SPCOM 192Communication in the Engineering Profession (COMPE, ELE, MGTE)
- 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 2020. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- W20
Ran in 1 term, Winter 2020 to Winter 2020.
In this course students in Computer, Electrical, and Management Engineering will enhance oral and written communication competencies in contexts relevant to the engineering profession.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Computer, Electrical, and Management Engineering students. Antireq: GENE 191
Reviewed on UW Flow
13% liked it75% easy25% useful
From 8 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Alot of writing, bad marking.
Jan 2023 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
Course marks automatically 80 unless you are extensively verbose (marks are proportional to the amount of filibusting you can do). Course is very bs
Apr 2020 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention SPCOM 192, 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.
Winter 2021
1B First Year Employment statistics W 2021, as of April 17th 105 points, 28 comments
“After u/mywaterlooaccount announced his retirement from first year coop stats, I thought I'd try it out. Updated numbers as of Saturday April 17th: 1B Coop Statistics as of April 17th, 2021 Thoughts?”
u/original-random: “MGME should be MGTE (Management Engineering)”
u/original-random: “… In the Calendar, ENGL 192/SPCOM 192 uses MGTE to denote Management Engineering: https://ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/2122/COURSE/course-ENGL.htmlENGL192 Or here: https://uwaterloo.ca/management-sciences/news/management-science-awards-2020 I personally don't understand the MGME …”
Fall 2019
[THREAD FOR UPDATING WHICH COURSE RELEASED MARKS] 8 points, 15 comments
u/bczlifeisamess: “Math 115 Math 117 ECE 150 ECE 105 SPCOM 192”
Spring 2019
Is ENGL 192/GENE 191 basically ENGL 109? 3 points, 1 comment
u/diewithmagnificence: “… Also it's "crosslisted" with SPCOM 192. Are there a lot of presentations/group work or is it mostly just writing? Is the content about like, literary criticisms (like a standard english course) or is it about more personal or professional communication? …”
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- Undergraduate Calendar, 2022–23Its last calendar entry, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them