SYDE 112Calculus 2
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Systems Design Engineering
Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2025–26.
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Integration: improper integrals and applications. Multi-variable calculus: partial, total, and directional derivative, gradient divergence, double and triple integrals, Jacobian, solution techniques, applications.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 1B
- Enrolled in H-Biomedical Engineering, or H-Systems Design Engineering
Antirequisites
Leads to
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81% liked it31% easy88% useful
From 105 ratings and 14 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Critical you understand integration. Do the homework (3 and 4 especially) and you'll be fine
Aug 2018 · liked it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
I found that this course was better than SYDE 111. It felt like there was less content and the pace was manageable. Weekly assignments helped reinforce concepts and definitely a mark booster. The midterm was surprisingly hard so be sure to do the assignments! Final was better.
Jul 2015 · liked it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
the quizzes were either super easy or really hard. the final WAS SO DIFFICULT i swear no one knew what they were doing.
Apr 2026 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
The content was difficult, but it was easier to understand with time. The prof made the exam very difficult, everyone left confused. The quizzes and the midterm were reasonable but the exam was unfair. The prof made the content difficult and went off on tangents during lectures
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The content was initially difficult to pick up, but after doing the problem sets (which are really useful in preparing for assessments), the concepts started to make a lot of sense. I found this course more difficult than SYDE 111, but it was also very interesting. My favourite course of 1B.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
4 posts and comments in 4 threads mention SYDE 112, December 2020 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 2024
For SYDE: What should I do to prepare? 1 point, 0 comments
u/Ghostu22: “Hi, Trying to find math resources I’ll need for first year math courses: SYDE 111/113/112/114 I’d ideally like some resources that will cover the topics in those courses before hand. Let me know.”
Winter 2023
Can someone explain why some calc courses that have very different content are still antirequisites? 5 points, 1 comment
u/Mysterious_You_3555: “For example Math 119 and Syde 112 both have Math 138 as their antirequisite, which sounds good as they are all "calc 2" except 119 and 112 cover much more content into multivariate calc whereas 138 stops at integration and series”
Winter 2022
Undergrad courses I've taken tier list (details in comments) 161 points, 13 comments
u/MindTheGap9: “… 1B - SYDE112 - I still can't do a trig sub integral. Udv = uv-vdu is the only thing I remember. - SYDE114 - "Calculus" (lol). Birkett's first slaughter of our class. Whatever TA held a 6.5 hour review session the night before the midterm saved us. …”
Fall 2020
Engineering ranked by Math Difficulty? 9 points, 18 comments
“In your opinion, how would you rank the difficulty/depth of math that each engineering student has to go through? (By major)”
u/1000Ditto: “mildly fcked: civil enviro geo mgmt eggplant level fcked: bme syde pineapple level fcked: mech tron se raccoon level fcked: che nano goose level fcked: ece”
u/emananoo_10_9: “Be ready for the FY Lin Alg course from hell in Nano, they tryna prep you for Quantum Mechanics. It is also worth noting that in FY for Calc: SYDE 111/ SYDE 112: BME, SYDE MATH: 117/MATH 119: Nano, ECE, Software MATH 116/MATH 118: Everyone Else”
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