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HLTH 480Competencies in Health

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

This capstone course provides an opportunity for students to reflect on the competencies they have developed throughout their undergraduate degree, identify and articulate transferrable skills, and showcase their achievements from their coursework. Students will create a cumulative project that highlights their development of core competencies within health sciences and public health.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Students must be in level 4A or higher
    • Complete 1 of the following

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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 001303849 / 50T 11:30–14:20
LEC 002304950 / 50Th 11:30–14:20

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 00129750 / 50M 14:30–17:20
LEC 00229760 / 50Th 11:30–14:20
LEC 701114694 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

28% liked it69% easy25% useful

From 18 ratings and 8 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Fucking ass course. So fucking useless i don't fucking know why the dumbass professor is so fucking passionate abt this course. Girly pop is passionate abt hiking made us hike from fckin UTD to fcking e7 she tryna make the whole class pass out walking across the fucking campus. useless stupid ass assignments keep coming in the way of other deadlines and like the assignments are such a waste of time you don't learn anything from them. 3 hours on a fucking friday and in between kin students join us for only 1 hour and we have to stay for THREE. and they're so loud and happy like okay what the fuck. OH and the fucking group assignments?? BS. People are so fucking racist, this one girl tryna…

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  • ez 90. fuckin dumb ass course tho and a waste of time. required alot of work tho

    Apr 2025 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • THIS CLASS IS SUCH A WASTE OF TIME. for a 0.25 class idk y the fuck i had to be there for 3 hours on a friday and just not to learn a damn thing. like they need to do better shit for a cap stone class bcz this is not it. not to forget that the TA took of marks for very small things, like okay girl its not that serious. ALSO the dumb grp work thing was so fucking stuipd significantly depending on your grp. My grp and I got stuck w this white girl that thought she was a boss only to be put in her place. and i hate how they randomly put u into grps when we should decide that on our own. again so dumb n a waste of time.

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  • I understand that it aimed to help students reflect and develop their skills for life after graduation, but the approach missed the mark. The workload was excessive for a 0.25-credit course, and much of it felt unnecessary. Weekly reflections were overkill—we didn’t need to do them every single week. However, the profs and TAs were really nice, and I can tell they are trying their best trying to make the experience fun.

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  • BIRD. But definitely should be worth 0.5 credits rather than 0.25. It was too much work for a 0.25 credit course. But finished with a 100.

    Dec 2024 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

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Fall 2024

Switch HLTH 480 Sections?? 2 points, 0 comments

u/nayerey: “Hi there!! I'm in HLTH 480 this term (capstone for hlth sci) and would really wanna switch into section 002, the only problem is I need someone to switch with who's already in 002 and would want to switch. If you're interested or know anyone who is please message me :)”

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