ECE 201Information Session

Faculty: Engineering
Subject: Electrical and Computer Engineering

When it runs

Ran in 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Scheduled, non-credit session to provide information to electrical and computer engineering students.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Enrolled in H-Computer Engineering, or H-Electrical Engineering

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.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
SEM 001	5233	125 / 144	M 17:30–18:20

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
SEM 001	4798	142 / 160	Jan 11 16:30–17:20 Feb 1 16:30–17:20 Mar 1 16:30–17:20 Mar 22 16:30–17:20
SEM 002	4799	114 / 155	Jan 18 16:30–17:20 Feb 8 16:30–17:20 Mar 8 16:30–17:20 Mar 29 16:30–17:20
SEM 701	1940	0 / 9999	Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

52% liked it94% easy35% useful

From 21 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

What was this didn't even know it existed

Apr 2022 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW Flow Remove this
Had one session all term even the instructor didn't show up. Is this even real?

Apr 2026 · didn’t like itOn UW Flow Remove this
Free food.

Jun 2024 · liked itOn UW Flow Remove this
therapy dog and free pizza, i think.

Apr 2023 · liked itOn UW Flow Remove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

One post or comment in 1 thread mentions ECE 201, November 2020 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 2020

Nov 4, 2020 SPICY PIAZZA DRAMA: Students snap at Gordon Agnew for not teaching and being extremely unhelpful and unresponsive. 590 points, 40 comments

[deleted]: “Does this dude not realize he's not anonymous to the prof”

u/throwaway161616guy: “Nah it's on the ECE 201 class, so it's not even Agnew's class. But the option the submit for ECE 201 is anonymous to everyone, so I think he's fine? Lool literally everyone just talks shit about him on that piazza class. …”

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Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

Undergraduate Calendar, 2026–27The 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