I thought this course was quite interesting and it introduced many new concepts regarding One Health + how everything is interconnected. It builds upon ideas from the first year subject (Our Planet, Our Health), however you don't need to have done it prior to taking this subject, to do well. I would say that it is not too study intensive and should be manageable as a breadth for pretty much everyone. This subject was well coordinated and the teaching team were really great. It involved a one 2hr lecture and one 2hr tutorial per week with attendance being required for tutorials. Each week focused on a core concept/problem in One Health (e.g. Antimicrobial Resistance, Economics, Indigenous Knowledge). The lecture was broken up into two 1hr lectures delivered by experts in their field and the tutorials involved a lot of group work and some individual work. A key part of this subject was learning how to interpret and create causal loop diagrams so if you do take this, pay close attention to how they work as they will be important for the final assignment. For assessement requirements: There were weekly ambassador tasks where we had to sign up to be an ambassador for a particular week and in the tutorial, present a small reflection about what we found interesting from the lectures and how it relates to our life (this wasn't too hard and not formal). We also had to make an MCQ for that weeks content to finish that requirement. In the later weeks, we also had to sign up as an ambassador to ask a question during the lectures as another fulfilment. There was a Mid-semester test on about 7 weeks of the content and while some questions tested on niche things, as long as you attend the tutorials, grasp the main points of the lectures and use some deductive reasoning, this should be manageable. At the end of the semester there was a final essay where we had to write on one of three topics with a core causal loop diagram, and extend the diagram to reflect our arguments. This wasn't that easy but not too hard either. They released the topics a few weeks in advance so we were given a lot of time to write it. Overall, it is a fun subject and I would recommend it to people who have an interest in health and science, but you don't necessarily need to studying these to do we. It's not the most easy WAM booster but not too difficult if you devote some time to it.

Anonymous, Semester 2, 2026