MATH 105Mathematics (For Environmental Studies Students)
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1985–86
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1976–77 to 1985–86; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Quantitative analysis in environmental research. Elementary concepts in Algebra: notation, terminology, operations. Probability Theory. Permutations and Combinations, approaches to probability, dependent and independent events, conditional probability, distribution functions, including Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions, with applications to problems in Environmental Studies. Not open to students in the Faculty of Mathematics.
As printed in the 1976–77 to 1985–86 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
5 posts and comments in 5 threads mention MATH 105, February 2019 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
Admissions / High School Megathread (Fall 2023) 21 points, 71 comments
“This megathread is for prospective frosh and current high school students interested in Waterloo! PSA for new students Ask your questions down below! …”
u/Weary-Butterfly-4274: “anyone get into math105 today?”
Spring 2021
Adm!ss!on megathread closed? 14 points, 11 comments
“Why can’t I comment on it anymore? Thanks.”
u/Salt-Mushroom9138: “Any farm or math 105 offer come out today?? 🤔We need a new admission megathread”
Admissions / High School Megathread (Fall 2020) 316 points, 7,386 comments
“I think we lost track of the old one somewhere, and this is to also help reset the expiry date (these threads archive after six months) Engineering Admissions Blog: https://theroadtoengineering.com/ …”
u/yodnokzo: “Any CS or math 105 offers?”
Winter 2020
Admissions Megathread (Fall 2020 Incoming Students) 280 points, 10,432 comments
“Hello UW applicants, This thread is specifically for those who are applying/applied to UW to discuss different admission issues and ask current UW students for help and advice. …”
u/Novel_Quarter: “So if I have not yet gotten a decision, I do not need to be worried right? I am OUAC 105 and a few friends are trying to scare me. …”
u/Smdok: “Waterloo has sent out a few offers for math 105s. Around 20% of the seats have been filled. Coming to whether you should worry. Yes, u should. Just kidding most of the seats are still unfilled. And worrying won't get you admitted.”
Winter 2019
Is it better to make friends after graduation? 7 points, 6 comments
“I have made very few friends during my time at UW. This is mostly my fault because I did have opportunities to invest my time and effort in meeting new people, but I did not for various reasons. …”
u/mhsueh: “We actually learned an equation in MATH 105 that relates to your situation. …”
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1976–77 to 1985–86, 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.
1976–77 to 1985–86 10 calendars
Quantitative analysis in environmental research. Elementary concepts in Algebra: notation, terminology, operations. Probability Theory. Permutations and Combinations, approaches to probability, dependent and independent events, conditional probability, distribution functions, including Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions, with applications to problems in Environmental Studies. Not open to students in the Faculty of Mathematics.
Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit