ENGL 208Writing Strategies
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1994–95 to 1994–95 (before that, 1969–70 to 1985–86 used the number for Environmental Studies-Architecture Programme and Literary Genres and Themes); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Students practise effective writing along with the study of established models. The goal is to develop language competence to meet a variety of academic, business, and professional situations. Counts as an English Major credit as of Fall 1984 May be subject to priority enrolment
As printed in the 1994–95 calendar, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Second-year standing or above, or successful completion of ENGL 109
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
11 posts and comments in 11 threads mention ENGL 208, March 2013 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
1b course selection 6 points, 2 comments
u/Appropriate_Lie1799: “Hi, I'm in cs and in my first term I took engl 109 and it wasn't that bad. For 1b, I'm trying to decide between engl 208b, engl 101b, and engl 101a. Any advice??”
Spring 2022
CS students, what courses have you taken each term 9 points, 21 comments
“Inspired by https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/v3b8nj/can\any\current\mathcs\students\let\me\know\their/ but recognizing that one term is a very narrow view, What courses have you taken each …”
u/astroturfer1984: “1a: cs 135, math 135, math 137, engl 109, fr 192a 1b: cs 136, math 146, math 138, psci 150, engl 208b 2a: cs 246, cs 245, stat 230, psci 257, engl 306a coop 1: cs 240 2b: cs 241, math 239, cs 251, stat 241 3a: undecided”
Fall 2021
What are your favourite classes at UW 56 points, 87 comments
u/astroturfer1984: “cs 135, cs 246, psci 257, engl 208b”
Happy Reading Week Everyone! What book 📖 are you reading this week? Tell me in the comments! 373 points, 112 comments
u/watson-and-crick: “Dune! I wanna finish it before I go see the movie”
u/Mysterious_Glass_798: “take engl208b if you want to read dune for school”
Winter 2021
Has anyone enrolled in ENGL 208b heard anything from the course? 0 points, 0 comments
Fall 2020
Math Major similar to CS? 2 points, 16 comments
“I'm in 1A and I have to choose my courses for 1B now, I think I'll be taking STAT230 and SPCOMM225. This way, I'll finish my two communication courses in my first year (took ENGL109 in 1A). …”
[deleted]: “spcom 225 is a terrible course from what i’ve heard. apparently they teach you how to interview others, not how to do well in a job interview”
u/PR_36: “ENGL 208 is fun if you actually like science fiction”
Spring 2019
CS 1 year workload 2 points, 17 comments
“I understand that it might sound stupid, but could you please tell me how how much time on average does an average CS student spend on homework? …”
u/-MrGoose-: “Courses mentioned in this thread: CS135 CS145 ENGL109 ENGL208B MATH136 MATH145 MATH147 PHIL256 PSYCH101”
Spring 2017
Jesse Hutchison or John Savarese? 0 points, 2 comments
u/Blue3078: “I read the description of both ENGL 208k ( detective fiction) and ENGL 208g (gothic monsters) and find them both really interesting. Both classes take place at the same time so I have to choose one of them. ENGL 208k is with Jesse Hutchison and ENGL 208g is with John Savarese. …”
ENGL 208k or ENGL 208g! Help plz! 0 points, 0 comments
Winter 2013
CS major with atrophying writing skills. What courses should I take so I don't slowly lose my grip on the English language in the next 4 years? (Not ESL) 10 points, 11 comments
“I'm a 1B CS major, and even though I've only been here for a few months, the utter lack of writing in my courses means that I've been increasingly misspelling common words and making grammatical …”
u/niuzeta: “… If you're into genre-reading I would suggest to look into ENGL 208 series. I call it series because there're about ten different ENGL 208 offerings(AK). In the course you essentially read four to five signature works in the genre, write essays and discuss. …”
Engineers of uWaterloo, which List A CSEs have you taken and what are your thoughts about them? 2 points, 11 comments
u/scranston: “My favourite was ENGL 208-A. All the 208 classes are literature classes, the letter is just for which topic. I took forms of fantasy, and enjoyed it. Once I signed up for the course I emailed the prof for the reading list so I could get a head start during my co-op term. …”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1969–70 to 1994–95, 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.
1994–95 1 calendar
Students practise effective writing along with the study of established models. The goal is to develop language competence to meet a variety of academic, business, and professional situations.
Counts as an English Major credit as of Fall 1984
May be subject to priority enrolment
Prereq: Second-year standing or above, or successful completion of ENGL 109
Offered Fall · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1986–87 to 1993–94 calendars.
1974–75 to 1985–86 11 calendars
Another title: Literary Genres and Themes, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
: Course Descriptions
English Engl! 208A 0.5
Forms of Fantasy
This course will deal with the history and forms of fantasy written for adults. In considering the genre, related forms like the romance, the fairy tale, the — fable, and the gothic horror story will be discussed. Authors such as Morris, C. S. Lewis, Tolkien, Williams, and White will be studied.
Not in the 1970–71 to 1973–74 calendars.
1969–70 1 calendar
Another title: Environmental Studies-Architecture Programme, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
ES130 The History of the Physical Environment. The development of artifacts, structures and mechanisms as they form the physical environment of particular cultures. The development of the arts, sciences and technologies as they relate to the creation of the physical environment.
Visual fundamentals such as colour. texture, space symmetry, as they relate to cultural periods and development. 1st and 2nd term,3 Ars per week.
ES140 The nature of the design process, principles of problem identification. analysis and concept creation. Introduction to planning of the design process. feasibility and concept development. Use of simulation and modeling.
/st and 2nd terms, 2 hrs per week.
ES150 Skill and practice work related to drawing, sketching, drafting and communication. Introduction to calculating devices such as desk calculators and simple computer programmes. 1st& 2nd term, 4 Ars.Istterm,3 hrs. 2nd term per week.
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