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HLTH 280Applied Public Health Ethics

Faculty
Health
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.

This course explores ethical issues in health sciences, emphasizing population and public health. The course begins by considering canonical ethical theories and frameworks for applying these theories to population health. Specific topics in population health, including the conflict between public health and individual autonomy, the just distribution of health resources, and responsibility for health outcomes will then be discussed. The overall objective of the course is to provide students with tools to discuss and assess ethical arguments and to form their own views on issues within population health.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: Level at least 2A

In today’s calendar

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From 14 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Dr. Neiterman is a gift. This course is super interesting, especially if you like looking at controversial issues from different standpoints. Participation is frequent, so attendance is mandatory, but it's 100% worth the time.

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  • I really enjoyed this course, Elena is a sweetheart and makes the class really engaging. The content was very interesting and the case studies and assignments were fair. Definitely need the textbook.

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  • This was taught by Neiterman and was pretty easy as long as you read the textbook + did the readings. Mark breakdown was 5 case studies (lowest dropped - 40% total), 5 discussion posts (15% total), 2 midterms + a final (each worth 15%). Found it enjoyable since there was a bunch of philosophical viewpoints on ethical situations.

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6 posts and comments in 6 threads mention HLTH 280, January 2020 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 2022

Winter 2021

Optometry STAT 202 (Statistics) requirement for a non Science Faculty Student? 1 point, 5 comments

“So I am a Kinesiology student who want to have optometry as an option (strange path I know). I see one of the prerequisites is STAT 202, Statistics for Science. …”

u/synthesizingcinders: “Hi! I was in a similar situation to you (health studies student applying to optom), and they accepted our version of statistics (HLTH 204) as fulfilling that particular requirement. …”

u/kobegoatallday: “Hey there again 😊 I was wondering as a Health Studies student, for the ethics requirement did the Optometry Admissions office accept HLTH 280 for you guys. Or did you end up taking a PHIL course?”

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Winter 2020

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