Professional Development is a mandatory requirement for engineering at the University of Waterloo where I need to take 5 total PD courses.
I already took:
I am deciding between the following:
PD3
Communication
- 16% useful
- 66% easy
- 20% liked
PD4
Teamwork
- 31% useful
- 75% easy
- 16% liked
PD5
Project Management
- 33% useful
- 73% easy
- 24% liked
PD6
Problem Solving
- 19% useful
- 74% easy
- 18% liked
PD4
Teamwork
- 31% useful
- 75% easy
- 16% liked
PD7
Conflict Resolution
- 31% useful
- 79% easy
- 36% liked
PD8
Intercultural Skills
- 26% useful
- 89% easy
- 32% liked
NOOOOO
they don’t run this in the fall :(
PD12
Critical Reflection for growth in the workplace
- 15% useful
- 81% easy
- 18% liked
PD22
Professionalism and Ethics in Engineering Practice
- 56% useful
- 69% easy
- 35% liked
I won’t lie, you can infer that not many people get value out of PD from these stats gathered from UWFLOW… So I’m looking for the course that I can spend the least amount of time on so that I can free up time for other things.
Right now…
The standouts are PD7, PD12, and PD22.
I probably would have taken PD 8 if it were available but they don’t run it in the fall :(
PD7 is marginally more difficult than PD12 but overall, it is supposedly much more enjoyable and liked. PD22 has a shockingly high “usefulness” rating for a PD course.
Decision (OOD)
Based on the three given ratings, I decided to choose PD7, maybe I’ll change my mind and take PD22 instead
Actual Decision
20 minutes before the deadline, I changed my mind and took PD22 because I found out it fulfils my ethics requirements and will free up a CSE later on! I guess thats why the usefulness rating was so high lol