HLTH 102Introduction to Health 2
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Health
- Subject
- Public Health Sciences
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
This course expands upon the general concepts introduced in HLTH 101 while extending the discussion to include issues such as: additional barriers to health; disease prevention; and methods used to plan, monitor, and improve individual and population health. Discussion will include when various interventions are justified and why, and where and when combinations of policies, treatments, education, and other approaches are necessary. The health of Canadians relative to that of people in other countries, as well as the inequalities that exist in health status within Canada and around the globe will be examined. Case examples will be used to illustrate points.
Prerequisites
- Must have completed the following:
- HLTH101 - Introduction to Health 1 (0.50)
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
Winter 2027 sections
| Section | Class | Enrolled | Meets |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | 2739 | 0 / 400 | TTh 16:00–17:20 |
| LEC 701 | 1088 | 390 / 9999 | Online or by arrangement |
Reviewed on UW Flow
80% liked it83% easy69% useful
From 127 ratings and 27 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
boy oh boy. this course was absolutely insufferable. Mccoriston should just head home - amazing person, terrible teacher. powerpoints were always like 70 slides long, the content used to literally contradict itself at times, and you need to conduct entire literary analyses on her test questions in order to understand them. dawg nobody even attended the lectures.. and dont even get me started on them assignments. each one was worth 10% and the devilish TAs marking them were laced with pure evil, malevolence, and tyranny. after spending equivalent to forty days and forty nights on one of the despicable assignments, I opened the daunting pulse notification only to swipe right and have my eyes…
Apr 2025 · didn’t like it · 6 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
Screw this bs. Do not take this course with Jennifer McCorriston. Doesn't teach, spams 70+ slides per lecture, assignments marked with vague rubrics and marks taken off for stuff not on rubrics, and no practice given for exam. HLTH 102 is gonna be my lowest mark in undergrad so far. Exam was full of multiple correct answers where she expects you to decode the right answer even though there are many. Never recommending UW Health sci to anyone ever again after this tomfoolery of a course. Gained ZERO skills, wasted HOURS of my time AND wasted my tuition dollars because of this professor
Apr 2025 · didn’t like it · 5 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
If you are taking the course with McCorriston, delay it and take it another term. I have taken organic chemistry, biochemistry, and many biology courses, and I will likely do worse in this course because of a professor coming in and ruining a perfectly good course.
Apr 2025 · didn’t like it · 5 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
fuck these shitty course, the prof needs to quit her useless fucking job and the TAs needa quit being TAs. That final exam was fucking horrible, i was wondering if she actually proof read that shit exam before sending it for print. so much questions had multiple answers, she told us to choose the most correct answer. Listen i would understand if this was a chem, physics, or biology course but its fucking hlth 102.
Apr 2025 · didn’t like it · 5 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
This was quite possibly the worst course I've ever taken. Literally why are we paying tuition if the professor isn't even going to teach her own course?? 75% of the lectures were guest lectures, and each class was a slideshow with 50 slides in it. Jennifer McCorriston shouldn't be teaching this class!!! Not only does she not teach, she doesn't give us practice problems for the midterm or final, and the TA's are the ones marking our assignments (and they think they're all that giving us 60s on our papers) so what is she even doing?? She doesn't deserve to be teaching, she should go do what she says she loooooves doing, working with campus housing. Do not take this class with her.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
25 posts and comments in 23 threads mention HLTH 102, May 2015 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
Hlth102 2 points, 1 comment
u/lalala6283: “anyone that took Hlth102 last winter, do you need to go to classes everyday???? It’s an 8:30 class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I’m also commuting and don’t have any other classes on those two days so would love to not go to those.”
Fall 2023
Bird HLTH courses 1 point, 1 comment
“Hi I’m wondering if anyone from faculty of health knows easy Hlth courses. Many of our courses say in person I’ve had courses that are fully assignment based and require very little course knowledge. …”
u/Soft-Presentation-95: “… HLTH 102 was, too, straightforward and easy. The grades were mainly based on assignments, though if you had a shit TA like I did, then you may suffer grade wise because of their negligence. HLTH 245 was fairly easy, though boring. HLTH 260 was easy. …”
Spring 2023
Bird health courses 1 point, 3 comments
“im a cs major and i need to take a science/health course to fulfil my breath and dept. Any recommendations for bird health courses? preferably with no final or quiz.”
u/Master_Inspector3718: “Hlth 101 and 102, there’s quizzes but they’re online and really short. No final for 102”
How's it like making friends in first year? + General Questions for an incoming first year 4 points, 4 comments
“I'm going into Public Health this September and really wanna make some new friends, the ones I had in high school weren't the best of people and I wanna move on from that side of life? …”
u/Miserable-Ad2744: “… first term (HLTH 101, HEALTH 107, HLTH 103), and likewise for the next term (PSYCH 101 and HLTH 102). Making friends in res is alright it really depends on what your don does for the floor and how much interactions occur and what you put in. …”
Social science courses 1 point, 2 comments
u/S09s02: “… Would health courses (eg HLTH 101, 102, 103, 107, etc) count? …”
Winter 2023
TA for first year courses 1 point, 3 comments
u/Good-Ad8626: “Hi, i wanted to TA for some first year courses for the spring 2023 term(chem 120/chem123, biol 130/biol 273/biol 239, hlth 107/hlth 101/hlth 102/hlth 201). i cant find the application so should i email the professor teaching the class. …”
Winter 2022
Anyone else have no in-person classes resuming Feb 7? 9 points, 11 comments
“I was really looking forward to going back to class next week but then one by one all of my classes announced they were going to stay online until Feb 28, even ones that aren't even large (< 50 …”
u/Dimtar_: “Here’s what’s happening w my courses; it’s mostly online for now HLTH 102 330 people, Lectures online async till 28th, Tut in person but the next one is March anyways PSYCH 101 280 people, Online sync till 28th BIOL 239 420 people, Lectures online async till 28th, Tutorials …”
see you all on february 7th 88 points, 10 comments
u/Dimtar_: “… 100 GERON 310 HLTH 310 KIN 310 GERON 352 HLTH 352 KIN 352 REC 362 SOC 352 GSJ 380 HLTH 380 HLTH 102 HLTH 344 HLTH 370 HLTH 430 KIN 146 KIN 312 KIN 404 KIN 427 REC 280 ACTSC 231 (Tutorial) CO 250 (Tutorial) CO 487/CO 687 (Lecture) COMM 231 (Lecture) CS 251 (Labs) MATH 136 …”
Spring 2021
Pls advice or give suggestions to this confused incoming biomedical science freshman 5 points, 13 comments
“Hi, I am currently trying to create and prepare my course schedule before the selection period starting June 5th. …”
u/Ok_Ad4069: “Hey! I just finished my first year of biomed. 1) You do not have to choose between ENGL 193 and SPCOM 193. They will assign you to one of them. As far as I know they are the same thing. …”
u/excusemewho1: “\ great answer I would just add that some other courses I took throughout my undergrad (4th year now) would be any 100-200 level PSYCH courses, HRM 200, HLTH 101/102. …”
Pls advice or give suggestions to this confused incoming biomedical science freshman 0 points, 4 comments
u/rjln: “… Program electives: you can choose from: CS 200, HLTH 101, HLTH 102, HLTH 320, HLTH 340, HLTH 341, HLTH 407, MATH 127, MATH 128, PHIL 226 (or any other introductory ethics course), PSYCH 101, PSYCH 261, SOC 101, SOC 248, SOC 249, STAT 202 The undergrad calendar for more …”
Fall 2020
Advice needed for a senior student about programs (Biomed science vs Health Studies) 4 points, 17 comments
“This is my first post on reddit so I'm sorry in advance if it's a bit low quality :') I've recently been applying to universities and have found myself wondering whether I should apply to Waterloo's …”
u/largewhiteegg: “I’m a health studies student who is about to graduate. The program was quite different from when I started to now, but message me if you have any specific questions :)”
u/largewhiteegg: “In first year I took: AHS 107 BIOL 130/BIOL 130L CHEM 120/CHEM 120L HLTH 101 HLTH 102 HLTH 245 PSYCH 101 CHEM123/123L Honestly, I chose health studies mostly because of coop, but also because I wanted to avoid calculus. …”
First year courses 0 points, 9 comments
“What were your health studies first year courses and how’d they go?”
u/CosmicRobot14: “… I had Wilson 2nd Sem: HLTH 102: Even easier than HLTH 101, attend class, make decent notes, assignments are a cakewalk and the midterms even more so if you have Leatherdale like I did. PSYCH 101: Just read the damn textbook, you'll regret it if you don't. …”
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