BIOL 492Introduction to Marine Mammals
- Faculty
- Science
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1988–89 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
A two-week field course at the Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, NB. The course has a strong emphasis on field research and each student must complete a research project. Lectures will introduce the evolution, zoogeography, ecology and behaviour of whales, seals and sireans. Additionally, marine-mammal fisheries will be dealt with in both lecture and laboratory work. .
As printed in the 1988–89 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
13 posts and comments in 12 threads mention BIOL 492, July 2012 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.
Spring 2018
Bird Electives List 21 points, 39 comments
“Please list a few bird courses you have taken. Thank you.”
u/waterloocsboi: “just take bio, youll learn about birds”
u/tiltboi1: “BIOL 492”
Birdiest courses? 4 points, 9 comments
u/Mr-Goose-: “BIRD 100”
u/SarahSheffield: “I think you meant BIOL 492 - Marine Mammals and Seabirds 😂”
to the students of this subreddit 7 points, 10 comments
“to the students of this subreddit”
u/faraz_n: “What was your average when you applied to Mechanical Engineering?”
u/20DollarBot: “If you're looking for a course about birds, BIOL 492 involves observing seabirds under natural conditions!”
Admissions Megathread (Fall 2018 Incoming Students) 57 points, 466 comments
“Hello UW applicants, This thread is specifically for those who are applying/applied to UW to discuss different admission issues and ask current UW students for help and advice. …”
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u/20DollarBot: “If you're looking for a course about birds, BIOL 492 involves observing seabirds under natural conditions!”
u/yellowmunch152: “tfw when you score 10 point lower than your min estimated for euclid. Sad nigga hours rn”
u/20DollarBot: “If you're looking for a course about birds, BIOL 492 involves observing seabirds under natural conditions!”
WATERLOO SCIENCE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OUT OF IT 107 points, 45 comments
“Honestly, if you chose Waterloo Science and blame the school for being hard you should re-evaluate how you are studying for courses. …”
u/Riddikulus00: “Bird course”
u/20DollarBot: “If you're looking for a course about birds, BIOL 492 involves observing seabirds under natural conditions!”
[Humour] 6 types of people you meet on the first day of lectures 66 points, 14 comments
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u/20DollarBot: “If you're looking for a course about birds, BIOL 492 involves observing seabirds under natural conditions!”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “… BIOL 456 BIOL 462 BIOL 469 BIOL 470 BIOL 472 BIOL 473 BIOL 479 BIOL 483 BIOL 490A BIOL 490B BIOL 492 BIOL 498A BIOL 498B BIOL 499A BIOL 499B BIOL 605 BIOL 650 BIOL 651 BIOL 669 BIOL 680 BIOL 681 BIOL 690 BME 101 BME 101L BME 121 BME 161 BME 181 BME 201 BME 213 BME 261 BME 281 …”
Which bird courses dont have exams? 0 points, 5 comments
u/christoffles: “BIOL 492 is a bird course. The birds don't write exams either.”
Fall 2016
What are some easy bird courses to take? 5 points, 13 comments
“The easier the better :) preferably courses without much writing”
u/it_is_a_potato: “Sorry fam, looked through the course listings, and the only bird course I could find was BIOL 492 (Marine Mammals and Seabirds), I don't think it'd be too easy though.”
Spring 2015
bird course? 0 points, 11 comments
“I have to take an elective this fall and I want the easiest one to get high grades in(preferably no essays). It can be online.”
u/mujura: “The closest thing to a bird course is BIOL 492, you study seabirds.”
Spring 2013
What is a good bird course in HIST or PSYCH or PHIL? 0 points, 6 comments
“I am looking at HIST 200 - History of Film as my current choice.”
u/Anal_Love_Making: “BIOL 492 is the only bird course that I know of.”
Spring 2012
ADVICE on bird courses 5 points, 39 comments
“I'm going into my first year of uni for the honours physics co op program and need to pick an elective. I need it to be a bird course so i can focus on my other shit, but i'm having trouble deciding. …”
u/PartyPenguin: “BIOL 492 LAB,LEC 0.50 Course ID: 003767 Marine Mammals and Seabirds”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1988–89 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1988–89 to 1994–95 7 calendars
A two-week field course at the Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, NB. The course has a strong emphasis on field research and each student must complete a research project. Lectures will introduce the evolution, zoogeography, ecology and behaviour of whales, seals and sireans. Additionally, marine-mammal fisheries will be dealt with in both lecture and laboratory work. .