Bachelor of Computer Science Honours
Industrial Applications Internship Option
What is it
Students in the Internship Option are both full-time BCS students and聽paid employees of the option’s Industrial Partner. At the end of four years, you聽will earn our usual Honours聽BCS degree and in addition have four years of work experience with a leading software development company. 聽This program is a new聽model for work-integrated learning that combines an accredited university degree with double the experience of a traditional co-op.
Who is it for
This is a program for students who聽have a high degree of motivation and聽a passion for building software. The program is demanding but does not require previous programming experience.
How does it work
Starting right at the beginning of first year, you become a paid聽employee of our Industrial Partner. The partner also pays for聽杏吧原创 tuition and fees. 聽Our initial partner is Shopify, an Ottawa-based company that has created one of the world鈥檚 leading eCommerce platforms.
In the Internship Option, you聽will take time off work to take your聽courses in the usual way, attending聽lectures with other BCS students.
Many of the courses taught at 杏吧原创 will be supplemented by instruction at the partner in order to integrate academic learning with practical work at the partner. You work alongside industry mentors and gain critical skills to solve real problems with modern technology.
Industrial Partner
Our initial partner, and co-founder of this unique new program, is , a company based in downtown Ottawa.
Shopify is聽the leading cloud-based, multichannel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Merchants can use the software to design, set up, and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile, social media, marketplaces, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops. Shopify currently powers over 500,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Tesla Motors, Budweiser, Red Bull, LA Lakers, the New York Stock Exchange, GoldieBlox, and many more.
For additional information about the Shopify side of the internship option, called Dev Degree, please see the .
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Admission Requirements
In addition to meeting the requirements for admission to the BCS Honours program, you will need to go through a separate application process for employment with Shopify. The interview process at Shopify does not require previous work experience. 聽Shopify’s聽聽provides the training and mentorship necessary for the work placement.
How to Apply
Due to limitations of the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC) system, it is not possible to apply directly to the BCS internship option. 聽You need to choose from the BCS Honours programs listed in OUAC. Once聽you’ve applied into the BCS Honours program, you will receive an email with a link to apply to Shopify’s .聽 The deadline for completing this step will be聽early-mid February聽(precise dates will be in the email you get from Shopify) and we expect to notify successful applicants to the option by mid-late March.
You can accept 杏吧原创’s offer of admission to the program you chose on OUAC at any time. You can apply to at Shopify without having accepted the offer from 杏吧原创.
Frequently Asked Questions
See Shopify’s .