The worksheet lets you verify what courses you need to take for your degree program and, thus, verify that you have satisfied the course requirements for the program.
The worksheet has empty fields and checkmarks for 40 courses (except the double-degree BBA/CS). So every student can themselves verify that the forty courses he/she has completed (or plan to complete)
will satisfy the degree requirements. This is how you will exactly know how many and which courses remain to complete – simply by counting empty fields.
Pay special attention to the limit on 100-level courses described in (6.1) and (6.2) below.
Note: Coincidently (and adding to confusion), your Mydegree website also uses word "Worksheet", which refers to
a completely different document. You must use the Department Worksheet given below (which is not the one from your Mydegree website):
If you fill out all worksheet fields with courses as instructed, those courses will satisfy the course requirements
of the program, irrespective of what your Mydegree shows. So, to graduate, you will need to complete just those courses.
In case of discrepancy between the worksheet and Mydegree requirements, the worksheet requirements shall prevail.
If, after filling out the worksheet, you still have questions, send the worksheet to the Advisor along with
your questions.
Note: If you do not follow every step below scrupulously, the Computer Science and Physics
Academic Advisor will not be able to reply and assist you. If the worksheet for your Program and Academic Calendar Year is not available for download, you must contact at pcsadvising@wlu.ca
- You must check the actual 'Academic Calendar Year' shown for your major on Mydegree, using your Laurier credentials.
- Download the BSc Computer Science worksheet corresponding to that 'Academic Calendar Year' from the links below:
BSc Computer Science Worksheets
| Academic Calendar Year |
PDF File |
| Comp Sci BSc 2015 to 2019 |
Download |
| Comp Sci BSc 2020 to 2023 |
Download |
| Comp Sci BSc 2023 to 2024 |
Download |
| Comp Sci BSc 2024 to 2025 |
Download |
| Comp Sci BSc 2025 to 2026 |
Download |
- Download the BA Computer Science worksheet corresponding to that 'Academic Calendar Year' from the links below:
BA Computer Science Worksheets
| Academic Calendar Year |
PDF File |
| Comp Sci BSc 2024 to 2025 |
Download |
| Comp Sci BSc 2025 to 2026 |
Download |
- In the worksheet, you check-mark /write the courses you have taken as well as the courses in progress (see Mydegree ). A course should appear on the worksheet only once. For example, you may not fill out one and the same course in both: 'Electives' and 'Discipline outside Faculty of Science'. If you take senior CP courses beyond the required for the Computer Science major, the excess CP courses will count as electives. In such a case, you can put the excess CP courses in the "Electives" portion of the worksheet. However,
you may not put out one and the same course in both: 'Electives' and elsewhere on the worksheet.
- If you have a Minor or Option, the courses you have taken for the Minor or Option are counted as 'electives' for your Major.
- If you have a transfer credit or an approved course substitution, write it down next to its equivalent Laurier course.
Your transfer credit(s) and course substitution(s) will be listed as "Satisfied by transfer course number" on Mydegree , for example: Screenshot.
If there is no Laurier equivalent for a transfer credit, you get so-called 'MISC' ('miscellaneous', i.e. non-specified)
credit in the respective discipline.
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- You must count the credits for all 100-level (also known as 'junior' or Year-1) courses on your worksheet. That includes program-required courses, electives and credits transferred from other universities and colleges. If the year level for a transfer course is not explicitly given (such as, for example, 'CP-MISC'), it will count as a Year-1 credit.
- For a single-degree, single-major BSc/BA Computer Science as well as BSc Physics, there is a limit on the number of junior (100-level) courses which count towards your major. All junior courses, both: required and electives, are
included in the count. If you have junior transfer credits from other universities, they are also included in the count. The junior limit is 6.0 credits for Honours BSc/BA Computer Science; 6.0 for Honours BSc Computer Science and Physics; and 7.0 for Honours BSc Physics. For more info, read Limit on 100-level courses.
- CS and Physics Advisor will not accept inquiries such as "whether or not you can complete certain courses within the next 6 (12 or 24) months and/or graduate this/next Spring (Fall or Winter)". It's your responsibility to watch dates and availability for a given term. For questions about application to graduate and its timeline, contact
Service Laurier
- For a single-degree, single-major BSc/BA Computer Science as well as BSc Physics, the minimum GPA to graduate is 5.0 in the major and 5.0 overall. If you need help with your GPA calculation, contact Service Laurier. CS and Physics Advisor will not accept inquiries about GPA calculation.