One of the harder 1st year subjects sure, but it's chem so what do you expect. They give plenty of resources for students to use and do well at the subject. Hard but interesting subject.

To be fair, this subject was quite dry and nowhere near as enjoyable as chemistry in high school. The difficulty was a massive step up and many lecturers seemed to just force the content into your head without really explaining it properly. Pracs were annoying, stressful and weren't related to the lecture content at all. What was more annoying was that you could spend up to 2 hours preparing for each prac (e.g. doing most of the writeup beforehand), since you're expected to submit everything at the end of each prac session, which made the workload for this subject very heavy. The exam was also much harder than all of the past papers given and we were often assessed on content that only appeared on one lecture slide. Overall, this was poorly-organised subject that has a workload of 1.5-2 times that of a normal 12.5 credit point subject, so prepare to work really hard throughout the semester.

Just an extension of high school chemistry. Took it semester 1 straight out of high school and found it to be a pretty standard subject, not too difficult but still required study (of which I didn't do). Lecturers ranged from entertaining to really boring. That's what you get when you have like 4 different lecturers teaching one stream, I guess it's because of the broad range of content taught you need the experts but it does result in a very jagged experience. Tutorials are great though, my tutor/lab demonstrator was really awesome, don't know if she is still teaching now.

Quite interesting materials, the topics were similar to high school chemistry. Tutors in the chemistry learning centre were very helpful and nice. Overall, if you put in the work to understand the basic topics, you’ll do well for the exam

Yeah not bad. Good stuff

This subject consists of three main topics, each lasting four weeks: organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry. Personally, I found the organic chemistry to be a bit boring, but the overall trends were kind of interesting when considered from a physics point of view. The inorganic chemistry was pretty basic. The physical chemistry was my favourite - the thermodynamics stuff has been useful to me many times in later subjects. (P.S. I took this subject in semester 1, 2012, but that doesn't appear in the drop-down menu, so I'll select semester 1, 2019, which is the last time I marked exams for this subject.)

Good subject to choose to get into the Uni lifestyle.

although its repetitive, its quite difficult being the first uni subject in the course. will recommend putting in extra effort even when you don't feel like it warrants any. Lecturers and tutors are very understanding and helpful though. Make the most of the opportunities.

Definitely a difficult subject, but if you put in the work you will reap the rewards. Most of it is an extension of high school chemistry, so if you have a solid foundation of concepts (molarity, gas laws, ptable trends, etc.) it is definitely an advantage. However, there is also some new stuff in there that takes time to understand (e.g. organic ring-flips, VSEPR). Tutes can be incredibly helpful depending on your tutor, and the pracs can be quite interesting (though stressful). Exam was very fair. In my opinion, as long as you keep up with the content and practice things you're not confident with early on, your mark will reflect your preparation.

Difficult but fair subject. Plenty of resources provided, but the content itself can be quite challenging. When undertaking this subject, it is important to attempt to understand concepts from the very beginning, and not attempt to cram all study into the SWOTVAC period. Many fail this subject or do poorly because preparation was inadequate. Overall, very fair but challenging, whilst also being quite fascinating in patches.