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PD 6Problem Solving

Units
0.50
Subject
Professional Development

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 provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to problem solve effectively in today's workplaces. Emphasis is on understanding how both critical and creative thinking can be applied to workplace problems as well as identifying the barriers that can interfere with the problem solving process. Students will have the opportunity to apply a variety of problem solving strategies in order to develop their own Problem Solving Action Plan.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Reviewed on UW Flow

19% liked it72% easy21% useful

From 67 ratings and 9 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • This course has like 9 assessments. It is really easy to pass. But at the same time, each assignment takes pretty long to complete if you want to hit all the requirements. It's very disorganized and sometimes you don't know what they want from you. Instructions can be very lengthy but then you'd realize all they ask is something very stupid/simple. Assignments take a long time to do which I hate. Some of them you need to read a story, case study, and answer questions. It is really easy to get a 50% in this course though, there are bonuses that can significantly help your mark. Overall, do not recommend.

    Mar 2017 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • honestly the course wasnt bad. bud definitely felt like one of the more "heavy" pd courses in comparison. content wasn't awful but there are most definitely others with a lower workload. ngl using chatgpt for 99% of it is entirely doable so it can be if you're not dumb af

    Jul 2023 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • It's the start of the term and I have already hated this course

    Jan 2021 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Easiest PD course ever.. You can complete it all within the first week of co-op lol.

    Jan 2018 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Regular PD garbage.

    Jan 2018 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

124 posts and comments in 79 threads mention PD 6, October 2010 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 2024

PD 5 vs PD 6, which is easier? 3 points, 2 comments

u/ee2424: “I’m going into a project management position so I was thinking 5, but I’ve heard 6 is easier. Any thoughts?”

u/One-Supermarket-9948: “Pd 6 is genuinely so boring and tedious. The modules are all very monotone and the assignments are all multi-step when then don't need to be. The content itself is useful, but it's the way it's taught and tested that made it not work.”

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Winter 2024

PD5, PD6, or PD9 - Workload 1 point, 10 comments

u/Sneakymist: “For people who have taken these courses, which one requires the least amount of work / least amount of thinking? I've done PD8 before and I found it pretty light and even mildly interesting, for reference. Thanks!”

u/doranpls: “I've heard PD5 and PD6 are both easy. I did PD6 last coop and it was easy money.”

u/sievernich: “PD6 is easy and fun. No matter what your answer is, you can't be wrong.”

u/flows456: “… For me, PD5 was considerably much easier than PD6 (in terms of workload of course) - I recall barely spending <3hrs IN TOTAL for the entire course and just did all the modules in one weekend and passed, whereas in PD6, spent about 1hr each weekend working on the …”

u/iamanaybaid555: “I've done PD6 within the first week of it's release on LEARN this term. It's very doable in a couple days straight if you wanna put in a few hours and get it out of the way.”

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Fall 2022

Winter 2022

Which PD makes you say “fuck PD” the least? 35 points, 28 comments

“I need to take a PD course for my EDGE certificate this spring and I’m wondering which course will make me want to kms the least. For reference, I’ve already taken PD 4: Teamwork. …”

u/ghfsigiwaa: “5, 6, 7”

u/UtterBeef: “pd 5 was actually such a shitty course... you have to read this case and it takes hooooours. the content is also very bland I'm taking pd6 this term, and the markers are way more chill (i put in 1hr on 4/7 assignments and get 95% on each)”

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What are the easiest PD courses? 0 points, 7 comments

“I consider the whole program a joke, so I want to coast through it.”

u/movermeyer: “PD 6: Problem Solving I was pleasantly surprised with this one. It had less BS than the others, and while it was still not good, it had some little jokes throughout the notes which made the content more tolerable. …”

u/MagepureisOP: “I would like to let any future students who are planning to take PD courses and reading this post that PD 6 : Problem Solving is NOT easy anymore. It is one of the hardest PD course that I've taken now.”

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First Work Term Report 6 points, 8 comments

u/No-Plastic-2664: “… I'm currently taking PD 6. My friend told me that PD 12 Major Reflective is considered a work term report. Is it the same for all PD courses or is there a seperate report that has to be written? I looked into work term reports on the university website but it was useless. …”

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Fall 2021

Spring 2021

PD and work term report 2 points, 6 comments

“Currently taking PD10, theres no mention of a work term report in it. Does that mean I have to do PD10's final project PLUS A WHOLE FUCKING WORK TERM REPORT????”

u/Intra_Slut: “Take pd 6, then you won’t need to do the report”

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Winter 2021

PD6 has too little work 39 points, 3 comments

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u/zyxwvu28: “Can we get an F in the chat for future students who take PD6?”

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