SCI 237Exploring the Universe
- Faculty
- Science
- Last listed
- Spring 2024
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2024 and last ran in Winter 2021. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- W21
Ran in 1 term, Winter 2021 to Winter 2021.
A survey course in astronomy (primarily intended for students in Applied Health Sciences, Arts and Environment). The solar system, stars, the Milky Way, galaxies and the Universe. [Note: Cannot be taken for credit by Engineering, Mathematics, or Science students. Offered: F]
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Not open to Engineering, Mathematics and Science students. Antireq: PHYS 175, SCI 238
Reviewed on UW Flow
70% liked it63% easy17% useful
From 10 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Sometimes I felt like what we were learning was over my head. It's a bit of a pain that this class is 3 hours at night, but I got over it. It's very interesting and the assignments are easy if you do them early.
Dec 2014 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
Projects kind of tedious
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
18 posts and comments in 18 threads mention SCI 237, July 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 2023
honours science second year courses 0 points, 0 comments
u/Exit_exe_: “im selecting my courses right now and i wanna know some bird courses from these sections: BIOL, CHEM, EARTH, MNS, PHYS, SCI (excluding SCI 237). it has to be 200 level bc i gotta satisfy the prereqs. ive also already chosen sci 206 and sci 201. thanks :)”
Fall 2020
Seismology or astronomy courses 6 points, 7 comments
“i'm in the arts faculty but i would like to take a course in anything that has to do with astronomy or seismology. are there any that you guys recommend?”
u/tendstofortytwo: “I've heard good stuff about SCI 237/238, check those out?”
Winter 2020
Help? Please!? I need advice.... 14 points, 26 comments
“So, to start this off I am in AFM 1b currently and wow I don’t like almost everything about this program. …”
u/alwaysboptirealistic: “… If you stick with AFM, you do get some electives in second and third year I think, so check out SCI 237 - exploring the universe. It’s pretty basic astronomy, but I loved the course. …”
Fall 2019
Tfw you putting effort in a bird course (class avg 85+) and you're lost asf 213 points, 29 comments
[deleted]: “sci 237 :(”
Fall 2018
SCI 237 Notes 3 points, 2 comments
sci 206 vs sci 237, which one is more interesting (but not too hard)? 2 points, 1 comment
u/econ207uw: “I heard that 206 got a lot harder in after midterm while 237 is maybe too bird to stem to take. 237 seem to be a lot of fun but seem to be complete useless to real life. while 206 is slightly more relevant. However, uwflow give me conflicted reviews. Please give me your input.”
Spring 2018
Birdiest courses 4 points, 13 comments
“Any upper year students who know the absolute easiest courses at UW, preferably without a final and/or assignments, please let me know”
u/Damnifying: “ECON 101 ECON 102 ECON 206 AFM 101 REC 280 CS 100 SCI 237”
Anybody take SCI 237 before? How was it? 3 points, 0 comments
Spring 2017
What is the most enjoyable course you've ever taken at UW? 23 points, 74 comments
u/TheZarosian: “… SCI 237 - Astronomy for non-math students. Really cool course with amazing up-to-date topics and a nice dip into the water of many areas of Astronomy without the complex math involved. …”
Which courses are always offered in the evenings? 0 points, 9 comments
“Coop next term and in case I end up in Waterloo, would like to knock out some electives or core courses. Which courses take place after 5:30 PM in the fall usually?”
u/yaenv: “sci 237- astronomy!!”
Winter 2017
What bird course can I forget about until the exam/ what is the birdiest of bird courses? 10 points, 40 comments
“no trolls pls”
u/TheZarosian: “LS 101, ECON 101, SCI 237 (non-mathy version of astronomy), ECON 102, ENGL 109, ENGL 108D”
Winter 2016
What are some of the most interesting courses you have taken? 13 points, 17 comments
“Hi everyone! I'm here for the spring and since I have an elective to fill, I need to take a course. So tell me what are some courses that you found interesting. …”
u/TheZarosian: “SCI 237 - Intro to Astronomy Really cool course that introduces basic concepts of astronomy. You examine the history of space exploration, planets, stars, galaxies, the universe, and also a bit on ET life. …”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 2023–24Its last calendar entry, on ucalendar
- 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 1971–72 to 1994–95, 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.
1991–92 to 1994–95 4 calendars
A survey course in astronomy (primarily intended for students in Applied Health Sciences, Arts, Environmental Studies). The solar system, stars, the Milky Way, galaxies and the Universe.
Open to students in all years
Not for Engineering, Mathematics or Science students
Antireq: SCI 238
Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1990–91 calendar.
1971–72 to 1989–90 18 calendars
A survey course in astronomy intended for non-Science students (primarily Arts, Environmental Studies, Human Kinetics and Leisure Studies students). The solar systems, stars, the galaxy, galaxies and the universe.
Open to first-year or upper-year students.
Not for Engineering, Mathematics or Science students.
Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
- 1971–72 PDF p. 465
- 1972–73 PDF p. 521
- 1973–74 PDF p. 564
- 1974–75 PDF p. 634
- 1975–76 PDF p. 438
- 1976–77 PDF p. 383
- 1977–78 PDF p. 422
- 1978–79 PDF p. 411
- 1979–80 PDF p. 425
- 1980–81 PDF p. 449
- 1981–82 PDF p. 459
- 1982–83 PDF p. 402
- 1984–85 PDF p. 415
- 1985–86 PDF p. 427
- 1986–87 PDF p. 435
- 1987–88 PDF p. 450
- 1988–89 PDF p. 448
- 1989–90 PDF p. 470