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ECE 650Methods and Tools for Software Engineering

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
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.

Software Systems - Systems programming and operating systems, scripting, system calls, libraries, compilers and interpreters. Mathematical logic - propositional & predicate logic, and some higher-order logics, syntax, semantics, entailment, deduction, use of logic in software. Data structures - lists, stacks, queues, heaps, trees, graphs, and algorithms to manipulate such data structures. Graduate students who have previously taken ECE 750 with the topic title Methods and Tools for Software Engineering are not eligible to take ECE 650.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

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 0018247132 / 144TTh 11:30–12:50

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention ECE 650, October 2017 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

ECE 606 - final? 1 point, 2 comments

“I am taking ECE 606 by prof. Mahesh T. , with a non CS background. Even though I understand the data structure and everything, the assignments have been quite hard to comprehend from the mathematical …”

u/curious3709: “How is the final guys ? Is it hard or do they fail also ?”

u/curious3709: “Same here ? How about ECE 650 ? Any idea ? How the finals look like ?”

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Fall 2023

Not sure what to do ahead 1 point, 5 comments

“I was doing well in my home country this is my first term as graduate ECE student I'm flunking badly in both my courses assignments that I have taken what should I do a.) Withdraw these courses b.) …”

u/TZX_SAMA: “Do you need a minimum average to graduate? As a PhD student I’ll need 78%. What are these two courses anyway?”

u/ScientistStriking688: “ECE 650 and ECE 606”

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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: “… 604 ECE 606 ECE 611 ECE 613 ECE 614 ECE 621 ECE 630 ECE 633 ECE 635 ECE 636 ECE 637 ECE 639 ECE 650 ECE 651 ECE 658 ECE 6604PD ECE 6610PD ECE 6616PD ECE 662 ECE 664 ECE 667 ECE 671 ECE 675 ECE 682 ECE 725 ECE 730 ECE 750 ECE 770 ECON 101 ECON 102 ECON 120W ECON 140W ECON 201 …”

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In 21 terms, Fall 2013 to Winter 2024