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CIVE 221Advanced Calculus

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Civil Engineering
Cross-listed
GEOE 221

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Calculus of functions of several variables. Differentiation; partial derivatives of implicit and explicit functions, applications including optimizations. Integration; multiple integrals in various co-ordinate systems with applications. Vector calculus; vector fields, line integrals, surface integrals, and applications. Numerical integration and differentiation.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
      • MATH118 - Calculus 2 for Engineering (0.50)
    • Students must be in level 2A or higher
    • Enrolled in H-Civil Engineering

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • ENVE225 - Environmental Modelling (0.75)
    • MATH217 - Calculus 3 for Chemical Engineering (0.50)

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 0014562132 / 150TTh 10:00–11:20
TUT 1014563132 / 150F 10:30–11:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

56% liked it23% easy82% useful

From 41 ratings and 6 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • This is a tough course if you don't take the time to learn the concepts and practice. It has a lot of very useful concepts that you will definitely use for future courses and even work terms. Be prepared to use MATLAB in this course. Don't worry, it's not that bad (symbolic math).

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  • Personally found post midterm material not too bad, a lot of it had to do with double and triple intergrals which if you can visualize you are set. Watch some youtube videos on gradients if you don't completely grasp them, they are key to the entire course

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  • Your average calculus course

    Dec 2015 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Taught by Stan. Sometimes I wonder what the point of going to the lectures are if he's just gonna write out the posted notes on the board. This course is more than memorizing methods and problems, test problems are usually unique and require conceptual understanding to be able to solve.

    Nov 2026 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Stan is just terrible during online lectures. 0 effort.

    Apr 2025 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

8 posts and comments in 7 threads mention CIVE 221, March 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Spring 2023

CIVE 221 Notes 3 points, 5 comments

u/joestarjotaro04: “I just finished my first year in civil eng and now I'm looking to prep for 2A so I do better next term. I was hoping to study the Advanced Calc course over the summer but I don't got the notes for it. Does anyone who did the course before have any notes they're willing to share?”

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Fall 2022

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Spring 2019

Hardest courses in civil 2A? 8 points, 2 comments

u/pootiscannibal: “CIVE204 Solid Mechanics 1 CIVE221 Advanced Calculus CIVE224 Probability & Statistics CIVE241 Transportation Principles & Applications CIVE265 Structures & Properties of Materials &x200B; Also what happens during the seminar is it more dumb co-op stuff (CIVE298)?”

u/danishclarinets: “… CIVE221 with Potapenko: not a great lecturer. It was a little easier than Calc 2, though still the toughest course in my opinion. Quizzes were pretty straightforward but the final killed everyone. CIVE224 with Shunde: also not a great lecturer. …”

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… CHINA 201R CHINA 202R CHINA 301R CHINA 320R CHINA 391R CIVE 100 CIVE 104 CIVE 115 CIVE 204 CIVE 221 CIVE 224 CIVE 241 CIVE 265 CIVE 298 CIVE 306 CIVE 313 CIVE 332 CIVE 343 CIVE 354 CIVE 381 CIVE 382 CIVE 399 CIVE 486 CIVE 497 CIVE 601 CIVE 611 CIVE 653 CIVE 671 CIVE 681 CIVE 704 …”

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Winter 2015

Poll - Which courses did you enjoy the most? 5 points, 28 comments

“Which courses had the most impact on you, were eye-opening or just super interesting? The idea is to get a rough pictures of what courses are making your University experience an incredible one, …”

u/lotuschan: “Transport Principles and Applications - CIVE 342 W14 - Susan Tighe I was already pretty into transport from co-op, but this was the first course I took on it. …”

u/CaptainPajamaShark: “Riding on the civil train CivE 221- advanced calculus Robert Gracie I couldn't pay attention to the content but I could pay attention to dat ass. Edit: Might be a better sound bite if I said, "I couldn't pay attention in that class but I could pay attention to dat ass."”

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