CS 432Business Systems Analysis
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Offered
- Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1979–80 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Survey of organization and management theory. Systems theory and the systems approach. Systems design. Data base concepts. Implementation and evaluation of computer based information systems. Prereq: CS 340, or CS 330 and 338 and fourth year standing. N.B.: Credit will only be granted for one of CS 432 or CS 434 or CS 482. CS 432 cannot be counted for credit toward a BMath Honours Computer Science degree.
As printed in the 1979–80 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
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56% liked it56% easy33% useful
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
44 posts and comments in 34 threads mention CS 432, September 2014 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.
Fall 2021
[deleted by user] 33 points, 14 comments
u/tendstofortytwo: “Yes, and yes.”
u/ffrosteh: “… Course Description CS 431 Data-Intensive Distributed Computing Course Description CS 432 Business Systems Analysis Course Description CS 436 Distributed Computer Systems CS 442 Principles of Programming Languages CS 444 Compiler Construction CS 445 Software Requirements …”
Fall 2020
Easiest 400-level CS courses? 5 points, 10 comments
u/maaaaath: “cs 430 and 432 were easy”
Fall 2019
Looking for bird math 3xx/4xx courses 5 points, 7 comments
“looking for some course load advice. For some context I am heading into 3a, and majoring in Statistics. Here is my sample course load: Stat 330, Stat 333, Stat 341, Math 3xx, math 3xx. …”
u/boolgogi: “STAT337, CS330, CS338, PMATH330, PMATH340 are all regarded as pretty easy usually.”
u/sharkusilly: “Don't forget CS430 and CS432! CO480 was fun despite being a shitshow.”
Spring 2019
CS 432 Fall/Winter 2019? 4 points, 1 comment
u/TheMothBallKing: “Are they not offering CS 432 in either of these semesters? I was relying on it to fulfill my course requirements...”
u/Laeriana: “This Spring 2019 term is the last time that CS 432 will be offered ever as per the asterisk noted at the bottom of this webpage. Hopefully talking to your academic advisor can help provide insight on what other courses can be taken to fulfill the requirement you need.”
Bird CS course fall 2019 for second year? 4 points, 8 comments
“Is there any easy CS courses for second year students. I know there is CS 200 and CS 230 but they don't offer them in the fall 2019 term and I can't take CS 100 cause I m in Math. Any suggestions? …”
u/sharkusilly: “CS330 / CS430 / CS338 / CS432. CS234 was very enjoyable - I took it in my very last term and I haven't written a single piece of code for 4 years lol.”
Winter 2019
Math Courses 3 points, 13 comments
u/acino1396: “… CO 480 - Steven Furino (heard this can be a little bit more work then expected) CS 200 - Barbara Daly (heard really good things except time consuming assignments) CS 432 - John Akinyemi (heard this is very prof dependent but still not sure) STAT 337 - Cecilia Cotton (heard this …”
u/mmmaths: “I took CS432 with John in fall and it was extremely easy but EXTREMELY boring and nearly impossible to pay attention to lectures because of how it was taught. I really think you will not enjoy the course but it you're just looking for an easy course, this is it.”
u/Laeriana: “… As for CS 432, I took this course quite a few years ago (i.e. around 2013/2014 or so) with a different prof, so I'm really not sure if my experiences are relevant for this upcoming offering. …”
CS338 vs. CS432 8 points, 5 comments
u/DefiantSquirrel: “Which course is easier? Does anybody have the old syllabus?”
u/snow-covered-hills: “CS 432 is definitely easier than 338. I remember drawing simple diagrams and discussing the system development life cycle”
u/Airbus-A320: “They're getting rid of CS 432. Spring term will be its last”
Stat 2b course selection help 6 points, 10 comments
“So i have already taken stat231 and stat230, and i need help selecting courses for 2b. My plan is the following: Math239 Statxxx Statxxx CSxxx Birdcourse Any stat majors have any suggestions? …”
u/StoreyedArrow17: “One of CS330, CS338, CS430, CS432. CS courses are math courses. If you want a non-math course that's actually very interesting, give MSCI432 a try.”
Final Math term course selection advice 8 points, 8 comments
u/osapThrowA: “… Not really sure since I haven't heard much regarding this course CS 432 ("Business Systems Analysis") Not really sure what this course is about Might be easy? …”
u/StarryHeaven101: “CS432 is hands down the easiest course of any I've taken. It's mostly about the design and analysis phase of the SDLC along with some agile development. …”
u/osapThrowA: “Hm... I think I'll probably pick CS 338 in that case. My SQL is a little rusty so a review of it would be nice. Also if it means I get to avoid group work, then that's definitely the one to choose, even if the content of CS 432 sounds easier.”
Cs minor vs Computing option? 9 points, 2 comments
“What’s the difference between the two? Was doing a little bit of research and noticed after 2015 that the cs minor changes into the computing option and a new cs minor was created with completely …”
u/boolgogi: “… Previously the CS minor had two 'streams', where you could either take the CS330, 338, 430, 432, etc. courses intended for people not in CS, or if you were previously in CS or something, you could take the CS major courses (246, 240, etc) towards the minor. …”
Fall 2018
Best math major for data science jobs? 7 points, 11 comments
“I'm currently in Math and ideally want a job in data science/analytics so I was wondering what would be the best major/plan for that? …”
u/332_markovchainz: “… Since you enjoy the Analytics side, do Stats and try and take a few CS courses (CS 234/338/231/330/431/432 are the minor versions and would be nice, or could take the major CS versions 246/245/241/240/341/348 if you're feeling it, or could mix and match). …”
CS 2 points, 4 comments
u/TaIent: “… last 6: - CS 100 (take this before any 200/300/400s) - CS 200 - CS 230 - CS 330 - CS 430 - CS 432 Not only will it be easy, it'll be a waste of tuition money”
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How it read in each calendar from 1979–80 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1979–80 to 1994–95 12 calendars
Survey of organization and management theory. Systems theory and the systems approach. Systems design. Data base concepts. Implementation and evaluation of computer based information systems. Prereq: CS 340, or CS 330 and 338 and fourth year standing.
N.B.: Credit will only be granted for one of CS 432 or CS 434 or CS 482. CS 432 cannot be counted for credit toward a BMath Honours Computer Science degree.
Offered Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit