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M.Eng. Software Engineering

Course Requirements

All students must complete 2 non-technical courses and satisfy the technical-course requirements for one of the following pathways.

Important: All students are admitted to the Course-Based MEng pathway. Students who wish to pursue a Project-Based pathway (Regular Research Project or Major Research Project) must meet the applicable requirements and follow the process for changing pathways. Click here to learn more about the Project-Based pathway.

All students must complete the 5 Core Technical Courses and 2 Non-Technical Courses. The remaining technical-course requirement is fulfilled through Technical Electives and/or a Research Project, depending on the pathway.

Please refer to the appropriate Core Technical Course and Technical Elective lists below for courses available within your specialization.

To see a list of possible non-technical courses, please visit the Thompson Centre for Leadership and Innovation website.

For other courses of interest, such as graduate courses outside of ECE, undergraduate courses, elective courses outside of your specialization, or auditing courses, please consult with the MEng Chair before submitting the appropriate course enrolment form. Department approval is required for any technical course that is not listed on this page. Please submit the appropriate form to the ECE Office via email (ecemeng@uwo.ca) with all required signatures before the enrolment deadline. Forms can be found on the main MEng webpage.

Note: Online self-enrolment for graduate courses is completed through Student Center. Follow Login into the Student Center to enroll.

 

Software Engineering Specialization

Available Pre-Approved Computer Science Courses - Tentative-subject to change*

Please note the pre-approved courses below count as a technical elective; these courses are subject to seat availability and are not guaranteed. Please click HERE to view the times associated with our pre-approved courses below.

Computer Science Courses

Semester	Course #	Course Title
Fall 2026	CS 9549	Software Design & Architecture
Fall 2026	CS 9628	Image Compression
Winter 2027	CS 9636	Network Security
Winter 2027	CS 9541	Game Design
Winter 2027	CS 9647	Unstructured Data

Note: Computer Science courses that you may take as technical electives as MEng students in Software Engineering are subject to seat availability, are not guaranteed, and are run by the Department of Computer Science. For more information about the above courses, please email the ECE graduate coordinator at ecemeng@uwo.ca

To enroll in any of our pre-approved CS courses above, you must do the following;

Step 1: Download this form; Add a Course outside the ECE Program

Step 2: Reach out to the course instructor to obtain their signature

Step 3: Email the completed form to ecemeng@uwo.ca so our office can save it to your record and enroll you in the course. Please note that you do not need the MEng Chair's signature for pre-approved CS courses. If you wanted to enroll in a course that is not pre-approved and is outside of your stream or home program, please get the signatures of both the instructor and MEng Chair to be enrolled.