Career Options

You may study computing science as an end in itself, or as a tool in another field of interest. Computing science enhances the way you study and work in any area.

You can combine computing science with many careers, for example:

  • Business
  • Game design
  • Music
  • Entertainment
  • Weather modelling
  • Disaster recovery
  • Space exploration
  • Linguistics
  • Humanities
  • Healthcare
  • Environmental studies
  • Medicine
  • Cryptography
  • Forensics
  • Education
  • Economics
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Robotics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Biology
  • Research
  • Web development
  • and much more...

To combine computing science with another discipline, you can take a:

  • B.Sc. in computing science with a Computing and X specialization which allows you to combine your studies with another discipline
  • B.Sc. in computing science and pursue graduate studies in another discipline
  • M.Sc. or Ph.D. in computing science and use another discipline in your research
  • Undergraduate degree majoring in computing science and minoring in another discipline or vice-versa
  • Complete your undergraduate degree in another discipline and then take a computing science after-degree

Your academic program has many possible variations, so you are encouraged to talk to us.

Where Do Our Graduates Go?

The computing science industry is growing. Our graduates enjoy successful careers at many organizations and academic institutions, including, but not limited to:

Explore Your Career Options

Career Planning

  • (ALIS) is an excellent resource for occupational growth projections and wages.
  • has a career planning section allowing you to explore fields of study, take career quizzes and explore occupations (including job availability, wages, prospects and requirements).

Exploring Careers in Information Technology (IT)

  • allows you to explore tech combination careers in a variety of different ways
  • provides career and developmental information related to the world of computer science

Employment Opportunities

  • Career Centre provides employment listings to 黑料不打烊 students and alumni
  • provides employment listings of 黑料不打烊 academic positions

Graduate Student Options

  • : CAUT career page for Canadian academic positions
  • : Listings for Canadian academic positions

Computing as a Career

"Although the overall average salary offer is down, some disciplines did see increases ... the average offer to computer science majors increased by 4.7 percent, bringing it to $60,426."

- National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), April 2010.

- Wall Street Journal, October 2010.