Biochemistry - Grade 85 (H1). I did soooo bad in chem 1 and thought I was so screwed for this subject. Yes there is a lot of content but if you study smart you can do really well. Use this schedule: Sunday - watch all the weekly module videos and write your notes according. Make sure your right your notes according to the learning outcome dot points at the beginning of each video. Monday - blurting the previous modules + active recall Tuesday - memorise weekly module + worksheet, Wednesday - practice questions . I highly recommend watching AK lectures (https://aklectures.com/subject/biochemistry/introduction-to-proteins) and after every video blurt everything you remember on a whiteboard. MST are HEAVILY based on tutorials, go to them unperson and replicate question types similar to tutorial questions as revisions. Literally redo the tutorial questions 1Million times over and draw out any figures in the graphs. I did so badd on MST 1 while everyone else did really good because we had to do calculations with no calculator and I am bad at maths. One thing that pissed me off is that they gave no working out paper for short answer questions despite the MST being on the computer and I even asked for working out paper and they SAID NO, LIKE BFFR. ALso for short answer write more than you think, it may say 2 marks but you need to write like 3-4 sentences. We had to use the appendix which barely had any space on it anyway. For MST 2 I did soooo much better because I really enjoyed module 4-7 content and metabolism. For MCQ do the review questions on the LMS. I did really well in the assignments. Make sure you do not overthink the questions Terry it not trying to trick you in the assignments. Keep it short and simple answer, for any calculations show all working out and carry the units in each step of working out. For graphs make sure axis are labelled, appropriate title (not vague). Label as figure 1 or 2, show points of x/y intercepts etc. The weekly quizzes are super easy make sure you score 90% above. The exam is doable if you put in effort. DO PRACTICE QUESTIONS. And review the questions you got wrong in the MST or people who scored very low, he will put similar question types again on the exam. Be strategic with your study. Do the practice exam like 3 times again it’s similar to it and review and understand every single questions. The lady’s section is modules 8-11 and are so bad (not trying to scare you, just be mindful), she doesn’t even go through learning outcomes in the video like Terry does, but check the slides beforehand so you know what they are and can write notes. Her videos are so vague and don’t answer the learning outcomes at all. The point is don’t do this subject unless it is a PREREQUISITE FOR YOU. It’s very very content heavy and application heavy which is what makes it difficult. The content itself isn’t that hard anyway. Despite me getting a H1 do not recommend this subject cause most the time you will be pulling out your hair. It honestly feels like a double credit, thankfully it is not.

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Fantastic subject. Tutors are great. Need to keep on top of online videos every week as it is very easy to fall behind. Expectations are very straightforward as MST and Exam questions are modelled off of tute questions. Content-heavy because the subject covers a wide array of topics to great detail, but definitely manageable with 1st year Bio and Chem requisites. 10/10 would take again.

Interesting subject, did this in my first year to give myself a rest from the introductory Biology and Chemistry (which are super boring). The subject has quite a lot contents to cover, but reasonable. The tutorials are very interesting, especially the tutors, so do go to the tutorials if you want to have a better experience for this subject. However in terms of the assessments, were marked pretty harshly. You always get marks deducted on unexpected things in the assignments, and for the MSTs, you are expected to give extra-details to get high marks for the short answer questions. Weekly quizzes are easy, you'll also get two attempts so it's easy to get full marks (If I remember right). Overall this is a pretty solid subject, and since you can possibly take this in your first year, it is a good way to re-motivate yourself after dealing with all the year 1 bio-chem subjects.

Score 99: I loved this subject!!! I heard that this subject is super work heavy and lots of people fail this subject, but this subject was honestly amazing and the highlight of my 2 years at uni. Both Terry and Heather were amazing at teaching and tutorials were very interesting. PLEASE GO TO TUTORIALS. You will see that MSTs are heavily based on tutorials. GO TO THEM or at least watch all recordings, but go to them live so that you can ask questions! As for the exam, make sure to do the LMS practice exam, twice, trust me! The exam SAQ molecular biology (Heather’s modules) are a little similar to the practice exam and tutorial questions, so just know how to identify mutations. As for Terry’s modules in the exam, think about the things he emphasised in the tutorial, and also MST feedback, and it’s also a little similar to the practice exam on LMS but with some tweaks. I recommend practising different metabolism disease questions e.g how does that affect blood glucose levels, ATP etc. Also the assignments are marked extremely harshly, so don’t make mistakes like writing ph instead of pH because you will be deducted marks haha. For anyone wondering how I studied for this subject, I would always watch next week’s module ahead of the current week, and then when it comes to tutorial I can revise that week’s tutorial since it was a week apart when I watched it and the tutorial if that makes sense lol. That way I get more revision in. Also, I REALLY recommend answering all learning outcome questions. There are some things I find hard to memorise in long term memory, so I wrote all those things in notes and then right before exam I tried to cram that in. You can try that to see if it helps, but honestly I don’t think the content is difficult, and questions are based on tutorials so H1 is very achievable I think. Content was really interesting and I truly enjoyed this subject. Final thing, if you wanted the award ($1000) make sure to do techniques in molecular science too, since there is no award for this subject only but I only realised after I finished my exam rip. So don’t make the same mistake I did! Anyway, good luck for this subject!

Interesting subject. There's lots of content to get through, so make sure you stay on top of the weekly modules because it'd be hard to catchup if you're 2 or more weeks behind. The content itself isn't very difficult, but the sheer volume of content is the difficult part. The weekly quizzes are easy enough to get >90% on, however, the written assessments are marked harshly imo, so make sure to ask a lot of questions during the tutorials abt the written assessments so you're clear as to what's required. MST MCQs are tough, but it is possible to score well provided you attend tutorials and do a lot of practice, and I also think the SAQ section isn't too bad, since Terry has an extensive marking criteria that awards marks for basically anything that's related to the question. The exam was also very fair, not too difficult and not too easy, make sure to attend/watch tutorials since many exam questions mirror the tutorial's. H1 is achievable if you put in a good amount of effort.

Just completed this subject, and all I have to say is that I would not have done it if it wasn't a pre req for my major. The content was heavy but manageable, and the tutorials were very helpful - so make sure if you do this subject go to, or watch the tutorials. Terry and Heather are good teachers, but not good when it comes to marking and generalised feedback. The average for the written section in both the MST's were bad - including the second MST which was 45 percent. We got an email both times blaming the poor average on that we did not go to the tutorials (more than the average attended the tutorials). This was super frustrating and not helpful at all. Do not take this subject if you don't have to. If you do have to, be prepared to put in a lot of effort.

Totally agree on previous comments that this subject is super content heavy. There are so many things to remember (especially turning on-campus exam). However, if you are interested in biochem, this subject is quite interesting and enjoyable (most of time). I gotta say Terry and Heather are really good at teaching, and the tutorials are super helpful!!!! Many questions from MSTs and Exam are derived from tutorial questions. The difficulty for MSTs and Exam was a bit difficult, but I rekon it is still managable. Overall, hard but interesting subject for me. :D Hope this helps

Not a good subject. It's a pre-req for a lot, but if you can avoid it, DO! The content itself is pretty manageable, I got an H1 81, but the workload is heaps, the assessments are brutal and the marks harsh, and Terry and Heather can sometimes be downright a-holes. Not worth the effort and frustration.

This subject is really interesting and Terry and Heather are wonderful teachers, but the assignments and exams are so harsh they ruined this subject a bit for me. I took this subject as a science elective outside my major, so if anyone else is looking to do that I would strongly suggest that you take time to think about it, this subject is very intense.