ME 401Law for the Professional Engineer
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Last listed
- Spring 2022
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2022 and last ran in Fall 2020. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- S20
- F20
Ran in 2 terms, Spring 2020 to Fall 2020.
The Canadian Legal System, Forms of Business Organizations, Tort Law, the role of the professional; Contract Law, the Elements of a Contract, Statute of Frauds, Misrepresentation, Duress and Undue Influence, Mistake, Contract Interpretation, Discharge of Contract; Breach of Contract and fundamental breach; Agreements between the client and Engineer; General Law, the Mechanics' Lien Act, comparative discussion of the Professional Engineers Act as it relates to the earlier statute, Intellectual Property and Industrial Property. It is intended to prepare the student for the examination in law which must be written for licensing by Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO). [Note: Course will be graded on a CR/NCR basis. Offered: F, S]
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Level at least 4A Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering. Antireq: (For Mathematics students only) AFM 231/LS 283, BUS 231W, CIVE 491, COMM 231, ECE 290, ENVS 201, GENE 411
In today’s calendar
Reviewed on UW Flow
100% liked it100% easy94% useful
From 4 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
FALL2020 ONLINE TERM
Really easy content, one open book midterm (mostly m/c, some short answer) and a final presentation/report that you can do relatively quickly. Helpful for PEO certification as a basic introduction into engineering law.Dec 2020 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
6 posts and comments in 6 threads mention ME 401, October 2015 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 2021
Mechanical engineering undergrad retrospective 201 points, 42 comments
u/doAbr00talroll: “… 4A, wow online school sucks • ME401: Multiple choice, open book finals, easy presentation, pass/fail regardless of being online. Birdy but interesting. • ME423: THE RETURN OF BUTCHER. Cliff is amazing as always, the course is Shigley's, the project will take a lot of your time. …”
Spring 2018
Easy CSE’s for eng? 2 points, 5 comments
“What are some bird courses that students normally take?”
u/dong_hammer: “ME 401. 40% Midterm, 60% final project. It's a CR/NCR course so you just need 50% to pass. 8)”
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: “… 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 561 ME 566 ME 599 ME 620 ME 627 ME 632 ME 651 ME 659 ME 662 ME 673 ME 680 ME 682 ME 720 ME 738 ME 753 ME 760 ME 765 …”
Spring 2017
What are the easiest CSEs to take? 0 points, 4 comments
u/cj2dobso: “If you're later on i.e. 4th year you can take ME401 no final and it's pass fail. It's lit”
Fall 2016
What to do for 1B Mech. Eng electives? 0 points, 7 comments
“I'm picking electives for my 1B semester right now and I'm not sure what I should pick. I haven't heard any information about what courses are relevant, all I've been told is "you have to take an …”
u/Pamela-Handerson: “… ME401 in 4A is an easy list D course.”
Fall 2015
Hi, I am a bot. 75 points, 98 comments
“Hey everyone! After some discussion with mods, I think I am ready to be pushed live. I am a bot designed to provide relevant course information upon request. …”
u/Pamela-Handerson: “[[ME435]] [ME401]]”
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- Undergraduate Calendar, 2021–22Its last calendar entry, on uwloo
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1985–86 to 1994–95, 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.
1985–86 to 1994–95 10 calendars
role of the professional; Contract Law, the Elements of a Contract, Statute of Frauds, Misrepresentation, Duress and Undue influence, Mistake, Contract Interpretation, Discharge of Contract; Breach of Contract and fundamental breach; Agreements between the client and Engineer; General Law, the Mechanics’ Lien Act, comparative discussion of the Professional Engineers Act as it relates to the earlier statute, Intellectual Property and Industrial Property.
It is intended to prepare the student for the examination in law which must be written by the Engineer for the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Ontario. This course is restricted to senior Mechanical Engineering students.
Offered Fall, Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit