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ECE 360Power Systems and Smart Grids

Units
0.50
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: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Fundamentals of power systems, analysis techniques including power flow and symmetrical fault analyses, and the basics of distribution systems and smart grids.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Students must be in level 3B or higher
    • Enrolled in a BASc program

Antirequisites

  • Not completed any of the following:

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
LEC 001510154 / 120M 13:00–14:20
Th 13:00–14:20
Sep 16 16:00–17:20
Oct 7 16:00–17:20
Nov 4 16:00–17:20
Nov 25 16:00–17:20
LAB 201510325 / 40Sep 17 08:30–11:20
Oct 1 08:30–11:20
Oct 22 08:30–11:20
Nov 12 08:30–11:20
Nov 26 08:30–11:20
LAB 202510410 / 40Sep 15 08:30–11:20
Sep 29 08:30–11:20
Oct 20 08:30–11:20
Nov 10 08:30–11:20
Nov 24 08:30–11:20
LAB 203510519 / 40Sep 16 08:30–11:20
Sep 30 08:30–11:20
Oct 21 08:30–11:20
Nov 11 08:30–11:20
Nov 25 08:30–11:20
TUT 101510254 / 120W 17:30–18:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

100% liked it58% easy92% useful

From 8 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • go to lecture, the exam problems are taken from there, and the prof does not post all examples afterwards

    Oct 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • The Course build upon ECE 360 and is a important course if you have interest in going into the power industry. The course is overall not too difficult and covers a variety of parts of power systems. While Smart Grids are part of the name of the course, we did not actually do anything with them and just briefly went over them in the final lecture of the class. Not sure if that is a time issue or just how it always is. Interesting course if you liked the previous power related courses

    Feb 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

5 posts and comments in 4 threads mention ECE 360, October 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.

Spring 2023

ECE 3B TEs 9 points, 8 comments

u/NFLYoungGuy: “… There are also other things in the 3rd TE list: “One of ECE 313, ECE 320, ECE 331, ECE 351, ECE 356, ECE 358, ECE 360, ECE 373” The dilemma rn is between: databases -> easier content wise (for me at least) vs architechure -> more challenging but no paul ward. …”

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Spring 2021

Any suggestion between ECE 373 and ECE 360 1 point, 7 comments

u/jacobraveet: “Hi, for the 3B ECE course selection, does anyone have suggestions between ECE 373 and ECE 360? Ramadan El Shatshat \-360 Raafat Mansour \- 373 Thanks for reply!”

u/Plane_Razzmatazz_143: “… ECE 360 is a new course, I believe it is adapted from the old ECE 361 syllabus (last offered to graduating class of 2021). Based on the description, it will likely discuss topics related to 3 phase power analysis. …”

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Fall 2020

Dropping a course in 3B ECE 5 points, 2 comments

u/shoestealerz: “… I did a 8 month gap between 3A and 3B so I had the option of switching from the 2016 calendar to the 2017 calendar which is ECE373 and ECE260 (2017) vs ECE224 and ECE360(2016). I chose the 2017 one and am hard regretting it while getting shafted in the midterm. …”

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Fall 2016

Are there any fun labs in ECE? 3 points, 17 comments

“I found the ECE 124 and even the 106 labs to be kinda fun. My friends from other schools (but more importantly other faculties) have some really cool and interesting labs, which makes me wonder if …”

u/Chelsea921: “Control Systems (ECE 380) and comunications (ECE 318) labs were pretty fun. If you are in EE, the electromagnetics (ECE 375) labs were not too fun but it was cool seeing the concepts irl. …”

u/useless_amp: “… The ECE 360 labs were one of those "follow the instructions directly" labs which didn't involve any thinking. ECE 318 has the communications labs, which were fun. 316 was probability and didn't have any labs. …”

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