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ME 212Dynamics

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Mechanical Engineering

When it runs

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

Ran in 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

An introduction to the kinematics of particle and rigid body motion. Impulse-momentum equations. Work-energy methods and Euler's equations. Simple gyroscopes. Vibrations.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following

Antirequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
      • BME288 - Physics 2: Dynamics (0.50)
      • MTE182 - Physics 2: Dynamics (0.50)
      • SYDE288 - Physics 2: Dynamics (0.50)
    • Not completed any of the following:

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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 001460085 / 98TTh 09:30–10:50
TUT 101460185 / 98W 08:30–09:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

52% liked it30% easy81% useful

From 56 ratings and 14 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • In previous years, ME 212 was considered quite challenging, but now, it has become one of the easier courses in 2B. If you have Kwon, he reuses lecture and tutorial problems for the midterm and final. Memorizing these problems and paying close attention to the hints Kwon often provides in class should set you up for success. Just make sure you don't bother doing the assignments since they are far beyond the scope of the course.

    Aug 2024 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Practice problems and good intuition are needed to do well in this class. Similar to PHYS 115 but with more advanced concepts

    Jan 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • This course is known for being very hard (and rightfully so) but its taught at a slower pace compared to phys 115. I recommend watching the channel question solutions on youtube, there is a playlist for dynamics that covers the entire course. We had Kwon which was a blessing, he recycled lecture problems for the midterm and final. His lectures were atrocious though-couldn't understand at all what was going on. Definitely watch youtube and grind practice problems (lecture problems if you have Kwon)

    Aug 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Quite time consuming due to the problem sets but the practice questions and textbook were really helpful. Expected the exams to be a lot worse, not a bad course overall.

    Aug 2022 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • A lot of this course is review from PHYS115, just presented to you in a different format. In other words, difficult. Matlab project was a big waste of time and added a lot stress in the term. Final was difficult but was expecting much worse.

    Sep 2021 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

13 posts and comments in 13 threads mention ME 212, May 2012 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 2022

Spring 2021

Spring 2018

ME 212, Summer 2018 10 points, 5 comments

u/UWstruggler: “I want to highlight the 212 prof and the shitty exams she has given us, both the midterm and the final. For the final, first she forgets to give us the complete information for one of the questions. …”

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Fall 2017

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: “… 600 MATH 640 MATH 650 MATH 674 MATH 692 MATH 97 ME 100 ME 200A ME 200B ME 201 ME 202 ME 203 ME 212 ME 219 ME 220 ME 230 ME 235 ME 250 ME 262 ME 269 ME 300B ME 322 ME 351 ME 353 ME 360 ME 362 ME 380 ME 400A ME 401 ME 423 ME 435 ME 436 ME 456 ME 459 ME 481 ME 482 ME 548 ME 559 ME …”

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rip phys115 6 points, 4 comments

“title. new anuses(ani?) acquired.”

u/spaceneedlesky: “If you're in mech wait until ME 212 in your 2B term and you'll realize that phys 115 is unnecessarily difficult and that it's meant to be a weeder course”

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Spring 2016

Free Talk Friday 24 points, 118 comments

“Welcome to Free Talk Friday, where you are able to talk about whatever you want. Please keep it respectful and remember that subreddit rules still apply.”

u/FunnySoYou: “The feels when you get a midterm back you thought you did good in, ending up as a not so good mark”

u/Python9000: “lol ME212? We had that last summer and she gave us a rough midterm (which she thought was easy) but then gave us 4 questions from the textbook for the final. (,0)”

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Free Talk Friday 15 points, 104 comments

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u/FunnySoYou: “Dynamics is fucking impossible omg”

u/IamA_Hobo_AMA: “Just one more hurdle in the way of that ring. Looking forward to getting rekt by ME212”

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Fall 2015

Fall 2012

PHYS 115 resources? 1 point, 16 comments

“So the PHYS 115 final is coming up on Monday, and a lot of people are getting stressed out because there are no solutions to any of the practice exams given to us. …”

u/bluesunglasses2134: “Practice your assignments and review problems that your profs posts - past finals are mostly useless aside from the very odd rare occasion where your prof gets lazy or your class is failing hard so …”

u/bluesunglasses2134: “Look for exams for ME 212 - they should covered these type of questions.”

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