Extremely well taught and coordinated, but unbelievably boring. Every little mistake is penalised harshly (eg not italicising individual letters or words). This means you end up spending most of your time in this subject learning how to format information correctly rather than actually learning about physiology. To be fair, the staff for this subject go above and beyond to help out, and it's not their fault that they have to be so pedantic. At the end of the day, research is always going to be dry and technical

Good subject, I learnt highly valuable skills important for research. The content was interesting, and the final assignment engaging. However, the workload for this subject is insane. I have completed my degree, and this subject was harder than all of my 3rd year subjects combined. The weekly EOS assignments are much much too difficult, and way too long. I also feel they are very harshly graded. The final assignment was also a lot of work, but I feel it was much more fairly graded (mine was at least), I have heard that quite a few people do not feel this way however. I would recommend only doing this if it is part of your major, or you want to go into research

Workloads were EXTREMELY crazy. DON'T take this subject if you don't have to. The quality of teaching was quite good, and the contents were interesting especially when you take phys20008 concurrently you get to see things you've learned happen in real life. Angelina is great But it feels like 5x harder than phys20008 as you have lots of reports to write, and a huge final assessment (research paper in the style of the journal of physiology). I put similar efforts in both phys20008 and phys20009 and screwed up the latter badly. Got low H2B in phys20009 and high H1 in phys20008. I am not even sad seeing my mark I am just glad that it was over.

Not a good subject. I don't comment on subjects like this, and usually I understand that the grades I get are a reflection of my effort, but in this case I can honestly say that I felt cheated. After physiology in semester 1 (PHYS20008), I was really excited for it, but this kind of killed physio for me. I worked so hard for this subject and in keeping up with weekly submissions, but its hard to not feel like you're drowning with the amount you have to do. It's easily the most overwhelming subject I've done so far, and it's not even like the EOS assignment was the hard part - there is constantly so much to do and so much to prepare for and learn (in terms of techniques and report writing), I feel as though my grades for my other three subjects suffered because of it. Assignments were really quite harshly marked and while my demonstrator was really sweet, I felt as though I was being told different things by different people. As for the final assignment, the feedback every week seemed to be helpful to begin with, and I corrected my mistakes accordingly, but my mark on my final was extremely harsh. I really don't think it reflected what I'd done. Also, the demonstrator that marks your final assignment is different to the demonstrator you've been with for entire semester? It's supposed to take away potential biases in marking, but it made zero sense to me? You spend the entire semester refining your submissions and work to the standard of your particular demonstrator, then you're marked terribly by somebody else in your final who has completely different standards. I can honestly say the communication between the demonstrators and coordinator was terrible. There should be some form of standardisation with this subject across markers, but there wasn't. Furthermore, Angelina was extremely unprofessional in how she communicated with me in emails and in her comments at the end of the semester- essentially gaslighting me. Take this subject if you have to I guess, but be wary of it.

Angelina is a great coordinator but taking this subject once is enough for me.

Probably one of the worst subjects I've taken at uni. Angelina is unorganized, lectures barely have any relevance to the assignments. Took more effort than all my third year neuroscience subjects! Assignments are very harshly marked, with no feedback given before the due date of the next one (All feedback for 3 assignments that were done throughout the semester were given two weeks before the due date of the final assignment) Final assignment experiment was not setup correctly so all group found barely any relevant results.

I'll keep this short and sweet. Horrible subject. I enjoyed studying for the GAMSAT in Sem 1 2020 more than I did taking this subject last semester. Getting a high mark in this subject nearly broke me mentally, and there was no pride in seeing the mark on my screen. I was just glad it was over. Sticks out like a sore thumb against 2nd year Human Physiology, which in contrast is still the best subject I've ever taken at Melb Uni by a large, large margin. Only take this if its a prerequisite, and be prepared to pull more than just your own weight if you're aiming for any sort of postgraduate studies and need to maintain a high average.

Angelina was a good coordinator, but honestly I found this subject terrible (in the online form at least). There is a large workload (have to spend hrs on lab reports), and the workshops are very group-dependent: there were groups who had to stay behind for 30min-1hr because they couldn't finish the in-class tasks. I found that particularly towards the latter half, the emphasis is not on learning physiology but simply on writing a journal-style academic report. Most of the workshops we were stuck analysing data using computers. Not terribly interesting or engaging, and quite frustrating. Assessments are marked based on certain conventions - figures have to be this way, legends should show this, method should be like this. Note that a H1 is definitely achievable - it's just not a very fun experience. Would not recommend unless you have to.

Angelina is the best. Hard subject though - large workload, talk to students before commencing.

This subject will really improve your understanding of scientific reports, graphs and statistical analysis. However, the workload in this subject is enormous. It doesn’t look like much in the handbook, but that’s because it’s mostly self-work, e.g. the final report was about 34 pages! The back to back post prac reports are really gruelling to do and need a full 3 days each at least. The final assignment was split up into drafts which are extremely helpful for feedback, but it was still a very large workload especially during exam time. I would only advise people to take this subject as a pre requisite just because the workload is so consuming and takes away time from other subjects. However, Angelina is a wonderful coordinator, always answering every question on the discussion board and replying to students’ emails. If you need an extension, don’t be afraid to ask her for help, she’s so kind and understanding! Finally, if you do take this subject, try and do it with a friend or two because you’ll really need the support of others during all of the assignments because they’re very demanding and not easy. Demonstrators were also lovely and gave really helpful feedback.