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BIOL 273LHuman Physiology 1 Laboratory

Faculty
Science
Last listed
Spring 2021

No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2021 and last ran in Winter 2021. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.

When it ran

  1. W20
  2. W21

Ran in 2 terms, Winter 2020 to Winter 2021.

Experiments to study the principles of human physiology that are elaborated in BIOL 273. [Offered: W,S]

Requirements, as last listed

Coreq: BIOL 273. Antireq: BIOL 301A, 301B

In today’s calendar

Reviewed on UW Flow

65% liked it74% easy64% useful

From 48 ratings and 10 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Mark breakdown was supposed to be 17% report 1, 23% report 2, 20% prelab quizzes, 5% performance, and 35% lab exam. Lab exam was cancelled for this term. This is a biweekly lab that is completely run by TAs. Prelab quizzes are free marks because the TAs will choose a random question from a predetermined list that is in the lab manual. Lab reports can take a while to write, but the good news is that they are marked very generously. Most labs themselves used a computer program called iWorx, but the equipment is really old and almost never works as intended.

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  • I did it in the last couple of terms it was offered cause I had to do it, hella easy. No need to worry at all y'all, I can't say about the Lab Final though cause it was cancelled for COVID.

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  • Most of the time you didn't have to stay for the whole time since half of the experiments didn't actually work and were predictable anyways. The lab reports were really straight forward and if you've taken any other bio lab, then you should have no problem getting at least an 80 on the reports. There's a quiz associated with each experiment but the 5 or 6 questions they choose from are given to you ahead of time so you can go in knowing what the answers are (those quizzes are free marks so take them). The final wasn't too difficult but it's short so make sure you review your labs well (all aspects) that way you can score high.

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  • Easiest lab I've taken so far. Biweekly with two lab reports and quizzes at the beginning of each lab worth 5%. Quizzes were one question chosen from a predetermined list of 6 so it is very easy to get 100%. Final exam was fine. LAb's were not run very well and it seemed like the TA's didn't know what they were doing most of the time.

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  • It was really cool and unique to measure and observe the things in our own bodies. However, the software was constantly glitchy and we'drarely get results that you were expecting. We weren't penalised for this though.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

29 posts and comments in 24 threads mention BIOL 273L, October 2011 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

Are all labs cancelled first week 7 points, 4 comments

“I literally have a lab Monday morning after my first class, is it gonna get cancelled?”

u/suiyui: “I think it's class-dependent. In my experience, my MSCI labs and tutorials start from week 2 or 3, but these aren't separate lab courses (ex. BIOL 273 + BIOL 273L)”

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Winter 2023

Fall 2021

cant find biol273L 2 points, 6 comments

[deleted]: “… but on ucalender it says that biol 273L is offered in this winter, but when i try to find it on quest there's only 273.... Am i missing something? Or maybe its not offered idk? …”

u/ndeosara: “Biol 273L doesn’t exist anymore, the new Biol 373L is the 2 courses combined”

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Winter 2021

I'm taking 8 Biomed Sciences courses 1 point, 9 comments

“And it's surprisingly not that bad??? My workload has definitely increased like crazy but it's not unmanageable! …”

u/conorathrowaway: “What are the courses? I’m in 4th year biomed and can let you know if you’re taking any of the killer courses. If you’re taking molecular bio or embryology you’ll want to reconsider. …”

u/kirishimeth: “Nah, I took molecular bio a while back. I know it's death :') I took BIOL 341 - immunology BIOL 302 - histology BIOL 449 - public health microbio BIOL 273L - human phys 1 BIOL 373L - human phys 2 CHEM 237 - biochem CHEM 237L CHEM 123L - general Chem 2 lab”

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Fall 2020

Spring 2020

Biol 240, 273,211 and chem 266 in same term 2 points, 7 comments

“So I want to know how difficult this schedule would be plus another elective, I would take some easy psych course. …”

u/MysteriousAura: “Looks pretty normal to me. I took a similar course load last term (BIOL 239, BIOL 273 + lab, CHEM 267 + lab, CHEM 237 + lab, and an elective) and it was manageable. …”

u/MysteriousAura: “… For example, I'm required to take BIOL 273L because I entered in Fall 2018, but anyone who entered in Fall 2019 or later isn't required to take this course. …”

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Fall 2019

BIOL 273L, BIOL 373L, CHEM 237L -- which is easiest? 2 points, 3 comments

u/kitkatpittapat: “This is not in terms of easier but for Biol 273L, they’re going to stop offering that lab after Spring 2020, I’ve heard from a friend of a friend that the lab is useless but it might be your only chance to take it!”

u/QueenOfThisThrone: “CHEM 237L is super straight forward, it’s the most basic lab. BIOL 273L is more work just because there’s more to the lab reports, but the answers to the quizzes are all online.”

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