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HLTH 350Principles of Occupational Health and Safety

Units
0.50
Faculty
Health
Subject
Public Health Sciences

When it runs

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

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course explores methodological approaches to the recognition, evaluation, and control of health and safety hazards in the workplace. The health effects of chemicals, physical energies and agents, biological agents, as well as psychosocial stressors are examined. Policies, programs, and practices that encourage a holistic approach to worker well-being are also considered.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Students must be in level 3A or higher
    • Enrolled in a program offered by Faculty of Health

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Reviewed on UW Flow

30% liked it85% easy45% useful

From 10 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Kind of dry to be honest, but doing the assignment was actually pretty fun...

    Jan 2015 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • super chill and easy class but it was super boring. dr. Phil B was really nice and he brought in chocolates for all the tests. plus he also gave everyone lots fo free marks on every test so shout out to him.

    Dec 2024 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • i did not enjoy this class at all! although i'm doing decent it is very boring and is extremely disorganized. i would only really recommend taking this if you need to fulfill a methods/app cluster and there's nothing else you can take to meet the requirement.
    the course was structured into 4 quizzes/assignments (he decided if each one was either a quiz or assignment), each worth 5% for a total of 20%. after that there's an assignment worth 20% and then two final group projects with a presentation all totalling to 50% !! last 10% is participation which is also evaluated towards the end with the presentations. the only good thing that comes out of this course is that there's no final exam

    Nov 2024 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

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Fall 2019

HLTH 344??? 4 points, 12 comments

“How is it? is mark Dolson a good prof??? how's the course breakdown???”

u/tellmemore24: “Honestly, one of my favourite courses during undergrad. Dolson is phenomenal. However, I must give a disclaimer that there isn't very much structure - it's more of a creative, poetic, artistic …”

u/Hazelloverr: “aw I'm glad to hear it was one of your favourite courses! thank you for this information it was quite helpful, have you taken hlth 350 by any chance???”

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