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ECE 198Project Studio

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

A design project integrating content from physics, math, and programming courses. Topics include engineering design process, problem definition, risk analysis, design specification, system modelling and analysis, engineering data analysis, project management, and prototyping. Students work in teams to build and test a prototype. Safety orientation training including WHMIS assessment, is included in this course.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LAB 0015065141 / 140Sep 16 08:30–10:20
Sep 23 08:30–10:20
Sep 30 08:30–10:20
Oct 7 08:30–10:20
Oct 28 08:30–10:20
LAB 0025066138 / 140Sep 16 10:30–12:20
Sep 23 10:30–12:20
Sep 30 10:30–12:20
Oct 7 10:30–12:20
Oct 28 10:30–12:20
LAB 0035067137 / 140Sep 14 08:30–10:20
Sep 21 08:30–10:20
Sep 28 08:30–10:20
Oct 5 08:30–10:20
Oct 19 08:30–10:20

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Reviewed on UW Flow

23% liked it39% easy25% useful

From 206 ratings and 56 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • This course sucks. It tried to be "open ended" but was so strict in what you could or could not build, as well as the hardware you could use. Just a confusing course that was horrible structured.
    Just make sure you pick a group of highly motivated people to build your project with because you're gonna need them to navigate through this shitstorm of a course.

    Feb 2025 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • prof doesn't answer emails, is condescending, completely unreasonable. if you're reading this as a new student, MAKE YOUR OWN GROUPS BY THE DEADLINE. entire course is so TA dependent and there's no standardization.

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

  • Fuck this fucking course
    Instructor is useless, TA is purely luck based, if you get a bad TA you're fucked. Spends like 800k in salary ALONE and can't provide us with ANY equipment or basic guidance. You are fucked if you have this course. Just adds additional stress for no reason. Unreasonable standards. Teammates can and will abandon you for no consequences whatsoever. David Lau <<< Walmart Bag. You are expected to figure out everything on your own despite paying them thousands of dollars in tuition (perhaps more if you're international) every term. This course is the epitome of UWaterloo's lack of care towards the actual educational quality they provide to students and the actual…

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  • A course you can potentially have a lot of fun in if you're committed. 1A by nature is designed that courses like 105, 150 and 117 will drain from your energy to this course. This might be a quarter credit course but it requires just as much energy as a half credit course.
    If the course doesn't change in the forseeable future, it involves a lot of report writing, a plan for a (very small) STM32 design on some topic, generally in partners or groups of three. Learn STM32 in advance if you're in ECE, trust me. STM can be a bit of a learning curve especially because the software is a bit wonky, but it's also a bit of a resume booster.
    Also DO NOT procrastinate on building the model, and TAKE…

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  • good luck

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

11 posts and comments in 10 threads mention ECE 198, September 2021 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

Admission / High School Megathread (Fall 2024) 24 points, 20 comments

“This megathread is for prospective frosh and current high school students interested in Waterloo. Ask your questions here. …”

u/Legitimate-Garlic315: “I’m a grade 12 student and I really like circuit Analysis and I’m interested in EE at uw If you got accepted what was your avg and how are you liking the program at uw? Does grade 11 matter? …”

u/itzjackybro: “… - ECE 198: Project Studio - Remember to check LEARN (Waterloo's D2L instance) on the first day of classes. Info is posted and you are supposed to start working ASAP. - Be careful with your choice of partner(s). …”

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

u/PriorIntention3831: “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. I feel like 1B should be somewhat easier because if you just stay caught up, do problem sets every week, it should be fine? …”

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ECE 350 Horror Stories 2 points, 3 comments

“How hard and tedious are ECE350 labs compared to ECE252/298 labs? I'm quite interested in knowing how fucked the labs are. …”

u/ehhthing: “… Note that the board you'll be using is the same as ECE 198. For how much the labs are worth, they're not actually that much work although lab 2 was somewhat frustrating to debug. …”

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Winter 2024

Getting ahead in CE courses as a HS student 1 point, 14 comments

“I was wondering if anyone could provide me with the resources to learn some 1A ECE course content over the summer. …”

u/mynewwaterlooaccount: “… Mechanics ECE 150 Fundamentals of Programming ECE 190 Engineering Profession and Practice ECE 198 Project Studio MATH 115 Linear Algebra for Engineering MATH 117 Calculus 1 for Engineering Focus on the ones that matter: COMM 192 is just some report writing and MLA shit, so …”

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Fall 2023

Study Permit Has not come out yet 1 point, 2 comments

“Yo whats up guys, I am majoring in electrical engineering 1A rn and saw that I have a class which need ed me to be present as attendance is marked and some classes where I need to partner up with …”

u/emptease: “Your profs can (and imo, should) accommodate you since this is out of your control. Once they respond, ask about what you can do from where you are, like if it’s possible to have lectures recorded or …”

u/nUclear_nOva89: “Ya Idm missing tutorials since I can self study the assignments but my problem is with the COMMST 192 class and the LABs these both mark you for attendance and in ECE 198 u need a group by a certain deadline so that’s all my worries if the professors from these classes reply to …”

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Spring 2023

UW advice, Please :) 7 points, 4 comments

u/Rivendell_Narwhal: “… ECE 190, ECE 198 and ARTS 190 were all my least favourite courses, mostly a complete waste of time in my opinion. Nothing to worry about in terms of difficulty but I found ECE 190 and ECE 198 to be big time suckers. I don't really know what I would do differently. …”

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Fall 2021

Is this course load heavy? 1 point, 8 comments

u/bandwag0n3r: “wtf is ECE 198, and nah thats light you only have 3 real classes (4 if you haven't programmed before).”

u/abracotam: “Do not take Art190 unless ECE specifically tell you to do an elective.6 courses is already bad enough.Spare your selectives for 3A+. Tips: Stay on top of the course contents of ECE105 at all times. …”

u/Do_I_Have_A_Chance__: “I'm not in first year so I'm not sure exactly, but I think ECE 198 (which they added this year) is just a lab course, so I think its 6 actual courses plus that lab course”

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