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ENGL 210FGenres of Business Communication

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
English

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 7 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course explores the genres of communication in business and other organizations. Students will study and produce instances from several of the following: reports (of several kinds), letters, email messages, marketing materials, public relations materials, and any other types of organizational communication.

Prerequisites

  • Students must be in level 1B or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

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 0813601107 / 200Online or by arrangement

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 08135180 / 175Online or by arrangement
LEC 701127455 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

20% liked it68% easy29% useful

From 187 ratings and 55 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • The reviews are not joking, just go in expecting a 70 and pray you get group members that will do their part. It's boring, they mark super hard for no reason and you gain nothing. Good Luck!

    Mar 2025 · didn’t like it · 5 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • worst class ive ever taken. avoid at all costs, its literally some dumbass role play shit and the prof doesnt teach anything because everything is pre recorded. he literally made the whole course in a day and just sits back and collects a check every year. so stupid.

    Oct 2023 · didn’t like it · 5 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Worst fucking class in my entire undergrad. Made an account just to tell everyone to NOT take this class.
    Stupidest feedback I've ever gotten ever. They just repeat the instructions back to you in bold & italics like, "yes you dumbass I read that in NORMAL font, how is this going to make me understand it any different??" Fucking moron.
    The structure is bullshit and takes forever to understand, they offer no support, in fact they do the opposite. You have to have a special attitude to get by in this class, its called having 0 fucks because no amount of effort you put in matters. So take it if you want to know what its like to pay to waste your time.
    I hated everything in this class.…

    Apr 2023 · didn’t like it · 4 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Marking was not reflective of course expectations and would lose marks for things not included in assessments even though they weren't mentioned in the rubric. Lot's of group work for an online class... overall content wasn't challenging but grading was ambiguous and there were lots of due dates to keep track of. As others say, you will get 70s no matter what you do! Don't take as a bird course or average booster!!!

    Feb 2026 · didn’t like it · 3 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • WORST CLASS I HAVE EVER TAKEN!! And it's so sad because this could be the most helpful class for anyone taking it if the prof wasn't so terrible at his job.
    The learning was done entirely through youtube videos I could have watched on my own time and an outdated textbook. The assignments were all stupid and pointless, then the miserable TAs were instructed to grade you like you stomped on their dog that very morning. And worst of all, your grade almost entirely relies on other people in the class, and the final project is a GROUP VIDEO PRESENTATION in a FULLY ONLINE CLASS!!! Who does that??

    Aug 2025 · didn’t like it · 3 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

91 posts and comments in 76 threads mention ENGL 210F, December 2011 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 2023

ENGL210F 1 point, 4 comments

u/Spiritual-Dirt2538: “Is it easy to get a 60 in?(I don't care about my mark just need an easy pass) Its the only online list 1/2 communications course that has spots available so I'm tempted to take it.”

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Spring 2022

How to Graduate from the University of Waterloo's Computer Science Program with the Least Amount of Effort 1,487 points, 156 comments

“hello r/uwaterloo! my name is u/conradismydaddy and i recently graduated from the University of Waterloo (class of 2022 holla) with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science 🎓 i got accepted into the …”

u/Frozen5147: “Some random thoughts (also just graduated from CS): I'll say that whether this course is helpful can really depend on what you're going into - I'm doing some lower level stuff where having at least a …”

u/ConradIsMyDaddy: “… i had friends who took ENGL 210F for their comm II and talked about how much of a joke it was. …”

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Fall 2021

Fall 2020

Spring 2020

Winter 2020

acceptance?ARBUS 2 points, 3 comments

“has anyone gotten into arbus, if so when did you get your acceptance? and any upper year students got any advice on the program?”

u/chaoticonmain: “Advice is to take ENGL210F (it’s online anyway) in the first and only summer you have off so you don’t have to stress over it in 2A + onward”

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