The Computer & Computer Electronics and Business Administration double degree program consists of 26 credits taken in less than five years.  You will take an average load of five courses for seven academic terms; for the remaining three academic terms you will take either five and one-half courses or six courses, an above average load. The program is intense and challenging but students with a strong aptitude in mathematics and an interest in technology will find this program rewarding. High school courses in computer science and physics are useful, but the first year computer science and physics courses will provide the student with the required background.

Computing and Computer Electronics is an interdisciplinary program combining computer science, electronics, mathematics, and physics to develop strong software skills, superb analytical and design skills, and an appreciation for the physical and electronic foundations of current and future technologies. When combined with Laurier’s strong Business Administration degree, opportunities for graduates are virtually unlimited.

Graduates of this program are comfortable in the traditional software programming and system analysis environments but they are uniquely suited for engineering environments that require knowledge of and appreciation for the hardware technology as well as the software required to drive modern embedded systems. Your employer will value your ability to feel equally at home in the business environment, the IT environment or the engineering environment. Of course, if you are an entrepreneur at heart, you could start your own technology company.

Hands-on Experience

Hands-on experience is pivotal to a student’s understanding of computing, electronics and communication fundamentals. Computing, electronics, and communications courses make extensive use of laboratory components where students apply concepts learned in the lectures.

Design Experience

All computer electronics courses have a design project. Introductory projects have included security systems, embedded systems such as fitness monitors, algorithm animation on a Palm, reaction timers for the physics lab, instrumentation for physics experiments, traffic control systems, and autonomous robots. Projects culminate in the design of a microcontroller and its implementation in a control application or embedded system.

Co-op Experience

Students enrolled in their second year of the double degree program in Computing & Computer Electronics and Business may choose to accept automatic admission to co-op. Participants in these programs begin an alternating sequence of four-month work and study terms at the end of second year. Students accumulate 12 to 16 months of practical experience through three to four work terms and graduate after four and two-thirds to five years.

Sample Schedule: Computing & Computer Electronics and Business Administration with three co-op work terms

	September - December	January - April	May - August
Year 1	Introduction to Business Organization Introduction to Programming Introduction to Microeconomics Calculus I Mechanics	Functional Areas of the Organization Data Structures I Introduction to Macroeconomics Calculus II Thermodynamics & Waves Introductory Linear Algebra	Summer Vacation
Year 2	Intro to Object Oriented Programming Digital Electronics Electronics Laboratory I Electricity and Magnetism Differential Equations I Multivariable Calculus	Organizational Behaviour I Microprocessor I Data Structures II Analog Electronics I Optics	Work Term 1
Year 3	Introduction to Financial Accounting Managerial Statistics Data Communication and Networks Electronics Laboratory II Digital System Design Fibre Optics	Work Term 2	Business Law Managerial Accounting Business Decision Models Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis for Management Software Engineering
Year 4	Work Term 3	Intro to Marketing Management Human Resources Management Financial Management I Operations Management I Microprocessor Systems & Interfacing	Building & Managing Products, Services & Brands Financial Management II Operations Management II Organizational Behavior II Intro to Management Information Systems
Year 5	Business Policy I Optical Networks one electronics elective course one computing elective course one business elective course	Business Policy II Topics in Computer Hardware two business elective courses one computing elective course