BIOL 371Comparative Animal Physiology: Evolutionary Themes
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Science
- Subject
- Biology
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
A comparative study of neural, sensory, endocrine, digestive, and reproductive strategies across animal taxa. The emphasis will be on evolutionary themes at the organismal, cellular, and molecular levels.
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Winter 2027 sections
| Section | Class | Enrolled | Meets |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | 7442 | 0 / 80 | MWF 08:30–09:20 |
| LEC 701 | 8149 | 77 / 9999 | Online or by arrangement |
Reviewed on UW Flow
100% liked it50% easy56% useful
From 6 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
felt ike this course was harder compared to biol 370. if u had 370 its pretty much the same thing but a bit more evolution related. also all assessments are open book. 9 x 2.2% quizzes (overall worth 20%, one quiz gets dropped, unlimited time), 4 x 15% tests (too many tests imo, one runs during final season, 80 mins), 20% poster project where ur put into a group of 3 and present a poster about a research paper (10% actual poster, 3% 100 word summary, 1% additional citations, 1% reflection, 5% actual presentation).
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Taken Winter 2024 with Dr. McGuire, the marking scheme is 4x15% non-cumulative open book tests, 20% group poster project and 20% best 8 out of 9 non-cumulative quizzes. The course is delievered completely in-person. The tests are open book, but they have a lot of long answer questions as well as multiple choice and short answer questions. The quizzes are straightforward and generally easy to do well on, you get unlimited time. The poster project is in groups of 2-3. The poster presentation component (5%) is marked very hardly, but the poster itself (10%) is not. It is hard to get a 90+ in this course given the tests and the poster project, but getting 80+ is not hard if you put in the…
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13 posts and comments in 13 threads mention BIOL 371, January 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 2024
Anyone taken biol 370/371/383/441/442/449/450?? If so what are your thoughts? I’d appreciate some help :) 1 point, 3 comments
Fall 2022
Has anyone taken Biol 371? 2 points, 0 comments
u/Mrgooberman: “It sounds really interesting but there are no reviews on UW flow yet which makes me unsure if I want to take it. If anyone has taken it already, could you please let me know how the course was for you and what the grading scheme was like? Thanks :)”
Winter 2022
see you all on february 7th 88 points, 10 comments
u/Dimtar_: “… 302 (Lecture) BIOL 331 (Lecture) BIOL 341 (Lecture) BIOL 346 (Lecture) BIOL 355 (Lecture) BIOL 371 (Lecture) BIOL 373 (Lecture) BIOL 414 (Lecture) BIOL 428 (Lecture) BIOL 442 (Lecture) BIOL 477L (Tutorial) CHEM 123 (Tutorial) CHEM 125 (Tutorial) CHEM 363 (Lecture) EARTH 122 …”
Fall 2021
W22: BIOL 302, BIOL 331, BIOL 341, BIOL 237L, BIOL 371, BIOL 477L online ? 0 points, 6 comments
u/CherryOnThat: “Does anyone know if BIOL 302, BIOL 331, BIOL 341, BIOL 237L, BIOL 371, BIOL 477L will be exclusively online? perhaps any TA knows?”
Spring 2021
Hey, anyone in honours Science, what courses did you take in 3A and 3B? 1 point, 2 comments
u/kraftdinner98: “In 3A I took BIOL370, KIN407, PHIL319J, BIOL225, HLTH201 3B was BIOL371, BIOL373, KIN406, KIN100/100L, BIOL239 I did the medical physiology minor so a lot of these courses went towards that :)”
Winter 2021
biol 371 syllabus 0 points, 0 comments
u/waterloosfinest: “basically the title, if anyone in that class could send me the syllabus that would be greatly appreciated:) im trying to look for another course to switch into”
Fall 2019
Anybody taken BIOL 371 or have the course syllabus? 3 points, 0 comments
Fall 2018
Need 4 more science courses 6 points, 12 comments
u/criys: “BIOl 371 is a fun class and useful if you wanna go into animal biology, good to take with physiology (373, I didn’t a did just fine though). BIOL 361 is extremely useful in both research and just like working cause you learn how to work with data. …”
3rd Year Biology 4 points, 26 comments
“Hey everyone, I'm going to be starting my third year this winter term. If there are any bio or related students on the sub, do y'all think taking 5 bio courses in the term is overkill? …”
u/mo_cookies: “… BIOL 308, 359, 373, 371 are good choices, or if you have the prereqs for 400 level courses some of those can be easier than 300s imo. …”
Spring 2018
What are your favourite and least favourite classes you've taken? 10 points, 40 comments
u/criys: “Favourite: BIOL 371, BIOL 359, BIOL 240, Least Favourite: BIOL 382, PHYS 395, PHYS 224”
Anybody taken BIOL 371 before? 5 points, 1 comment
u/throwawaybiooooooooo: “Has anybody taken BIOL 371, Comparative Animal Physiology before? I was wondering what the grade breakdown of the class was eg. labs/assignments/presentations/tests etc. Also wondering if you'd recommend it or not. Thanks!”
Fall 2017
Best class to meet girls 0 points, 22 comments
u/lexevir: “… Maybe BIOL 371 could work. Any ideas? EDIT: Well guys, you ruined something else for me. How fucking autistic are you people. Let's break this down. First of all, I started off saying "hello" to the god damn subreddit like I'm speaking to an audience. …”
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