MSCI 271Advanced Calculus and Numerical Methods
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Last listed
- Spring 2024
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2024 and last ran in Fall 2023. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- F20
- F21
- F22
- F23
Ran in 4 terms, Fall 2020 to Fall 2023.
This course introduces students to first and second order ordinary differential equations, vector calculus, and numerical methods for solution of systems of equations, and ordinary differential equations. Applications in management engineering are emphasized. [Offered: F]
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: MATH 118; Level at least 2A Management Engineering
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
7 posts and comments in 6 threads mention MSCI 271, October 2017 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 2024
Question as a MGTE student pursuing physics aswell 1 point, 4 comments
u/_UW_Student: “… As a MGTE student, would msci 271 be able to override any of those courses? …”
u/1000Ditto: “dm me your mgmt questions msci 271 will not be able to override most of those”
Fall 2023
which course is the most useful/useless of ur major? 24 points, 44 comments
u/suiyui: “Useful: MSCI 342/245 - Full stack development MSCI 240 - OOP MSCI 446 (TE) - Machine learning Useless: Everything else, especially the non-MSCI courses”
u/suiyui: “All useless - MATH 115 (lin alg) - MATH 116/118 (calc) - MSCI 271 (calc) - MSCI 251/253 (stats) - MSCI 331/332 (optimization) - MSCI 431 (stochastics)”
Winter 2022
Msci 271 Syllabus 1 point, 1 comment
Fall 2020
Good prof appreciation thread 61 points, 89 comments
“This term sucks a lot and a lot of people are having some shitty experiences, especially with certain profs/TAs/instructors. But there’s a lot of profs who are not that shitty. …”
u/1000Ditto: “msci department represent: mehrdad pirnia (msci271, calc 3): very sweet, writes fair tests, nice office hours, can tell he is very passionate and responds to email/messages timely. …”
Spring 2019
First/Second year Management Engineering quesion 8 points, 7 comments
u/OtterSniffer: “Some VBA in 1A if you count that, then Java in 1B and 2A. Then 2B is some SQL in a database class. Can't speak to courses after that, but tbh after learning Java and data structures and algorithms …”
u/OtterSniffer: “… And we were supposed to use R in MSCI 271, but that definitely did not happen for us because the prof didn't manage time properly for it. …”
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: “… 10 MNS 101 MNS 211 MNS 321 MNS 331 MSCI 100 MSCI 200A MSCI 211 MSCI 240 MSCI 261 MSCI 262 MSCI 271 MSCI 300B MSCI 311 MSCI 331 MSCI 332 MSCI 333 MSCI 342 MSCI 343 MSCI 422 MSCI 432 MSCI 446 MSCI 603 MSCI 605 MSCI 609 MSCI 634 MSCI 751 MSCI 760 MTE 100 MTE 140 MTE 200A MTE 200B …”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 2023–24Its last calendar entry, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them