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PSYCH 236A Psychological Analysis of Human Sexuality

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Psychology

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 will examine psychological and social psychological theories and empirical investigations of human sexuality.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:

Antirequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
      • SRF204 - Introduction to Human Sexualities (0.50)
    • Not completed any of the following:

Leads to

Reviewed on UW Flow

33% liked it25% easy38% useful

From 3 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Completely useless course. BJ Rye made everything worse. Our class average was in low 60s for a test and she posted on Learn saying "what a nice distribution!" oh hell no. It feels like she is teaching this course to offend people. This is not a human sexuality course - it is certainly human CISHETEROsexuality. In BJ's survey, she defines "sexual intercourse" as "penis in vagina" and refers to it as PIV. Ridiculous.

    Aug 2021 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • It was a good class, fairly easy and interesting. I didn't like the format of the course too much as it involved a lot of group work but if you enjoy that, the course will be perfect to you.

    Apr 2026 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

4 posts and comments in 4 threads mention PSYCH 236, August 2012 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 2020

Winter 2020

Bird courses for Spring term? 9 points, 1 comment

“Interesting spring bird courses? Hey all, I know this has been asked here already, but I was wondering if anyone has seen any courses that look pretty easy for the spring term. …”

u/broccolipizza: “I'm also curious about ANTH 241. Other courses that seem interesting: ENVS 205 - Sustainable Future, PSYCH 236 - Psychology of Human Sexuality, ENGL 306A - Intro to linguistics, ENGL108P - Popular Potter”

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Winter 2017

Block Courses? (Faculty of Arts) 4 points, 2 comments

u/priya_x97: “Does anyone know what it means if a course is a 'block course'? I'm looking at a course on the Schedule of Classes and it says "note: this is a block course". It's PSYCH 236 (05/01-06/09) - Faculty of Arts. Any idea what this is?”

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Spring 2012

Most courses you've taken in a term 7 points, 32 comments

“How did it go?”

u/rbrumble: “I took seven courses (one was a compressed course) in order to get all the credits I needed for my minor as well. …”

u/rbrumble: “… The course I took was Psych 236, Summer term 2000 under BJ Rye, if that helps at all. I took it as an open elective, and everyone said it was a bird course. turned out to be boring as hell and more work than I was expecting. …”

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