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ECE 206Advanced Calculus 2 for Electrical Engineers

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cross-listed
MATH 212

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.

Triple integrals, cylindrical and spherical polar coordinates. Divergence and curl, applications. Surface integrals, Green's, Gauss' and Stokes' theorems, applications. Complex functions, analytic functions, contour integrals, Cauchy's integral formula, Laurent series, residues.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

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Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 0014793117 / 150MF 16:00–17:20
Sep 22 12:30–13:20
Oct 6 12:30–13:20
Oct 27 12:30–13:20
Nov 10 12:30–13:20
Nov 24 12:30–13:20
Dec 8 12:30–13:20
TUT 1015082117 / 150T 16:30–17:20

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Reviewed on UW Flow

81% liked it62% easy86% useful

From 48 ratings and 9 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • super nice prof and good lecture notes but overall the course was pretty useless

    Dec 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • So long as you put some reasonable work in, you should get a pretty ok mark. You get marks for just showing up and doing the mathmatize questions in class so I do recommend not skipping. we had weekly mobius assignments and quizzes every 2 weeks or so. Exams were fair and we got a formula sheet with the major formulas on it for the final and midterms. You get alot of past midterms and finals so i recommend making your own cheat sheet summarizing the material before each quiz/exam and then just grinding the previous midterms and finals.

    Jun 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • This class gives a massive advantage to EE students in ECE 207 where many equation solving or simplifaction techniques are taught in ECE 206 pop-up. Also would've been helpful to have known this content before being thrown into the blender that is ECE 106...

    Aug 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Challenging but very interesting course. Vector calc helped explain Maxwell equations, Complex analysis introduced useful integral tools.

    Nov 2020 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Very dependent on prof as seen when doing past exams. Try to really understand how to parameterize things ON YOUR OWN (and not looking at the answer right away) as you will be doing this a lot for many different things). Overall an enjoyable course with some cool concepts.

    Apr 2020 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

47 posts and comments in 39 threads mention ECE 206, January 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 2022

Might Fail 1A Term…need some advice 28 points, 23 comments

“I’m an astro student and I just finished my exams except for phys 121..due to some really bad mental struggles, I could not keep up with the course load and I’m likely to fail math 127 and phys 121 …”

u/doughnutsketchuprye: “… Also, they don't say this anywhere officially, but ECE 206 is considered a valid stand-in for MATH 227 as a prerequisite for upper-year courses, and it's offered more frequently. You just have to bug your academic advisor to get an override to enrol in some courses. …”

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what the fuck even is ECE 3 points, 19 comments

u/Dimtar_: “… did some asking and learned it was the final for ECE 206. I chuckled and decided to see if i could write it because i was still kinda bored. i shit you not that exam was so easy that the hardest part was writing a fake name. …”

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Fall 2020

Engineering ranked by Math Difficulty? 9 points, 18 comments

“In your opinion, how would you rank the difficulty/depth of math that each engineering student has to go through? (By major)”

u/1000Ditto: “mildly fcked: civil enviro geo mgmt eggplant level fcked: bme syde pineapple level fcked: mech tron se raccoon level fcked: che nano goose level fcked: ece”

u/Xierumeng: “Laughs in ECE 206 as my 6th course and elective this term as a CE student.”

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Winter 2020

1B is gonna see me again next year! 236 points, 24 comments

u/trashiguitar: “Real shit, ECE 106 is literally just vector calculus. I don't understand why we do ECE 106 before ECE 206, and for that matter, why CE won't do 206 at all but will do 106”

u/Frozen-Penis: “The nice part is we pretty much do ECE 106 all over again as a part of ECE 375 but it feels way easier because it's after taking ECE 206”

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Fall 2018

Taking Math courses in ECE? 4 points, 7 comments

“Hey guys, &x200B; I was wondering if any of you guys in Engineering and/or ECE know about anything of having a math minor or option? …”

u/xhumptyDumptyx: “… You could take math 237, but if you want to take more amath courses, you could also take ECE 206, it might potentially let you skip the AMATH calc 4 (I forget the course code) as a prerequisite for some other courses (make sure to talk to the profs before hand and confirm this …”

u/jacer21: “… Math 247 and Ece 206 are both good courses. I’m not sure if you could override into 247, but seeing as you’re interested in Amath I would take Ece 206 (which gives you antireq credit for both Math 237 and Amath 231). …”

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Spring 2018

I fucked up in EE 8 points, 9 comments

u/Then_Piglet: “… I hate ECE 209 and strongly dislike ECE 206 with a passion and I don't see myself working on stuff like this for the rest of my life. However, I really like software, as all my previous coops have strictly all been software related. I think I only have 2 options right now. …”

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[15th May] the Daily Thread 6 points, 11 comments

“Good Morning! How are you feeling today? I am feeling alright. I have a hectic day in front of me today. I am aiming to fill myself with a lot of good food so that I can survive. …”

u/xhumptyDumptyx: “Good morning everyone! I have a lot to do today too. I've been trying to do something different that I enjoy everyday and that's helped me stay motivated this term, yesterday it was bouldering and …”

u/xhumptyDumptyx: “ECE 206, it's the ECE version math 227. Oh and as an update to my previous comment, I got into the course!”

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Math courses for minor 5 points, 24 comments

“Anyone would recommend some math courses for a math minor?”

u/daddyRiemann: “It depends on what program you're in. If you tell me your program I could try and recommend applicable/good courses”

u/jacer21: “If you liked epsilon-delta from MATH 117 -> take PMATH 333 (you might be able to override without having taken ECE 206/MATH 237) If you liked abstract vector spaces from MATH 215 -> take MATH 235 then PMATH 334/336/347 If you liked vector calc from the tail end of MATH 119 -> …”

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Winter 2018

Taking courses at other universities for credit? 2 points, 3 comments

“I was wondering if Waterloo allows students to take courses at other universities (on work terms etc) and count them towards their Waterloo degree. …”

u/xhumptyDumptyx: “You can, but at least for ECE you have to find them on your own, then get them approved by your academic advisor and then fill out a form (letter of permission).”

u/xhumptyDumptyx: “Sure, what do you wanna know? I took math 365 at Athabasca university, instead of ECE 206/Math 227/Math 237. I'm in CE so this was just an extra course for me.”

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