ENGL 140The Use of English 1
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- 1976–77
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1972–73 to 1976–77; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
The use and abuse of spoken and written English. The study and evaluation of language as it is used for various purposes (e.g., colloquial, scientific, legal, political, commercial, journalistic, literary) in order to increase critical awareness and help students to write clearly and effectively themselves.
As printed in the 1972–73 to 1976–77 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
6 posts and comments in 6 threads mention ENGL 140, February 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.
Spring 2023
Improve writing skills 25 points, 12 comments
“As the title says, I want to improve my writing skills, but at the same time I don’t want to get destroyed by assignments and exams. …”
u/hamstrings10: “Engl 210c or 140r”
Fall 2020
First year courses 0 points, 9 comments
“What were your health studies first year courses and how’d they go?”
u/CosmicRobot14: “I'm in Public Health so theres some overlap between us. 1st Sem: HLTH 101: Easy if you attend class and take decent notes, the assignments are completed in templates that hold your hand through them. …”
u/CosmicRobot14: “Btw if you have to take ENGL 109 or 140 take 109. Also if you have an elective space take CLAS 104”
Spring 2020
Hlth 101 and ENGL 140r textbooks 1 point, 2 comments
eng140r vs. eng109 1 point, 7 comments
“i took eng140r for my fall semester with Bratton. do you think i should change it to eng109? i've been hearing really good things about eng109, is it easier than eng140? what's the course load like? …”
u/Zeno714: “You can find course and prof reviews on UW flow. ENGL 140R ENGL 109 But, you probably won’t be actually able to get in the course. I’ve tried swapping my comm course/prof a few times with no luck.”
Fall 2014
Anyone in ENGL140r? 2 points, 2 comments
[deleted]: “I was wondering if any of you know Elin Edward's email (one of the course instructors, should be on the syllabus or whatever I think), I need to get ahold of her but I'm not officially enrolled in the class yet. …”
Winter 2014
What are the easiest electives u ever took? 0 points, 5 comments
[deleted]: “… Here's what I have (4th yr) Engl210f Spcom 223 Cs 100 Engl 140r Rec courses Also check out: http://birdcourses.com/university.php?university=1 Also tell me who your experience as well”
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1972–73 to 1976–77, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1972–73 to 1976–77 4 calendars
The use and abuse of spoken and written English. The study and evaluation of language as it is used for various purposes (e.g., colloquial, scientific, legal, political, commercial, journalistic, literary) in order to increase critical awareness and help students to write clearly and effectively themselves.