Lakehead University · Thunder Bay, Canada

Bachelor's in Engineering - Software

Campus Bachelor Full Time

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Delivery

Campus

Study mode

Full Time

Level

Bachelor

Introduction

Engineering - Software is a Bachelor program taught at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

Lakehead University offers an Engineering - Software Bachelor of Engineering program accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). As a software engineer, you apply engineering methodologies and good practices for managing the creation of software from conception to release. Your studies include analysis, design, coding, testing, and deploying software systems, alongside communication skills and an understanding of business, legal, and societal issues that affect technological products and processes.

Software has become a fundamental part of modern society, and the program prepares students to model entire software and hardware systems. Lakehead University states that software engineers can lead interdisciplinary project teams and ensure quality, integrity, and safety of software infrastructure that the public depends on every day. The program is also described as offering several entry points into Lakehead’s Bachelor of Engineering programs to accommodate different stages of education.

Admission Requirements

The minimum requirements for admission in Engineering - Software at Lakehead University for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

program specific academic requirment set by Lakehead University.
English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Lakehead University as pre-requiste for admission in Engineering - Software.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Lakehead University describes general admission requirements by applicant type, and it also provides program-specific prerequisite courses. General admission requirements include: Completion of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD); “A minimum of 6 Grade 12U or M courses, or equivalent, including program specific prerequisite courses;” and “A minimum 70%* overall final average**.” Lakehead University also includes transfer and other high school pathways with stated minimum averages.

International Secondary School/ College or University: “Successful graduation from an academic secondary school program or equivalent”; “Program specific prerequisite courses;” and “Equivalent of a minimum 70% overall final average (Canadian).”
Canadian University: “Attended a university and successful completion of university level course work since leaving high school/college;” “Program specific prerequisite courses;” and “A minimum overall average of C or 60%.”
Canadian College: “Completed a minimum of 1 year of full-time academic studies at an accredited community college”; “Completed the appropriate program-specific prerequisite courses;” and “Achieved a minimum overall average of 70%.”

Program-specific prerequisites are listed by applicant location and last institution attended. Lakehead University states: “In addition to the above requirements, Calculus and Vectors (i.e. MCV4U in Ontario) is strongly recommended.” It also states that students who have completed Ontario’s Grade 12 U Calculus & Vectors with “a minimum mark of 60%” will be exempted from “MATH 1071 - Vectors and Matrices.”