SPCOM 227Leadership
- 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
- W20
- W22
- W23
Ran in 3 terms, Winter 2020 to Winter 2023.
A workshop course in leadership combining theoretical and experiential perspectives. Students will develop and apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to be effective and perceptive communicators in a leadership position.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: For Mathematics students one of EMLS 101R, EMLS 102R, EMLS/ENGL 129R, ENGL 109, SPCOM 100, SPCOM 223; Level at least 2A
Reviewed on UW Flow
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From 7 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
The course is very strong in the first half. The rest of the course felt like they were just trying to fill empty space with useless material.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
26 posts and comments in 26 threads mention SPCOM 227, April 2016 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 2023
Communication course during Coop 1 point, 0 comments
u/cali-or-bust-404: “Is Comm227 (SPCOM227) doable during coop? Any suggestions on the communication course that can be done during coop given it doesn’t have a lot of in class components? Thanks!”
Winter 2023
How manageable is this workload? CS AI spec 4 points, 28 comments
u/tendstwofiftytwo: “… &x200B; S23: COOP, Taking CS370; coming to loo for midterms and finals &x200B; F23: SE380 Introduction to feedback control List 2 Comms Course SPCOM 227 CS 486 Intro to AI CS 349 User interfaces ECE 224 Embedded microprocessor systems (Once upon a time I was digital hardware, so …”
Fall 2022
Prof having a meltdown 377 points, 151 comments
u/Select-Protection-75: “… Courses Taught · SPCOM 101 – Theories of Communication · SPCOM 204 – Leadership, Teams and Communication · SPCOM 227 – Leadership · SPCOM 228 – Public Communication · SPCOM 323 – Speech Writing · SPCOM 324 – Small Group Communication · SPCOM 420 – Persuasion · SPCOM 475 – …”
spcom 227 reviews and what is it about? 2 points, 1 comment
u/warrior_2025_: “What does the course comprise of? Do wehave exams or midterms? Any one who took it previously?”
Best communications course for 1B term 2 points, 5 comments
“ENGL 119 - Comment A SPCOMM 228 - Comment B SPCOMM 223 - Comment C Thanks for all the advice, I’ll treat each one of you a lazeez for your time to respond to this. REALLY APPRECIATED!!!”
u/skbtwiz: “SPCOM 223 is fantastic if you want to develop public speaking skills. I'd also look into SPCOM 227 Leadership. My best course so far.”
Spring 2022
CS students, what courses have you taken each term 9 points, 21 comments
“Inspired by https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/v3b8nj/can\any\current\mathcs\students\let\me\know\their/ but recognizing that one term is a very narrow view, What courses have you taken each …”
u/BubblesfromSunnyvale: “1A: CS 135, MATH 135, MATH 137, PHYS 121, SPCOM 223 1B: CS 136, MATH 136, MATH 138, ECON 101, KIN 146 2A: CS 246E, CS 245, STAT 230, ECON 254, SPCOM 227 2B: CS 240, CS 241, CS 251, MATH 239, STAT 231 Co-op 3: CS 341 3A: CS 350, CS 480, CS 442, PMATH 340, ECON 371, CO 487 3B: CO …”
Winter 2021
Communication course requirements 4 points, 6 comments
u/K_man24: “Anyone take SPCOM 225, 227, or 228 online. How was the experience? Was it time consuming?”
I Need Help! 3 points, 2 comments
u/Significant-Ad-7752: “… By the end of this term, I would have completed SPCOM 223 and SPCOM 227. If you have completed (or currently completing) any 300 level SPCOM course, please privately message me! …”
Can the two communications courses fulfill CS depth? 2 points, 5 comments
“I've emailed the CS advisor several times back and forth but the replies are really slow and I need an answer by this week since the last day to add classes is coming up. …”
u/BubblesfromSunnyvale: “Yea you can. I had the SPCOM 223, 227, 3XX sequence confirmed for depth/breadth/communication courses.”
Fall 2020
What happened to SPCOM 227 2 points, 4 comments
u/ffrosteh: “I was going to take SPCOM 227 (Leadership) as my List II but it looks like it hasn't been offered for the past year. Anyone know what happened to it?”
SPCOM 227 (online) 2 points, 1 comment
An awful introduction to a course 12 points, 7 comments
“I have to make a SPCOM course, just thought I would share the information he included under "Required Texts and Readings": &x200B;”
u/TheMattInTheBox: “SPCOM 227 yeah? Rob's a guy you either hate or love when it comes to teaching. I personally loved 227 and his teaching but I understand why some people wouldn't really care of it. Not sure how his class translates to online but when I had it in person, I loved it tbh. …”
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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