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.

Grade: 86. Fantastic subject. You can just tell that Terry and Heather are just so good at what they do. They're super engaging and good at explaining concepts in an introductory manner. The subject set up, I think is organised perfectly in 11 modules covering 1 module a week with roughly 10-12 short vids on each module. It's super easy to follow along and the videos are short, but extremely well-made and the concepts very well explained in a concise manner. Yes, its relatively content-heavy, but if you keep up with the videos every week, that shouldn't worry you. The assessment is also great, you have 1 small quiz every week to help you keep up with the modules that accounts for 1% each, 3 small assignments worth 3% each, 2 MST worth 15% each and the exam worth 50%. They really help test yourself throughout the semester to make sure that by exam time you can be very confident in the types of questions they're going to ask. Honestly cannot say enough good things about the subject. You should have a drive for the biosciences, but I see anyone enjoying it just purely based on how interesting and well-taught it is.

Worse subject ever, Terry marks way too harsh and expects use to write answers that we have not even been taught of!

Interesting and very well taught, but you have to be self motivated and work consistently. Because there is no set lecture time, you have to set your own pace to keep up with assignments and tutes. Assessment was difficult but fair, although I felt Terry marked the written sections of assignments and MSTs very harshly - I averaged in the 90s in MC sections and 50s in the short answer sections of the MSTs. Luckily they are not worth as much. I found Heather's section more enjoyable, sadly it is only 1/3rd of the subject.

This is not an easy subject, but I found it very rewarding. I really enjoyed the self paced learning, and when I went to the tunes they were quite helpful. You absolutely Need to go to the tutes if you want to do well in the written assignments, but they are less necessary for the MSTs and exam. The exam was very fair and I was pleasantly surprised with my mark given that I hadn’t done any chemistry in 4 years. I particularly enjoyed the last few weeks after just barely making it through metabolism.

This subject is pretty hard, the type of subject that you need a lot of effort to understand. Like other reviews stated, the lecturers know what they're doing and it's clear that they're really good at what they do and how they explain things. What I recommend for this subject is to make summary notes addressing the learning outcomes every week / at least every 2 weeks. This is because the written assignments can be difficult, and they sometimes test you on things that you won't get just by listening to a lecture / reading the slides once (at least for me). I end up getting a decent score because I decided to make summary notes on the end of the course - which helps A LOT in the exam and in the written assignments. Also, finding youtube videos is also very beneficial for me in terms of understanding the processes taught in the molecular biology part. Overall, this is an insightful and you definitely learn a lot through this subject - but it also means it requires a lot of effort to score good.

This subject is pretty full-on. The content isn't too tricky, and the multiple choice component is extremely fair. However, written assessments (assignments, tests and exam) can be quite difficult and you don't get practice on writing skills. The tutes are important- you need to attend but don't expect much collaboration. The teaching quality in lectures is great, but if you don't understand expect to use youtube, google etc.

I felt that the content was generally really well presented in this subject. They released at least half of the semesters lectures about a week before semester even started, which gave us a lot of freedom in working through them, although we still had to get through them before the weekly quizzes (usually about 13 MCQ due Sunday night). They were all broken down into 2-15 minute videos which definitely made working through them more manageable, especially with the "thinking questions" throughout to consolidate the information. The tutorials were generally alright, and made up mostly of PollEv questions and discussion around them. The assignments were pretty good as well, and usually fairly quick to complete. Most people didn't score particularly highly on the mid-semester tests (I think the average was around mid-60's?), and the written response section of them was really quite specific and required a lot of detail for content that was only lightly covered during lectures. The exam was quite fair, and I didn't feel hugely rushed for time in it, which was good. Overall, a fairly good subject, even though the content was not necessarily my favourite

Terry and Heather are not bad lecturers by any means, but the content can be overwhelming at times. The recordings are pre-released and you just work through them and attend the weekly workshops. There is a lot to remember and a lot to take in, and revision is essential. However, the assessments were quite fair and very much doable. If you are organised and stay on top of the content, it is not difficult to do well in this subject.