KIN 408Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
- 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
- W20
- W21
Ran in 2 terms, Winter 2020 to Winter 2021.
This course will provide an advanced understanding of heart and blood vessel physiology in normal health, and in cardiovascular disease conditions including hypertension, heart failure, atherosclerosis, and diabetes. This will include examination of mechanisms underlying lifestyle and medical/ pharmacological management of these conditions from both prevention and treatment perspectives. The influence of physical activity on heart and blood vessel physiology and pathophysiology will be emphasized. Contemporary research elucidating cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling heart and blood vessel function in health and disease will be discussed.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: BIOL 273; Level at least 3A
Reviewed on UW Flow
75% liked it65% easy89% useful
From 16 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
This was a good course in regards to the structure and the function of the cardiovascular system. 2 midterms and 1 final exam that is cumulative. The midterms were straightforward and easy. The final exam was tedious in terms of short answers but overall it was fair. The pathophysiology portion of the course didn't go in to much depth as I wanted it to though.
Apr 2016 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
The course is divided into cardiovascular and respiratory physiology/pathophysiology and consisted of two midterms, an assignment and a final. The cardiovascular content was definitely easier to grasp so take advantage of that and do well on the first midterm. The respiratory stuff can be difficult to grasp, but nothing was terribly difficult. The assignment was easy to do well on (90+) especially if you ask him for help early in the term. Pretty fair marker, you can definitely get an 80+ in this course, 90+ if you're very diligent. He can talk pretty fast sometimes and seem uninterested but he's very knowledgeable so if you don't understand during class go see him after because the…
Mar 2020 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
I'm a biology student so I found the info quite new and difficult. Most of the kin students I talked to in this class didn't have the same issue. Was very interesting, especially once we started talking about diseases.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
5 posts and comments in 5 threads mention KIN 408, April 2018 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.
Spring 2022
Kin308 2 points, 5 comments
“Has anyone taken kin308 : cardiovascular and pulmonary physiology? Uwflow doesn’t have any reviews and I was wondering how tough the course is.”
u/lizZoO33: “Used to be KIN408, look under that!”
Winter 2021
KIN 408 1 point, 0 comments
KIN 408 0 points, 0 comments
Winter 2020
KIN 408 0 points, 0 comments
Winter 2018
Any other graduates from UW who deeply regretted choosing this school? 35 points, 46 comments
“Im graduating this term, and it seems like this should be a happy time for me now that Im done, but for whatever reason Im just in an awful mental state. …”
u/slicepineapple: “Maybe? I might have went to York for Kin instead (live at home, less costs, a little more $$) but I'm tentatively happy I came to Waterloo. …”
u/goosewillgraduate: “random question, but how did you find KIN 408? I remember you commenting about it sometime earlier in the term?”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 2020–21Its last calendar entry, on uwloo
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1972–73 to 1972–73, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.