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ECE 192Engineering Economics and Impact on Society

Units
0.25
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Electrical and Computer Engineering

When it runs

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

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 3 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course teaches engineering economics and the impact of engineering on the society at large. Important concepts of engineering economics including cash flow diagrams, present worth, quantification of impact costs, and rate of return analysis are presented. This course discusses real-life engineering cases that cover the above aspects, and provide a broad perspective on the issues. Energy supply scenarios and the environment, global energy use and supply, and environmental impacts of engineering projects are discussed.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00148150 / 144M 11:30–12:20
F 11:30–12:20
M 11:30–12:20
F 11:30–12:20
LEC 00251240 / 147M 13:30–14:20
F 13:30–14:20
M 13:30–14:20
F 13:30–14:20
LEC 7011939122 / 9999Online or by arrangement
TUT 10148160 / 48Jan 26 15:30–16:20
Feb 9 15:30–16:20
T 15:30–16:20
TUT 10248170 / 48Jan 26 15:30–16:20
Feb 9 15:30–16:20
T 15:30–16:20
TUT 10348180 / 48Jan 26 15:30–16:20
Feb 9 15:30–16:20
T 15:30–16:20
TUT 10451210 / 50Jan 22 10:30–11:20
Feb 5 10:30–11:20
Mar 12 10:30–11:20
Mar 19 10:30–11:20
Apr 2 10:30–11:20
TUT 10551220 / 50Jan 22 10:30–11:20
Feb 5 10:30–11:20
Mar 12 10:30–11:20
Mar 19 10:30–11:20
Apr 2 10:30–11:20
TUT 10651230 / 50Jan 22 10:30–11:20
Feb 5 10:30–11:20
Mar 12 10:30–11:20
Mar 19 10:30–11:20
Apr 2 10:30–11:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

18% liked it80% easy20% useful

From 249 ratings and 51 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Call me the ECE 192 midterm the way I only got one side to me

    Apr 2025 · didn’t like it · 3 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Useless course. They really slapped this course into our hardest term. Often just feels like a monkey on your back when your studying for other courses. Lectures are pointless, quizzes are easy, although you actually need to study for the exam. I am sure Prof. Salma is a good prof, although his lectures for this course are horrible, unbearable to watch even. All lectures posted online, nobody went to lectures. Everyone will pass tho

    Sep 2024 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • IF YOU GOT IT
    LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS
    IF THE DEVIL SAYS NO
    DARIO SAYS YESSSSS

    Apr 2023 · liked it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • You can get away with learning everything the day before exam. Useless course.

    Aug 2022 · liked it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • This course was very easy, but very boring. I found attending lectures detrimental as I would just zone out. I recommend going through the lecture and writing a one page summary for each. Ensure you understand the practice problems and you’re golden for the ME and FE.

    Aug 2024 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

35 posts and comments in 30 threads mention ECE 192, December 2017 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 2024

Is ECE 1B a lot harder than 1A? 10 points, 13 comments

“I feel like right now in 1A, there’s so many busywork courses like ece198 and commst192 that take up so much time, whereas 1B doesn’t really have these. …”

u/Acrobatic_Relative26: “… But the time will be more than filled with challenging technical stuff :) For what it’s worth, getting rid of that busy work and focusing on core ECE content (ignoring ECE 192…) is great! It’s a fun term, but definitely not an easy one. …”

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Spring 2023

How do you guys get good marks? cause I literally don’t know how to 1 point, 27 comments

“Got my marks back. I didn’t fail any course. Passed all of them. But I got like high 60s low 70s. Which is meh for engineering. …”

u/1000Ditto: “What courses are these? tell me more about how you studied during the term, and during the final. Some courses are liek u just have to tough it out (like eng econs which makes no sense), but if the …”

u/Top-Analysis-681: “… I took math 119, ece 106, 108, 124, 140 and 192”

u/mywaterlooaccount: “Honestly probably a skill issue, but the good news is that means you can get better at it. Where did you actually lose marks? Why was the 20-30% gone? …”

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Spring 2022

Lost Airpod Found in E7-5343 4 points, 1 comment

u/Silver-Property6889: “Entered E7-5343 around 4:30pm while ECE192 was concluding. On the front 2nd or 3rd row, there was an Airpod case with one Airpod inside. There are no details aside from that. I am going to drop it off at the SLC turnkey as soon as I'm finished the current lecture.”

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Fall 2021

What's a course you've taken that made you think "everyone needs to take this course" and why? 77 points, 48 comments

“Whether it had a lot of applicable information for daily life, really changed your point of view on something, or was just extremely interesting. …”

u/CircleSwimming: “Engineering economics was really useful, especially when thinking about buying cars or houses. CIVE 392”

u/superuwu1000: “uh, you better not be talking about ECE 192. That course is trash, it uses dated course material. You really shouldn't use that irl.”

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Spring 2021

ECE 2025 CAUGHT CHEATING ON 3/6 MIDTERMS 191 points, 73 comments

“&x200B; https://preview.redd.it/kyqpikdqya971.png?width=904&format=png&auto=webp&s=4a09457fb6c9ce6580917a4ce1e1315f85a82b05”

u/pzezson: “Can somebody provide the deets? What happened?”

u/DearEntertainment825: “Prof send email accusing half the class cheating on ECE 140 and ECE 192 assignments and midterms. On ECE 106 piazza TA posted note saying they are investigating "unauthorized access of Learn material" during midterm.”

u/thylakoids01: “u/DearEntertainment825 is a capper lmfao-- the Policy 71 is about ECE 106 thus ECE 140 and 192 don't even have a problem”

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Spring 2020

Winter 2020

Admissions Megathread (Fall 2020 Incoming Students) 280 points, 10,432 comments

“Hello UW applicants, This thread is specifically for those who are applying/applied to UW to discuss different admission issues and ask current UW students for help and advice. …”

u/3Ex8: “I was looking at the computer engineering course requirements. do people actually take 6-7 classes in 1 semester? how do they do that?”

u/Berserker74: “… a week and it would have much less course work ( does not mean it is easier though the ECE 192 course or econ only had a midterm and final both of which were challenging). …”

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