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RS 180Love and Friendship

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Religious Studies

Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2024–25.

When it runs

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

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

A study of the significance of love and friendship in classical and contemporary religious writers. We will consider questions such as, "Why are friendship and love important for human living?" and "Is friendship with God a possibility?"

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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From 7 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • The online tests were extremely challenging and some of the reading materials were hard to read.

    Dec 2012 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Did not like the course whatsoever. Tests were extremely hard and written assignments were marked harshly. Took detailed notes the first half, and stopped doing all the modules and took tests and wrote assignments without no knowledge and ended up with the same marks as when I put full effort in.

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

  • Was not a big fan of the course... I had it online and I just found the online tests were easy but the written assignments weren't so much.

    Nov 2012 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

18 posts and comments in 17 threads mention RS 180, March 2014 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 2024

Spring 2019

Winter 2019

Online courses with no written exams 6 points, 3 comments

“I am looking for a few online courses to take during this term. However, I am not going to live in Canada, so am looking for courses without exams like RS121. …”

u/Matarone: “RS 180-love and friendship, REC 202-history of western sport. Both easy and actually pretty interesting.”

u/i_bad_boi: “Thanks, taking RS180. Hope that helps get me a cutie pi”

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Spring 2018

What's the best religion course? 5 points, 16 comments

“I'm completely not religious and I don't really understand the appeal of religion (even though I was raised catholic), so I want to take a course to learn a little bit more about religion in general, …”

u/minutemaidpeach: “… I also took RS180 Love and friendship online and hated every single minute of it.”

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Electives that will save my Gpa? 5 points, 16 comments

“Hey I was wondering what are some good electives to take in the fall that will help save my GPA, because since I'm going into my second year of Chem, Chem 264 is going to cause some problems, so if …”

u/PoonieF: “HRM 200, CS 100, FR 151, RS 180, ENGL 109. Science courses if you have the prereqs: BIOL 439, BIOL 310”

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Winter 2018

Fall 2017

6 courses in one term? 1 point, 13 comments

“I'm contemplating taking 6 courses in the winter term. And if I do not I won't be able to graduate in the spring and would have to graduate in the fall. Has anyone taken 6 courses in one term? …”

u/denizdendenize: “… Try to take an online course to physically spend less time on campus rushing from one building to another, there are some courses like RS 180 that do not have a midterm or a final, and are online.”

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