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GENE 101Strategies and Skills for Academic Success

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
General Engineering

When it runs

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

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

The goal for this course is to help students become successful independent learners through learned study skills, a better understanding of their personality type, and an understanding of how personal wellness affects academic success. It takes a modelled approach to teaching learning strategies to students who struggle to meet the demands of a university curriculum. In the lectures, students will be taught various learning strategies that they will be able to apply to successfully meet the demands of their other courses. Students will then apply these modelled strategies in their other courses during a weekly application lab. Students will be expected to demonstrate their understanding of the material through a variety of assignments. The course will include an engineering component.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Students must be in level 1A
    • Complete 1 of the following

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • UNIV101 - Strategies and Skills for Academic Success (0.50)

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Reviewed on UW Flow

83% liked it90% easy73% useful

From 23 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Dave and Maria this term were absolutely amazing. Super passionate and caring about their work, they want students to succeed, and you will feel comfortable when reaching out.

    Jul 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Covered a lot of good topics. not everything pertains to everyone but the parts that did were helpful.

    Jan 2016 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Some of the content is very useful and helps you study. Marks are easy except for the final project and report that took a lot of time to do. Some content was also very useless, it depends on the person.

    Jul 2015 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

One post or comment in 1 thread mentions GENE 101, September 2022 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 2022

I hate engineering(CE) what should I do 39 points, 38 comments

“To give more context just like many other students I wanted to do cs but only got into CE at waterloo. …”

u/Interesting-Top-673: “… I think the course was called GENE101. All engineering students had to take it. But I couldn’t visualize in 3D. After 15 minutes of the first class in September I said to myself “what have I got myself into”. My best friends also in EE that year felt the same. …”

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