As a science student intended to major in chem, i do not know why this subject is recommended in the course plan. It seemed to rehash year 1 chem and high school science, felt like all content (again, for a science student) could be condensed into 2 weeks. Yeah its a wam booster but dont waste your money on this subject as a sci student. Pracs were a nice touch though.

I really enjoyed this subject! The content was interesting and you can tell Brad is very knowledgeable and passionate about it. The content is relatively easy, there is some maths involved but it was manageable (I did this as a science elective with a more psych/bio background). The practical component required a lot of work and was challenging at times, but was overall very interesting. My only issue with this subject is that Brad is a great researcher, but as a lecturer he can be a bit dull sometimes and you may have to ask him to clarify things as he often assumes you understand him straight off the bat. We also had an issue with the second lecturer refusing to release revision questions for us to prepare for the exam, and his content was less well structured and a bit all over the place at times. The group assignment was relatively painless if you get a good group and the exam was fairly reasonable, but it was long and poorly organised. Overall, it was a little challenging and dry at times but I really enjoyed it!

Took this subject hoping it would be a wam booster and was not disappointed (got H1)! Due to quarantine, we did all of the experiments online and it was a bit of a hassle to write the lab reports weekly for 6 weeks in a row but those reports ended up helping my overall score so much. And they offer lots of help for report writing so it was fine. I didn't particularly enjoy the content as I'm more interested in biology-based subjects but some of the things we learned (especially in the second half of the semester) was interesting. Also the exam was almost exactly the same as the tutorial questions.

One of the best subjects I've done so far. High H1