Fair bit of content and huge in scope, they throw a lot of different types of content at you. A lot of memorisation of random organisms and stuff like that, but it is not impossible to do well, especially if you enjoy the content.

An exhausting subject that feels like their content can’t decide what it feels like doing. You do genetics for the first half, which mind you has no discernible difference between module 1 and 2 and is just a clusterfuck, then for the third quarter you’re ass deep in 3rd year ecology shit learning about the existence of shit like choanoflagellates; what are they you might ask? I don’t fucking know because it was skimmed over in 2 seconds out of all the collective contact hours but you bet there’ll be a 6 mark question on them in the exam. And you also have a whole ass prac where you stare at flowers and rip them apart to be like huh yep that’s a fuckin flower alright. Then for the last quarter they’ll throw you back onto some random genetics stuff again out of nowhere and by god if I hear Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium ever again I WILL kill myself. Do not do this subject unless it is absolutely essential for your career path.

Great subject if you like genetics, fairly easy too

Pretty great subject!! Personally found some of Alex's fungi lectures to be quite dry but enjoyed the rest of the content covered. Genetics part is really interesting. Some of the genetics content can be a bit tricky to learn but if you do all the tute questions you'll do fine on the assignment/exam.

Definitely better than BIOL10004 in terms of content etc. Pracs weren't too challenging if you do the work beforehand and the genetics part was really interesting as well.

love it since I love genetics

This subject had a steep learning curve for me because I hadn't done biology since year 9 of high school, but with some hard work, I was okay. I kept a list of new vocabulary so that I could glance back and see my own explanation of it. The material itself was pretty interesting, but I found there was too much of a focus on memorising facts rather than learning concepts. The exam was mostly multiple choice, which I thought was a bit of a joke, but whatever. Things have probably changed since I did the subject in semester 2, 2012. (The oldest option in the drop-down menu is semester 1, 2017, so I'll select that.)

Very interesting and wholesome subject. Great introduction to many important biological fields - genetics, evolution of animals, evolution of life and plants. Lectures mostly very interesting and colourful. Pracs pretty straightforward, relatively easy to score well. Tutorials also cover hard things properly. Do whole sample exam as Qs may be repeated in the exam!

The best subject! I think that it is a really good subject as an introduction to Biology. Having never done Biology before, the content is quite basic and useful. The prac can be boring but the lectures are not hard to understand. Overall an engaging and interesting subject! LOVE IT :D

Interesting subject which leads on from BIOL10004. This subject features a decent teaching group, the likes of which include some very interesting lecturers, and some who are quite brilliant at lecture delivery. The content and examinations are fair, and the subject itself is quite simple when compared to later year's content.