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SPCOM 191Communication in the Engineering Profession (AE, CIVE, ENVE, GEOE)

Faculty
Arts
Last listed
Spring 2023

No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2023 and last ran in Winter 2023. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.

When it ran

  1. F20
  2. W21
  3. F21
  4. W22
  5. F22
  6. W23

Ran in 6 terms, Fall 2020 to Winter 2023.

In this course students in Architectural, Civil, Environmental, and Geological Engineering will enhance oral and written communication competencies in contexts relevant to the engineering profession.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: Architectural, Civil, Environmental, and Geological Engineering students. Antireq: GENE 199 taken fall 2017 or fall 2018

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8 posts and comments in 8 threads mention SPCOM 191, July 2019 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 2022

What courses are considered easy or difficult in the 1A term for Civil Engineering? 3 points, 5 comments

“Starting 1A this September, so just curious what courses people found easy or difficult in them. How long of times did you spend weekly, outside of class studying for these courses?”

u/UnsquabbledToast: “… again, practice, but spend more time studying for the finals than the small crowdmark or mobius assignments (rule of thumb for uni) engl191/spcom191 - these profs are vile. not hard to pass. passing is enough. cive100 - do not let bob scare you. …”

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Fall 2021

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Spring 2020

Civil Engineering professors? 2 points, 3 comments

“I'm going into Civil Engineering first year. Can someone give me a brief description of the professors, their personalities, or what they like, stuff like that?”

u/MeinGottWasZumTeufel: “… Nicholas Balaisis (SPCOM191) - Least favourite teacher from 1A teaching my least favourite course. Lazy, irresponsible, gives low marks. He ditched class once, so a bunch of us sat outside the classroom for an hour and a half. …”

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Engineering first year mandatory courses? 0 points, 4 comments

“I'm going into Civil Engineering at Waterloo this Fall. Are there required courses for all first year students like English? If so, what are they? …”

u/c1v1l: “1A Classes: CHE 102 - Chemistry CIVE 100 - Civil Engineering Concepts CIVE 104 - Mechanics 1 CIVE 115 - Linear Algebra ENGL 191 or SPCOM 191 (same course, you’ll get one of them randomly) - Communication in the Engineering Profession MATH 116 - Calculus 1 Pre-Class: Math …”

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Spring 2019

Transferring between engineering programs 4 points, 5 comments

“I'm starting in the civil engineering program in September. But I feel like mechanical engineering is more of a passion for me. So I am considering switching to mech. …”

u/alt-goldgrun: “… algebra), MATH116, CIVE100 (similar to ME100 I suppose?), CIVE104 (mechanics 1), ENGL 191/SPCOM191 (counts as a CSE, which can be counted for any engineering program) Mechanical and Civil 1A are extremely similar, so if you manage to transfer for 1B, you may have equivalencies …”

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