RS 100Religions of Asia
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- Religious Studies
Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2024–25.
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
An introduction to religious traditions of Asia, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and East Asian traditions. Further topics may include Sikhism, Jainism, and Shinto.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Reviewed on UW Flow
61% liked it46% easy54% useful
From 31 ratings and 12 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Not even a week into this class and I want to drop out. Modules are super dry and they basically consist of long youtube videos and random articles on the internet. Why am I paying this much if I can get this all for free? Textbook readings are also very long and makes my eyes hurt cause all the text is compacted together. Also the first quiz I took asked very specific questions which I was not a fan of. Only recommend taking this course if you are into religion.
Jan 2022 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
Very clear and good understanding of the subjects after taking this course. Only downside- the online format just made webpages with links to youtube videos. I don't need to pay for a course that teaches me only in YouTube videos if said videos are available via YouTube. Without lectures, it seemed silly to have had to pay a prof to run the course (Quizzes were ran online) aside from written papers and obvious set-up.
Jun 2021 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
Waay too much memorization and even the quizzes are very nit picky. If you're in already in an intensive program like Engineering, I wouldn't recommend taking this as one of your electives, it'll bring your average down.
Mar 2018On UW FlowRemove this
Towards the end of the course, it was pure memorization. I took it online and the workload was so not worth it
Jan 2018 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
It was an interesting course, but it was more history based. The course were 3 online tests (60%), and one cumulative in-person final (40%). The online sections were somewhat easy since it's open book as long as you take notes during the lecture videos, but the cumulative final was very rough. You need to memorize every tradition, founder, symbol, etc. in each religion which made it very difficult. Do not take if you are not ready to put in time, and if you can't memorize things
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
39 posts and comments in 36 threads mention RS 100, January 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.
Fall 2024
RS 100 vs RS 121? 3 points, 0 comments
u/moriakyu: “Hi - was looking for recommendations on which one to take next term online? Thank you and best of luck on your exams! :)”
Winter 2024
Looking for super easy bird online courses over spring 2024 4 points, 5 comments
“Looking for the easiest courses (at least 4) perferably similar to CLAS 104 in terms of difficulty &x200B; The coruses cannot include: BET 100 BET 210 BET300 BET450 CLAS 104 ECON 101 HEALTH 105 MSCI …”
u/WestonSpec: “… RS 100 - Religions of Asia. …”
Winter 2023
RS 100(on-line) 1 point, 0 comments
u/EmptyFortune7295: “I am wondering if anyone has any Information on RS 100 in terms of assessments or course outlines as I want to take the course during the fall semester .”
Fall 2022
no idea what to do (trigger warning) 93 points, 39 comments
“yeah I've got no Fucking clue what to Fucking do. CS international student here. indian. so I'm paying 30k a semester. I've messed up so much. idek what I can do in life now. …”
u/12062000_: “… Since I failed in a course during Spring 22 which I thought was going to be my last semester, I lost all the 3 job offers and am now doing the RS100 course. I have finally completed all the assignments and quizzes and have passed the course. …”
Winter 2022
RS 100 quizzes 1 point, 0 comments
Winter 2021
Is the textbook for RS 100 useful? can you do well in the quizzes just by studying the modules on Learn? 4 points, 1 comment
Anyone has the PDF for the textbook of RS 100? 1 point, 3 comments
Spring 2020
Easy course for next term? 0 points, 6 comments
u/whtsupya: “HRM 200”
u/whtsupya: “Ah sorry didn’t read it right, in humanities maybe CLAS 104, RS 100 or 121!”
Winter 2020
RS 100 online is a pretty disorganized course 2 points, 0 comments
u/COUP_AT_WATERLOO: “It's bird, but it's shit.”
Anyone need RS100 textbook? 1 point, 0 comments
RS100 Textbook 2 points, 1 comment
u/bromdenki: “Does anyone have access to the PDF of the textbook. Am looking for it and cannot find it all.”
RS100 3 points, 1 comment
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