uwloo

MSE 263Managerial Economics

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Management Science and Engineering

When it runs

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

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course introduces students to key concepts in microeconomics, with an emphasis on applications to managerial decision-making. Topics include basic analysis of supply and demand, demand functions and the theory of consumer behaviour, production and costs, market equilibrium, competition between industry participants, and pricing strategies of firms under different market structures.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • ECON101 - Introduction to Microeconomics (0.50)

Leads to

Reviewed on UW Flow

58% liked it33% easy88% useful

From 26 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • You will get railed in the exam questions, but the prof will curve it (... a lot)

    Aug 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Essentially just AP Microeconomics, but with slightly more details in some parts. Some assignment questions take more time, but assessments are fair and the teacher makes the exams easy

    May 2022 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Only took this course for the MSCI option. Learned about basic econ stuff like supply/demand. Somewhat useful to understand how markets work but very hard to study for in my opinion, no good practice or guidelines available

    Jan 2019 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • The course material is actually not that bad... but the way it was presented (see professor comments)

    Jul 2017 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

One post or comment in 1 thread mentions MSE 263, April 2024 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

Questions for Management Engineering students: this program or UTSG CS? 1 point, 11 comments

u/KINGBLUE2739046: “- It’s an Engineering workload, it’s a lot better than ECE, much more time to do side projects, almost a joke honestly, other programs will be making fun of you for not being real engineers, no big …”

u/nyephe: “… paste from the MSE 251/253 tutorials but it's never tested I remember Excel being used in MSE 100/131/251/253/331/263/334/431/332/333/343, and this is only up to 3B and excluding TEs”

View on RedditRemove this

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

Calendar versions

Undergraduate Calendar