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HLTH 352Sociology of Aging

Units
0.50
Faculty
Health
Subject
Public Health Sciences
Cross-listed
GERON 352, KIN 352, SOC 352, REC 362

When it runs

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

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

An introduction to individual and population aging. Topics discussed include: aging from a historical and comparative perspective; aging in subcultures; aging and the social structure; aging and social processes; aging and the environment; work and retirement; and aging and leisure patterns.

Prerequisites

  • Complete 1 of the following
    • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
      • HEALTH107 - Sociology of Activity, Health, and Well-Being (0.50)
      • SOC101 - Introduction to Sociology (0.50)
      • SOC101R - Introduction to Sociology (0.50)
    • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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 00128420 / 124TTh 11:30–12:50
LEC 701109473 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

100% liked it94% easy88% useful

From 14 ratings and 6 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Content was not difficult to understand and the textbook was really representative of what was talked about in lecture since it was written by Dr. Neiterman and Dr. Tong. Dr. Neiterman was a very good and she'd repeat several things over again if they were important for the exams. The research paper was a bit difficult though and the TAs were VERY strict about the rubric. This was a bit problematic since the instructions were all over the place, in the LEARN dropbox, in a separate LEARN document, in the workshop slides, and wherever else. So you basically had to piece together a lot of the expectations. The TAs also liked to take off marks based on expectations that were apparently not…

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  • Easy course, read the simple textbook, its common sense. assignments are the real problem. They are a bit too complex.

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  • Pretty easy and useful course. And even though it was Dr. Tong's first time teaching, she did a great job.

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  • I really liked this course! The content was engaging, as the content was inclusive of other subjects (some rec + leisure, sociology, health). Course breakdown was 40% for 2 quizzes (was straightforward, mix of application, knowledge and textbook questions), 24% for participation activities (8/11 were counted, were pass/fail), and 36% for a policy brief. Assignments and tests were fair, but simple if you keep up with the material. I really loved Dr. Tong! I had her as a guest lecturer in HLTH 201 (2022) and really enjoyed her! I did not communicate with here a lot, but when I did, she was able to answer my questions knowledgeably. She was really down to earth and I hope she is my prof for…

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  • Engaging interesting and supportive professors and TAs. Many different ways to be successful in this class and the content was super interesting and developed more simple concepts learned in 1st/2nd year into much more complex ideas.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

11 posts and comments in 8 threads mention HLTH 352, November 2019 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

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: “… I haven't taken it personally, but HLTH 352 is allegedly easy. I am taking this next semester, along with HLTH 392 and 355 to have some "chill" courses while I take some other, more difficult courses. …”

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Winter 2023

Fall 2022

Hlth 304 or hlth 352 1 point, 1 comment

u/New-grad-55: “I’m looking for recommendations on which one of these two courses I should take. If anyone here has took either of these two courses could you please tell me how you found it?”

u/Pixis_22: “Definitely HLTH 352 if it’s still thought by Dr. Neiterman. You will be conducting a qualitative research assignment along with small testes that are you a easy to do well in. 304 is Kind of dry and most people I know in health never took 304! Hope this helps”

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Spring 2022

Winter 2022

see you all on february 7th 88 points, 10 comments

u/Dimtar_: “… MTE 400B ENVS 178 (Lectures) GEOG/PLAN 281 AHS 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) …”

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Winter 2020

Winter 2020 Bird Courses? 9 points, 11 comments

u/YoungBaller23: “… Other than: Arts 111, GEOG 101, ENG 109, Clas 104, BET 100, ENVS 131, HRM 200, HLTH 101, HLTH 310, HLTH 352, FR 151, Rec 101, Rec 215, Rec 200, CS 100 \all pretty much locks for 90%+ if you put in a small amount of effort by the way”

u/YeahDatWay99: “What was HLTH 352 like? Do you still have course syllabus by any chance?”

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