MATH 215Linear Algebra for Engineering
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- 0.50
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Subject
- Mathematics
When it runs
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Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Systems of linear equations; their representation with matrices and vectors; their generalization to linear transformations on abstract vector spaces; and the description of these linear transformations through quantitative characteristics such as the determinant, the characteristic polynomial, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, the rank, and singular values.
Prerequisites
- Complete 1 of the following
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Enrolled in H-Computer Engineering, or H-Electrical Engineering
Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
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- ~math215 Course website · ece.uwaterloo.ca · posted on r/uwaterloo Aug 2011 · gone now; archived copy from Feb 2011 Remove
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Sadly, this is the last year that ECE's will take MATH 215 (starting with the 2022 class, they are moving it to 1A, and instead of specialized Lin Alg for engineering it will be general linear algebra that other engineering disciplines take). The course is enjoyable with the right professor if they do a lot of applications in their teaching instead of "here's a lemma, here's a proof, here's a theory, ..."
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Pre-midterm material was quite easy. Things get difficult after
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Easiest course of 2A
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Fun course
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I don't know how useful Lin Alg will be for me but it definitely was an easy course and kind of interesting.
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51 posts and comments in 43 threads mention MATH 215, August 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.
Winter 2021
Course Selection Be Like: 74 points, 8 comments
u/Frozen-Penis: “… amath 391 has every version of lin alg except math 215 and has ECE 342 which hasnt been offered and been renamed to ECE 207 for over a decade now)”
Winter 2020
Daily reminder that Ryan "Gigachad" Trelford is not only the king of the math department, but also a manga connoisseur 313 points, 41 comments
u/slackware93: “I had Treflord for math 215 in W17. Still one of the best profs I've had to this day, better than 95% of ECE profs at least”
Winter 2019
Do Grad Schools and Employers think less of online courses? 3 points, 26 comments
“I’m a 3A cs student, who took MATH 235, STAT 230 online. I took them over coop, so I had to take them online, and I ended up really enjoying the fact that I can go at my own pace, and there are more …”
u/jacer21: “Nobody will be able to see that you’ve taken a course online. It doesn’t show anywhere on your transcript.”
u/jacer21: “… having taken Math 115 or 215 would help override a Math 136 prereq). Good grades also help. Once you’ve gotten your foot in the door and taken one or two classes, enrolling in subsequent classes becomes much easier. …”
Spring 2018
M135 or M225 2 points, 5 comments
“I'm still entertaining the idea of doing a joint math major or minor and have space in the fall term for one math course, debating between m135 and m225 but my question is since students in the math …”
u/xhumptyDumptyx: “I got into math 136, last term, and there was plenty of space. I think they should have enough spots. I believe I also looked into doing 135 last term, and I remember it having plenty of space \(like …”
u/xhumptyDumptyx: “… That's actually why I took math 136, I wanted to take 235 and I already did math 215/115 (Lin alg 1 for engineers), but Dan suggested I take either math 135 or 136 first so I get used to proofs. …”
Math courses for minor 5 points, 24 comments
“Anyone would recommend some math courses for a math minor?”
u/daddyRiemann: “It depends on what program you're in. If you tell me your program I could try and recommend applicable/good courses”
u/jacer21: “If you liked epsilon-delta from MATH 117 -> take PMATH 333 (you might be able to override without having taken ECE 206/MATH 237) If you liked abstract vector spaces from MATH 215 -> take MATH 235 then PMATH 334/336/347 If you liked vector calc from the tail end of MATH 119 -> …”
Winter 2018
MATH 215 Crying Thread 5 points, 6 comments
u/ECEiseasytheysaid: “The course is over now :( Thanks Ryan for the easy final”
Any tips on how to pass 2A ECE ( Specifically do ok on Levine's Final) 5 points, 13 comments
“Just wanted to ask upper years on any tips they might have studying for these finals especially for Levine's 240 Course. …”
u/evilcubed: “Who are your profs?”
u/Mr_Goose_Waterloo: “Levine -ECE 240 Morton - ECE 222 Trelford - Math 215 Harder - 250 Turner - 205 Apelvich - 290”
Prof appreciation 19 points, 64 comments
“Which profs/instructors/lecturers/etc here stood out to you in a good way (current or in the past)? As of right now and in no particular order, I'd say Profs Ingalls, Wolczuk, Ennis, Gauthier-Shalom, …”
u/jacer21: “… Took ECE 205 (differential equations) with him and the whole semester he kept asking "have you guys learned diagonalization yet??" (he knew we were also taking MATH 215) since he really wanted to teach us some basic functional analysis that was outside of the normal curriculum …”
Fall 2017
ECE 2A Tips/ Remarks on my Profs 3 points, 29 comments
u/Mr_Goose_Waterloo: “… 204A Peter Levine ECE 240, Divyum Sharma ECE 205 J.Dwight Aplevich ECE 290, Ryan Trelford Math 215,”
u/wuhui8013ee: “… Look at Bishop lecture slides and read the textbook Math215: do practice problems. Do every practice midterm he posts online. ECE240: yeah good luck. Levine is a good prof for teaching. 100% focus in class. Do practice problems, read the textbook and pray to god you will pass. …”
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “… MATH 124 MATH 127 MATH 128 MATH 135 MATH 136 MATH 137 MATH 138 MATH 145 MATH 147 MATH 207 MATH 215 MATH 217 MATH 218 MATH 225 MATH 227 MATH 228 MATH 229 MATH 235 MATH 237 MATH 239 MATH 245 MATH 247 MATH 249 MATH 600 MATH 640 MATH 650 MATH 674 MATH 692 MATH 97 ME 100 ME 200A ME …”
ECE Upper Years: How did you study ECE 240 and ECE 290? 1 point, 8 comments
u/microwavemasterrace: “I didn't. Gaudet let us have cheat sheets, Harder's 290 exam was the last exam and it was right after MATH 215 so no one gave a shit.”
@fall 2017 ece 2a 71 points, 19 comments
u/Cainhelm: “didnt they make 2A way easier for you whippersnappers?”
u/Frozen-Placenta: “Essentially the lab components of Math 215, ECE 205, and ECE 206. After your offering 215/205 labs were their own 0.25 course (204A) and the 206 labs were also a 0.25 course (204b). …”
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