SE 201Seminar

Subject: Software Engineering

When it runs

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

General seminar.

Prerequisites

Enrolled in H-Software Engineering

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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
SEM 001	7584	136 / 150	M 16:30–17:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

55% liked it93% easy36% useful

From 73 ratings and 16 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

Only held once for an Ask Me Anything with Victoria and Mike Godfrey, which was pretty useful.

Dec 2025 · liked itOn UW Flow Remove this
Never showed up once.

Jan 2025 · liked itOn UW Flow Remove this
Only attended like two lectures lol

Dec 2024 · didn’t like itOn UW Flow Remove this
No grade so no need to go ever.

Jan 2024 · didn’t like itOn UW Flow Remove this
Honestly, the midterm average was only a 69, I'd say you should focus on this course pre midterm. The final was easier, 13 true/false, 37 MC, 4 short answer, and 20 marks for a long answer.

Dec 2023 · didn’t like itOn UW Flow Remove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention SE 201, 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.

Spring 2019

Aug 27, 2019 SE courses that can be taken as a student in CS 5 points, 8 comments

“If you enroll as a student in CS, I understand that you can still take some courses related to SE, but there are some courses that you can't take, correct? …”

u/Frozen-Penis: “… Courses like: seminars (SE 101, 102, 201, ...), physics (ECE 105, 106), circuits (ECE 140, 124), chemistry, diff eqns, and controls are typically taken by SE but not found in CS. If you really wanted though, you can take equivalents for some of them (e.g. …”

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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.”

u/Jackhofmann: “… SDS 425R SDS 440R SDS 449R SDS 450R SDS 451R SDS 490R SDS 495R SDS 499A SDS 499B SE 101 SE 201 SE 212 SE 302 SE 380 SE 390 SE 463 SE 464 SE 490 SE 499 SEQ 1 SEQ 2 SEQ 3 SEQ 4 SEQ 5DD SEQ 6CA SI 101R SI 120R SI 121R SI 131R SI 201R SI 221R SI 231R SI 250R SI 301R SMF 101 SMF 204 …”