Having background knowledge from BCMB20002 and FOOD20003 is very helpful. I am majoring in Biochemistry so I found the content very interesting. Having a chemistry background is also very helpful. The subject is a little understaffed but Ken is a very knowledgeable lecturer so if you are diligent in asking him questions it will be helpful. I got a 90 in the subject.

Very content-heavy and too much detail for a subject that's got no pre-requisites. Somewhat understandable since it's a third-year subject, but also a bit misleading. Do not take this if you're choosing it as a breath, unless you have a strong chemistry background or you're a food science major; btw it's def not a WAM booster. The content itself, however, is interesting and practical / applicable. Again though (even as a Bsci student), it's got a lot of information and I struggled quite a lot. Also don't know why a prev review said tutes are 20-mins, it's not. It's a full hour. If you don't keep up with lectures, you will 100% suffer and not understand what's being talked about (from exp).

Bored the life out of me. Terrible assignments with so much content that wasn't taught.

Pretty good subject. Mostly self-study, but they give you space (20 minute tutes; lecturer also sounds great when played at 1.5x speed so not time-consuming) to actually self-study so it's overall a pretty chill subject. But pretty educative as well, builds upon the previously learned knowledge (real-world application) from other food subjects & the prereqs.