 1171, 2310 

(c) Sociology 2755 

(d) Two FCE elective from list of Computer Science electives 

(e) One FCE elective from Type C courses (except Engineering)

Spring/Summer

(a) One-half FCE open elective

(b) One-half FCE elective from Type B courses (Social Sciences)

Second year at Lakehead University

Fall/Winter

(a) Computer Science 3415, 3473, 4411, 4453, 4433

(b) Computer Science 4431 or 4432 or 4434 

(c) Mathematics 2255  

(d) One-half FCE elective from list of Computer Science electives

(e) One FCE Elective from Type C courses (except Engineering)

List of Program Electives

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

Note: The Indigenous Content Requirement is being fulfilled by the one-half FCE Sociology 2755.

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