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PLAN 105Introduction to Planning Analysis

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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

  1. F20
  2. F21
  3. F22
  4. F23

Ran in 4 terms, Fall 2020 to Fall 2023.

The goal of this course is to introduce students to analytical approaches employed in planning. Students will gain a basic understanding of planning relevant data and approaches to analyzing and communicating planning data. Ideas and techniques drawn from demography are emphasized along with spatial analysis, visualization, and techniques for socio-economic data.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: Planning students

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From 125 ratings and 18 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • This is just an excel course. The assignments have nothing to do with the final but are really easy.

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  • The lectures were very boring and unengaging. The prof taught the content very slowly and often fell behind schedule when teaching the course. Most of the lectures are skippable and you are better off taking notes on the slides instead of attending the lectures because the prof does not give additional content outside of what is put on the slides. The weekly open book quizzes were very easy and you can search up the answers from the lecture slides. The excel and ArcGIS lab assignments had confusing instructions but were ultimately easy and relatively straight forward. The end of term test was confusing and difficult since its content was irrelevant to the rest of the assessments in this…

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  • Literally has step-by-step instructions; the easiest GIS course you will ever take. You would honestly have to try to fail.

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  • Don't be scared of ArcGIS!!!

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  • Lectures can feel a bit scattered and unorganized at times, though almost everything taught is pretty interesting and applicable to other classes. Some classes can feel like review but it's always nice to have everyone on the same page. Professor Feick is super chill and understanding. The assignments aren't that hard, it's just a lot of GIS and excel stuff. Try to do them at least a day or two before they're due.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

4 posts and comments in 3 threads mention PLAN 105, 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 2023

How is Planning? 4 points, 7 comments

“Hi! I'm thinking about going into the planning program but I'm wondering how math and science extensive the program is generally. …”

u/gingham_cat: “… PLAN 105: Lectures were a little all over the place but were generally about current planning issues, how to approach planning problems, data sources, demography. Two Excel projects and two Gis projects which come with instructions. …”

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Spring 2019

Planning Co-op or Math Reg? 0 points, 8 comments

“I'm having a hard time choosing between these two programs. I find both program equally interesting, it's just the co-op and future prospect that's making me an indecisive lil bitch. …”

u/perkornah: “I’m in planning co-op and am really enjoying it so far. I’ve heard the first co-op is hard to get but it’s doable if you’re passionate and interview well. …”

u/perkornah: “… The core courses in 1A were PLAN 105, 104, ENVS 195, PLAN 100, and PLAN 102. In 1B they were PLAN 110, ENVS 178, PLAN 105, and two electives. They are all very theoretical but we had a lot of hands on work. …”

u/-MrGoose-: “Courses mentioned in this thread: ENVS178 ENVS195 PLAN100 PLAN102 PLAN104 PLAN105”

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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: “… PHYS 767 PHYS 768 PHYS 771 PHYS 777 PHYS 781 PHYS 786 PHYS 788 PLAN 100 PLAN 102 PLAN 104 PLAN 105 PLAN 210 PLAN 262 PLAN 281 PLAN 300 PLAN 309 PLAN 320 PLAN 340 PLAN 351 PLAN 362 PLAN 387 PLAN 418 PLAN 451 PLAN 453 PLAN 474 PLAN 485 PLAN 490 PLAN 615 PLAN 619 PLAN 621 PLAN 625 …”

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