If rote learning is your thing, this is the subject for you. 157 drug mentioned and you are expected to know the name, mechanisms, side effects and be able to justify their use. Most of the lecturers are fantastic, particularly Khami and Michelle (who coordinate the subject). I would recommend that you do a semester of biochemistry and a physiology subject before this one as that knowledge really helped me. I found the content really interesting and the explanations were great but you need to keep on top of the content and it can be easy to fall behind. The exam was fair but because it is short I felt a bit sad that I'd learned about so many only to be tested on like 30ish. None of the questions covered in the workshops were even remotely covered to the final exam but they give a good idea of the types of questions asked. The workshop quizzes are essentially free marks and you get 5% for just handing in pracs sheets (regardless of what your answers were) so you get 20% free marks. Mid semester exam was tough but fair and the practice quizzes are pretty straight forward. Should be a fairly achievable H1 if you put in the effort to memorise all the drugs.

Really enjoyed this subject because the content was highly applicable and interesting! They explained concepts well and resources to help you understand is accessible :)

Interesting introduction to later Pharmacology subjects

Worked in very well with Human Physiology. The lecturers were all very competent and the content was always interesting. There is a lot of memorising of drugs and mechanisms, but if you get organised then it won't be so much of a problem.

Quite well coordinated, related to physiology in many ways helps if you are taking it together or like you took it the semester before. Interesting to know the mechanism of drugs but does have a lot of memorising (eg. drug names, mechanism, side effects, etc)

I really enjoyed physiology so learning about how we can manipulate the physiology to treat certain conditions really fascinated me. The questions they asked were fair. I didn't really enjoy the lab work very much but this was a small part of the subject.

This was both a challenging yet enjoyable subject, especially if you have an interest in the mechanisms behind a variety of drugs, just be prepared for some degree of rote learning. Prior, or concurrent knowledge of PHYS20008 (Human Physiology) is beneficial, as this will help you understand the body processes drugs interact with.

Found this subject really interesting, especially learning the mechanisms of actions of each drug. There are a lot of drugs to remember, but that's expected for a pharmacology subject. If you stay on top of the subject, it'll be less stressful to prepare for the mid-semester test and exam.

Loved this subject and will keep doing pharmacology units. However, I think that is because I find the topic super interesting, unlike my friend who struggled with the content because he found it boring. Be prepared to commit yourself to a lot of memorisation for this subject, we counted 112 drug names.

This subject does cover a lot of drug names and is somewhat content heavy; however it is very interesting and particularly useful for the therapeutics section if you are doing HSF (BIOM20002). Most of the lecturers are engaging and the practicals are fairly straightforward.