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SchoolMcMaster University
LocationHamilton, ON, Canada
School TypeUniversity
School SizeFull-time Undergraduate: 28,290
Full-time Graduate: 4,857
DegreeBachelor
Honours
Co-op
Length4 Year(s)
Entry Grade (%)*87%
Prerequisites
  •  Grade12 English (ENG4U) 
  •  Grade12 Calculus and Vectors 
  •  Grade12 Chemistry 
  •  Grade12 Physics 
Prerequisites Notes
Cost
National: $12,446
International: $61,725
Scholarships4 scholarship(s)
DescriptionSoftware Engineers are ultimately responsible for the usability, safety, and reliability of their products. For example, the SE must make sure that the system and its documentation are consistent, that the hardware configuration is appropriate to the task, that programs will behave as required, and that the system will meet all real-time deadlines and other performance requirements. Because they must understand what is going on outside the computer, not just the software, the McMaster programme includes much more than software design.

McMaster Software Engineering programme prepares students for a career in a rapidly changing field by emphasising fundamental design principles, material that will still be useful and valid three decades from today. Students learn to apply basic mathematics and science (including relevant Computer Science), as well as undertake disciplined testing and simulation to ensure that any system they design will perform its tasks adequately when delivered to a customer for use. Although the students will use current systems in their laboratory work, the lectures stress ideas and techniques of lasting value.
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