ECE 204BNumerical Methods 2
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Last listed
- Spring 2024
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2024. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
In the course catalog from Winter 2020 to Spring 2024; Open Data has no classes for it in that time.
Application of computational methods to engineering problems. Introduction to numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations, optimization. [Offered: F, S]
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Level at least 2B Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering. Antireq: ECE 204
In today’s calendar
- ECE 204 lists it as an antirequisite
Reviewed on UW Flow
63% liked it38% easy88% useful
From 8 ratings on UW Flow. Read them all on UW Flow.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
8 posts and comments in 8 threads mention ECE 204B, February 2016 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 2018
ECE204 thread 23 points, 16 comments
“Idk if crying or praising but someone's inevitably gonna make the thread so it might as well be me”
u/solder_code_drink: “Looking back, i think this would have been a much better course if the matlab labs were incorporated. The material is pretty good I’d say but it was presented as a straight up pile of information …”
u/Frozen-Penis: “Ah rip. If I had to actually understand the math in ECE 204A and 204B I would have been fukd”
Does anyone have practice material for 204? 2 points, 4 comments
u/flareon: “This is the first time ECE 204 is being run. Idk how similar it is to ECE 204A or 204B but for reference those were lab-only courses and we never even had a textbook. For reference: https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/ece204a/Laboratories/”
Winter 2018
CS475 without CS370 2 points, 2 comments
“I'm an ECE student and I'm interested in taking CS475. I want to go into image processing and I feel it would be useful. …”
u/Frozen-Penis: “Are you EE or CE? If you are EE, seems like most of the CS 370 content is covered in ECE 204B so you probably could count it as equivalent. If you are CE maybe you can try to claim equivalency with ECE 204A, though not sure how it will go.”
As a first year ECE, should I go into software? 17 points, 24 comments
“I was originally in EE and then switched to CE at the beginning of 1A since over the summer I did some coding and liked it. …”
u/CapturedSoul: “Most ppl into power are also not too interested in hardware. The barrier of entry is more competitive than software since the few big name power companies are conpetitive to get into and theres no …”
u/lifeistragic: “… In particular the matlab course (ECE 204B, idk if it exists anymore) with the finite element method. Harder's slides saved me this work term haha. …”
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: “… EASIA 301R EASIA 302R EASIA 360R ECE 103 ECE 105 ECE 150 ECE 190 ECE 200A ECE 200B ECE 204A ECE 204B ECE 205 ECE 206 ECE 207 ECE 209 ECE 222 ECE 224 ECE 240 ECE 242 ECE 250 ECE 254 ECE 290 ECE 300A ECE 300B ECE 318 ECE 356 ECE 358 ECE 361 ECE 390 ECE 400A ECE 400B ECE 451 ECE …”
Spring 2017
Most Bogus Course at Waterloo? 17 points, 28 comments
u/Vortex112: “ECE155 Thank God it was finally taken out behind the barn and shot between the eyes”
u/Frozen-Placenta: “… They now have them as their own half courses (ECE 204A in 2A and ECE 204B for 2B EEs) but are both going to be merged into a course, ECE 204, in the new curriculum (which I believe the curriculum from a decade ago had as ECE 104). …”
Is there a program you are currently not enrolled in that you would enjoy taking out of interest? 15 points, 66 comments
“For example; you're in CS but would like to take Religious Studies out of curiosity, or a language class to learn a language particularly close to you, etc...”
u/Frozen-Placenta: “A whole bunch of upper year amath (and some pmath) courses seem pretty interesting to me, too bad there is no room in ECE. …”
u/Frozen-Placenta: “The only issue is that it seems to require amath 242, which requires calc 1, calc 3, and Lin alg 2. I have calc 1 and 3 equivalents, but the ECE linalg only covers a small part of 235 with not much proofs. I wonder if I can maybe get equivalency with ECE 204A and 204B.”
Winter 2016
Electrical 2A! ECE 254 as an elective in 2B? 2 points, 6 comments
“I am an electrical engineering student in 2A co-op. Wanted to know how much work load is in 2B and is it wise to take 254 (operating systems) as an elective. …”
u/mq_dirty_butthole: “… I took 254 as an elective during my 2B term and found the workload on par or heavier than 2A because of the amount of lab work in the term; both ECE 254 and 204B (Matlab) were, at times, killer! …”
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