NE 216Advanced Calculus and Numerical Methods 1

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Engineering
Subject: Nanotechnology Engineering

When it runs

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients. Boundary value problems and applications to quantum mechanics. Laplace and Fourier transforms, Fourier series and applications. Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Enrolled in H-Nanotechnology Engineering

Antirequisites

Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
- AMATH350 - Differential Equations for Business and Economics (0.50)
- MATH218 - Differential Equations for Engineers (0.50)
- MATH228 - Differential Equations for Physics and Chemistry (0.50)

Leads to

NE 318

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
LEC 001	5186	81 / 123	M 13:00–14:20 W 13:00–14:20 Sep 18 13:00–14:20 Nov 13 13:00–14:20
LAB 201	4795	81 / 123	F 14:30–16:20
TUT 101	4794	81 / 123	Th 11:30–12:20

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92% liked it72% easy96% useful

From 38 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

To be successful in this course, make sure that you pay close attention to the examples provided in the notes, the assignments and any past midterms or exams provided to you. Almost everything in the course is self-contained, meaning that you may see a question from a past midterm appear on the final exam, or an example from the slides. The concepts in this course are not particularly difficult to grasp, but ensure that you complete all assignments with understanding. I would highly recommend the textbook for this course as I found the explanations to be very clear, and the additional practice questions to be incredibly helpful.

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Awesome course because the prof is awesome.

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Course seemed impossible off the jump, with the prof not posting any content and working through problems at lightning speed during lectures. However, working through assignments and reading the textbook, I was able to grasp most concepts fairly quickly. Similar to comments below, make sure to MASTER all assignments and past midterms. Tons of recycled content showed up on the midterm and final, with different numbers and/or slightly altered wording. Kinda grew on me by the end. IDK.

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2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention NE 216, 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.

Fall 2020

Nov 5, 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/lurkingInTheShadows9: “Douglas Harder. Makes good qualiy videos and NE 112 is what async classes should be like.”

u/GankedByGoose: “… In NE 216 and 217 (advanced calc) you'll have "labs" where you solve differential equations using numerical methods in MATLAB and he does the instructional videos for those (think of a lab manual, but in lecture form). So he has practice putting up clean af online content. …”

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Fall 2017

Oct 28, 2017 Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

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