I have such a love-hate relationship with this subject. The coordinators are FANTASTIC and the lectures are very engaging, but the level of understanding you're expected to have is much much deeper than what you're taught. There are also pretty limited opportunities for practice throughout the semester which lead to the exam being... rough to say the least. Even with pretty in-depth study and doing well in all the assignments I barely managed to scrape a H1. Despite that, I'd do the subject over again just to have the opportunity to do the pracs again!

DONT do this subject if you don't have to.… the subject coodinators are nice and helpful however the content that you learn is different from the level of understanding they are expecting from you. They teach you at a relatively surface level understanding but when it comes to assessments and quizzes, suddenly you need such in depth answers that it becomes kind of ridiculous. Makes it really hard to get even an average mark in this subject, overall I didn't enjoy it at all. Its almost as if they’re trying to give people who really deeply understand the content, higher marks but how can you literally mark what ur not teaching, it doesn't work like that. very disappointed

This subject was a bit of a nightmare. The subject coordinators were absolutely lovely, but unfortunately this subject doesn't really work in a COVID work-from-home setting. The main appeal of the subject is the prac component- before COVID you handled live mice and toads. The prac component makes up 40% of the grade. Obviously, the last 2 years this subject was done completely online and I didn't take much away from it. I reckon this would be an extremely gratifying subject in person. My advice- If there's a lockdown, don't do it.

In hindsight, I actually loved this subject. Second favourite subject I've ever done to date (first being PHYS20008 ofc). I always stay away from subjects that require a lot of writing but not gonna lie I enjoyed the writing component so much. This subject also uses a lot of excel i think that's because it was delivered online, not sure. Hated excel. But other than that I was able to score highly in all of the assessments because I think I actually tried and you need to follow the criteria in the rubric (very detailed in my opinion which is a plus). Alex and Lauren were so great and helpful, they won't spoon feed you the answers but they'll make you think hard for the answer but you'll eventually get there!! I received an email before the exam congratulating me for receiving 50 and more for all my assessments (in total out of 60). I never watched the lectures and was behind up to probably week 3-4 in content by the exam period. Lol I was depressed. I never studied for the exam (40%), maybe studied the day before so I flunked the exam but if I studied properly I probably would've achieved high 80 maybe even low 90 because the exam would've been good if I had just watched the bloody lectures. Biggest regret :( SO WATCH YOUR LECTURES AND LISTEN CAREFULLY TO INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN IN PRACS, and if you put in the work, you'll be on your way to getting a H1 my friend.

Do not choose this subject if it's not necessary for your course. It is difficult, and will cause you to have some breakdowns at some point over the semester. You will only do well if you study hard. This is the subject that was most difficult for me, but it was also the one I spent 50% of my time studying for. Throughout the semester, I did not get many good scores initially (50% - 70%), but learning from previous assignments, I ended up with a 80 for my final mark (got about 85% for my exam). I also got 18.89/20 for my prac report (worth 20%) because I spent perhaps around 24+ hours reading journals and making sure everything was perfect (yes, I was over the moon). My biggest advice is to perfect your referencing skills as they will take marks off for it and it is a large part of assessments. For prac reports, do not assume the physiology behind the experiment you are taking; only state what you are testing for. I am giving this subject a 4/5 despite being hard because Lauren and Alex are great coordinators. On canvas, they have discussion boards for every lecture and prac, and most of the time replies will be prompt and detailed. They are willing to discuss what went wrong for your prac so that you can improve for next time. This subject has been a major learning experience for me and it really refined my report writing skills.

3.75/5 Interesting content but definitely the subject that caused me the most breakdowns this year. Class average was 65 for most assignments and it can be unpredictable how well you will do (I was fluctuating between early 60's and 90's so yeah). Does give you good report writing skills but you will have to be proactive about assignments as the guidance is not always very clear. Overall enjoyable but I would probably recommend ANSC20001 if you need an animal Physiology subject but it's not bad. Exam was tough, but fair and tested understanding more than recall.

interesting content, but wasn't the most engaging subject

It's certainly an interesting subject if you have a keen interest in animal physiology and differing ways which animals deal with their environment. Definitely would take this in conjunction with some ecology subjects I reckon. The fault of this subject I think is that it felt very rushed, and not just in terms of lecture materials. Lecture capture wouldn't always work (although I can't blame the lecturers for this at all), and there are many lecturers that will take over different sections, which can be a bit jarring to some students. The practicals were by far my least favourite part of the subject, as the rooms won't accommodate for all the students and there's a lot of splitting up into groups and moving around. The content for the practicals weren't hard, but only 2 of them actually memorable or stand out as particularly interesting unfortunately. However, this subject also gives good lessons in scientific writing which is very useful if pursuing 3rd year science. They help you build the skills needed to write a good report slowly but effectively. Overall, enjoyable subject, the 2 main coordinators and lecturers of the subjects are really lovely ladies and there are also a lot of lovely staff and tutors willing to help.