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HRM 200Basic Human Resources Management

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Human Resources Management

When it runs

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

Ran in 7 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 4 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Examines the major areas of human resources administration including recruiting, salary administration, labour relations, benefits administration, employee relations, labour law, and organizational behaviour. Reviews the role of human resources administration in organizations and the manner in which human resources executives contribute to the well-being of a total enterprise.

Prerequisites

  • Students must be in level 2A or higher

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:

Leads to

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 0813616347 / 350Online or by arrangement

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 00131540 / 200T 18:30–21:20
LEC 08135350 / 400Online or by arrangement
LEC 701119047 / 9999Online or by arrangement
LEC 7021258406 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

58% liked it83% easy46% useful

From 286 ratings and 70 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • In class version: Possibly the greatest bird course of all time at Waterloo. Free 100 on biweekly online quizzes worth 20%, with 2 attempts each. 3 in class midterms are worth 30/25/25. No exam. Textbook not needed. Midterms are mc, tf, and choose 3-4 short answer from 8-9 options given. He tells you the short answer questions the lecture before the test, and he also even tells you a few mc/tf. Although *hint* if you look, you'll definitely be able to find more questions than these... Attendance not mandatory, but useful the lecture before the test for reasons listed above. Also, I didn't find the material as dry as others, and it's actually pretty useful because no matter where you work,…

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  • Took it online with Anju Phillip and got a 97% with minimal effort.
    This course was pretty easy and is a good CSE to take in 4A engineering. The workload was light, and assessments consisted of 12 open book quizzes (lowest 2 were dropped), two case studies (fairly easy to get high marks on so long as you follow all the instructions), and two midterm tests that were also open book.

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  • Not useful unless you hate the working class, and want to know how to do things like union-busting and protecting corporations from liability.
    Assignments and quizzes werent hard, they just actually require you to read the text. Thought it was gonna be easy bc people said it was a bird course, so I'm guessing the prof made it harder lol.

    Dec 2023 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Laughing straight to the (test) bank, ezpz

    May 2019 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • HRM 200 is not my idea of a "bird" course. There is a lot of content and the tests are not a total walk in the park either.

    Dec 2017 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

768 posts and comments in 597 threads mention HRM 200, June 2011 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

Winter 2025 Bird courses - ARTS 2 points, 1 comment

“So I'm in 3B doing a double major, and last term while I was on coop trying to plan out my last 3 study terms, I noticed I had about half the required courses for a PSCI minor, so I thought why not …”

u/Horiphic: “For arts courses, HRM 200, ECON 371, AFM 123, AFM 131 were all pretty bird imo. If you have space for non arts courses, I would recommend some of the 100 level EARTH courses. …”

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Spring 2024

Is HRM 200 online still birdy 2 points, 3 comments

u/OneJackfruit5661: “i need more birdy and less ratty courses to save my gpa 😭😭 Is the course still simple or did it get harder? Is it still weekly quizzes + 3 term tests + 2 papers? Would b great if anyone who took it recently could give insights :')”

u/Negative-Problem8824: “im taking HRM 200 rn and so far it seems pretty birdy.. just did the paper but my midterm is in 2 weeks so we shall see then”

u/gooseatwaterloo: “May I know how's HRM 200? Hard or birdy? Thanks”

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bird elective ( not online) 2 points, 11 comments

“Im trying to chose a bird course for my elective and all the bird courses are online.. I dont think id do well in online but if I have to i will. …”

u/Broccolily-: “HRM 200”

u/gooseatwaterloo: “Hi, I will take HRM 200, may I know what's the grading scheme? Where should I study from? I remember someone mentioned about question bank, may I know if the questions coming out from there? If so, where can I get the question bank? Many thanks.”

u/Broccolily-: “Also, there are tons of Quizlets for HRM 200.”

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Winter 2024

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

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