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ENBUS 204Principles of Industrial Ecology

Units
0.50
Faculty
Environment
Subject
Environment and Business

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.

The course presents the history of industrial ecology, defines its key concepts, presents its main methods, and discusses future directions. Local, national and international case studies will be discussed.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:
    • ENBUS102 - Introduction to Environment and Business (0.50)

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 001562777 / 80Th 11:30–14:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

71% liked it52% easy83% useful

From 38 ratings and 8 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Komal Habib has to be the worst professor on campus by far. Zero empathy for students. This should have been a straightforward class. However, every quiz had a class average of below 55% and she "believes in absolute numbers" meaning no curve. When Habib was asked why she thought the grades were at a historic low and why more than half the class was failing, instead of taking accountability for the lack of study review packages and telling us to study material that was not on the test she suggested that our class had learning disabilities. Every day after her quizzes and midterms there would be more than half the class lined up at her office to dispute grades because she marked so…

    Nov 2024 · didn’t like it · 3 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Had Komal Habib as my professor. She made the tests extremely hard and was extremely rude to students the whole semester. It felt as though she was working against us rather than with us. The material has potential to be very interesting but the slides seemed intentionally dull. She refused to make study packages for the insanely rigors quizzes or even for midterms. If I could go back I would posting taking this class until another prof was teaching.

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  • This course is very useful and would definitely help Environment and Business students in their other courses as well as upper-level EB courses. You are more than ready for the midterm if you do the midterm practice questions. It is overall a very straight forward class, and I recommend attending lectures to take notes because not everything would be posted on the slides.

    Dec 2015 · liked it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Contrary to some past reviews, this class was not super difficult. It seems as though the professor revamped the course a bit to make it easier??
    There were 9 quizzes in total, with the lowest quiz mark being dropped. The quizzes accounted for 40% of our grade. There were also 2 assignments worth 15% each and a 30% midterm. There was no final exam, which was great.
    The quizzes and assignments were relatively easy, with some quizzes being extremely easy. The grading for the assignments was pretty lenient and the assignments were not hard to complete whatsoever.
    The midterm was pretty fair as well. Honestly, as long as you study and come to the lectures, you’ll be alright.

    Jan 2026 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Very fundamental course with interesting topics. Course structure is simple and does not require a lot of time for graded assessments.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

5 posts and comments in 5 threads mention ENBUS 204, December 2014 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 2023

Spring 2018

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: “… EMLS 104R EMLS 110R EMLS 129R EMLS 601R EMLS 602R EMLS 622R ENBUS 102 ENBUS 202 ENBUS 203 ENBUS 204 ENBUS 306 ENBUS 402A ENBUS 407 ENBUS 408 ENBUS 411 ENBUS 601 ENBUS 602 ENBUS 620 ENBUS 622 ENBUS 642 ENGL 100A ENGL 100B ENGL 101A ENGL 101B ENGL 104 ENGL 108A ENGL 108D ENGL 108E …”

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Spring 2017

I want to hear from Environment students 13 points, 15 comments

“I don't know how many students from the faculty of environment are active here but I'm in GEM and absolutely loving it so far (have to network and work hard to get the best out of my non-STEM program …”

u/marceline2468: “… The program structures are messy as fuck and so much of it is so simple that I feel unchallenged sometimes lol, but then those few life-changing courses like ENBUS 204 make it so worth. …”

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Fall 2014

Transferring into Environment & Business 0 points, 10 comments

“Well I am currently in second year, majoring in Math, and I was planning to transfer into Environment and Business. I already spoke to an advisor, but would like to hear feedback from students. …”

u/Whinnie: “First-year ENBUS is pretty easy; as long as you don't slack off too hard you should be able to get in easily. GEOG 101: If your prof is Brent, you're gonna have a good time. …”

u/Whinnie: “… But I can't say for certain that anything I've learned in my program so far will be useful in my future (with the exception of ENBUS 204 and ENBUS 202 -- but while being an environmental auditor seems legit, the barriers to entry seem a bit high for me). …”

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