SYDE 620Fundamentals of Continuous System Models
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Systems Design Engineering
SYDE 620 as listed in the Fall 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
Solution of systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs), nonlinear systems, qualitative analysis, phase plane, stability, and nonhomogeneous systems. Series solutions of ODEs; Legendre polynomials, and Bessel functions. Fourier expansions and integral, orthogonal functions, and Sturm-Liouville systems. Partial differential equations: parabolic, hyperbolic and elliptic equations and their solution techniques.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026
- Graduate Calendar, Fall 2026The official entry
- Requirements for Fall 2026Waterloo’s requisite checker
- Schedule of Classes, Fall 2026Instructors, rooms, live seats
- Quest Class SearchWhere you enrol
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
Calendar versions
Graduate Calendar
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Spring 2025
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026 (shown here)
- Winter 2024 and earlier in the calendar archives