This unit is highly useful, and I can see why it has such a large intake of students each semester! It considers almost all fields of the human body, which gives an excellent foundation for your degree (and a better understanding of how and why you are alive today). If you follow all of the practise tests, do all of the practise exams, and all assessments, you will guarantee yourself a lovely HD. Of course, this unit is infamous for the amount of information, and the best advice I can give is: teach someone who wants to take the unit, or offer to teach someone who wants to take the unit next semester. I hope you do well, and I wish you all the best in completing your studies :)

Vanessa and Fiona were awesome unit coordinators :) The unit was super well organised and presented. Really easy to get a HD as long as you keep on top of the weekly quizzes. If you did well in Human Biology ATAR at high school you probably know about 75% of the material already.

The exam was not what I was expecting... :( It was all multi choice but there were so many multi-part questions that if you didn't understand the question/concept of question 64, for example, then you couldn't answer questions 64-72 because the following questions were all to do with that particular question. I was expecting each question to be on a different topic and thus representative of my knowledge of the unit as a whole, but they only tested a few concepts. I studied so much and 90% of it wasn't even in the exam

Really nice unit and content covered- pretty similar to Year 12 maybe a bit more detail. Exam was all MCQ which is good if you like that! Quite content heavy but enjoyable as well! Would recommend

Lectures are frequently overloaded with excess material. The tutorials are very fun and engaging, but can vary based on the tutor you get. Assessments only involve participation and simple, repeatable weekly quizzes. Exam was all MCQ (thanks COVID). If you did HBIO in high school, easiest HD of your life :)

It would be way easier if you have done human bio in year 12. 40% of the unit is lab participation and weekly online quizzes, 60% is the final exam which is MCQ and short and QS. You need to study well for it to be able to do well so if you don't have time and don't have to do the unit I wouldn't recommend it. Other than that it's a pretty good unit and well organised

Very interesting unit! Builds you up from the microscopic to macro in terms of content and you build on knowledge each week. Unlike most I did not take ATAR Human Biology in Year 11 or 12 but still found this unit doable with a lot of hard work and commitment. The UCs always want the best for you and crack a few jokes along the way! Great assessments that allow you to get the best marks possible through the semester that also help build your memory!

Very content heavy unit, it may be a bit easier for someone who has studied HBIO in school but if you didn't like me you might spend a lot of time focusing on this unit. You have a new lecturer each week, some are good and some not so good. If you keep up with the test and pre-labs you can go into the exam with an easy 40% already but don't fall behind as I felt they progressively got harder to get full marks. I wouldn't recommend doing this unit if it isn't compulsory, like I said it was content-heavy and time-consuming, but if you have to do it don't stress too much as I was still able to achieve a HD

This unit was very content heavy, squishing a whole year’s worth of content that you’d see in high school Human Biology into one semester. We tend to see different lecturers every week, some who are better than others in the way they explain fundamental concepts. Tutorials were useful and interactive which was a great way to meet new people. HD can be achieved but effort and a little bit of luck will be required. As the reviews before me say, you should ensure that you walk into the exam with 40% in the bag. The exam that was all multiple choice due to COVID-19 was moderate hard.

This unit is very interesting but it also has a large amount of content. There are 3 lectures a week and an end of year exam worth 60%. The lectures are amazing and the 2-hour labs are super helpful.