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GEOG 225Global Environment and Health

Units
0.50
Faculty
Environment
Subject
Geography and Environmental Management

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 6 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course addresses the range of environmental issues that affect human health and well-being, with a global focus. This course will use a range of case studies from around the globe to address issues of measurement (of exposures and outcomes), evaluation (study designs), operationalization of well-being, and policy responses.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 0815689546 / 550Online or by arrangement

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 08155090 / 500Online or by arrangement
LEC 7012168311 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

73% liked it88% easy25% useful

From 48 ratings and 22 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • tbh. its medium for sure. Like yea, its super easy to chatgpt and do well on weekly discussions but then you are hit with a 25% paper and a 40% paper which are crazy. I got a 70% on my 25% paper and that tanked my grade so fast. I wouldn't call it the best bird course. I mean it's defo not hard but the only warning i would give is to brace yourself for those two paper and TAKE UR TIME. these papers are not birdy. you should take at least one week to do each. the first paper is only 500 words but the hardest 500 words of your life because you have to fit a lot of info in there and the instructions are awful, so you need to ask a lot of clarifying questions. The second paper is wayyyyy more…

    Dec 2024 · didn’t like it · 3 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Extremely bird course. Most markables are pass/fail and many people including myself are entering the final assignment with a 95%+ course grade. I found that none of the modules or readings applied to the assignments which made doing them rather questionable. If you want a course that takes 5 minutes per week (1 discussion, 1 reply) then take this! If you want a course with material that applies to assignments and feels coherently built upon week to week... I would skip this course. Nice class overall if you have a busy term and want to spend no time on it.

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  • I don't think this course is super helpful but definitely a bird one. The content is easy to comprehend, your grade is mainly discussion based and major projects literally lightwork.

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  • Content and assignments were very tedious and takes time but content itself is pretty useless and easy. HOWEVER, beware this is a TA based course. This was supposed to be my bird course however it ended up being my lowest mark out of all my courses and even dragging my GPA down

    Jul 2026 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Very easy course with a low weekly workload. 10 x 2% weekly discussions, 5% global citizen (initial), 5% global citizen (final, discussion), 5% photo voice essay (trial, pass or fail), 25% photo voice essay (final), and 40% media assignment. Dedicated ~1hr per week on this course for the most part. Each week there are a bunch of readings that it says you are supposed to do, but just skip to the bottom and do whatever reading pertains to the discussion for the week. The content is all fairly basic, with some new terminology here and there. I would say it's a mix of HLTH and EARTH. Finished with a 92%, you could definitely get higher if you put more effort into the photo voice essay (final)…

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

46 posts and comments in 39 threads mention GEOG 225, July 2018 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

Spring 2024

200+ bird course fall 2024 3 points, 8 comments

u/Exit_exe_: “… already taken: geog 225, 219; hrm 200, sci 206”

u/Electronic-Fudge-287: “How was GEOG 225? I need a 200 - level elective as well”

u/Cheap-Ad-3056: “which one was easiest/least amount of workload per week out of geog 225, 219, hrm 200, and sci 206? i need an elective for fall 2024 and am considering taking one of these!”

u/Cheap-Ad-3056: “thanks! i ended up adding geog 225, was the 40% assignment really heavy?”

u/Working_Ad4954: “is geog225 bird”

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Bird Courses, Fall 2024 13 points, 21 comments

“Anything really that would help boost my CAV, preferably a 200 serieis course would be sick, but anything you know that is offered this term. I will be taking, thanks. Thank you<3”

u/markleestan: “Clas 201 if someone wants to give me their seat ;(”

u/markleestan: “But from what I’ve heard: geog 225 (taking), bet 210 (taking), music 246, geog 219, geog 207, msci 211, mgmt 244 hope these help :0 (and if you take geog 225- lmk!!)”

u/markleestan: “… I might switch my geog 225 for it since it’s less work- but just too tired for a 7pm-9:50pm course :[”

u/Range_Early: “Do you think geog 225 or 219 would result in a higher grade”

u/markleestan: “For me personally geog 225 > 219 because 219 is said to be reflection papers on long articles which to me seems like more work and I don’t do well in those style of writing. …”

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Winter 2024

Spring 2024 Bird Courses? 2 points, 5 comments

“Any recs for bord courses? A lot of the threads here are from about 2 years ago, was wondering if there were any more recent opinions.”

u/AccomplishedLime3975: “GEOG 225. took it last spring and is a very easy course!! HEALTH 105 is also easy and took it last spring”

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Bird course for high gpa 8 points, 11 comments

“Is there any recommendation for bird elective that could also help with gpa? Hopefully an easy 90+ but 85+ also sounds good. I want to apply to grad school so gpa matters a bit to me. Thanks guys.”

u/EmperorChain: “GEOG 225. I was a TA for it and we were given very lenient grading schemes to grade by.”

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Fall 2023

What’s the biggest grade decrease you’ve had from an exam? 53 points, 28 comments

“My grade went down 14% in one course because of the final…rip. Help me feel better lol”

u/Dimtar_: “i have all of you beat. in spring 2022 they switched clas104 from the covid format (4x25% online quizzes) to the pre covid format (2x25% online quizzes). …”

u/WorriedCurrent1789: “GEOG 225 is also nice, but it's only offered in Fall/Spring. It's about how human geography can affect human health and it has mostly the same format as GEOG 219 (I think it's taught by the same prof).”

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Spring 2023

bird course 2XX 1 point, 7 comments

“hi guys! thanks for clicking in, I really want to know if there is any bird course starting with 2 (like 2XX) outside the math department (if it's interesting that will be better) for math students. …”

u/Wrong_Mongoose6829: “Geog 207 envs 200”

u/Extra-Ad-7289: “… ERS 215 and GEOG 225 are SUPER light too. Heard similar things about GEOG 219 but I haven't taken it. All these classes except ENVS 200 are online. …”

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