Very easy unit. It's very well organised but I always felt like Peter (the unit coordinator) thought the cohort was dumb as hell and decided to spoonfeed half the content. The labs were easy to do well in and the prelab and postlab assessments were open book (quite boring though). Compared to first year chem unit this seems like a step down in difficulty and workload with only 2 lectures per week and 5 or 6 lectures per test so you could just learn the content a day or so before the test and sit down for 5 minutes to do the 5 questions test. This did however mean you'd lose 20% if you got one question wrong. Not a very thorough unit honestly hence the 3 stars but the content was much more interesting and relevant than first year stuff. The exam was decently challenging but quite simple. It was open book and consisted of matching and multi choice questions. Provided you actually made notes it was easy to get a really good mark in it. Just read through the questions a couple times as they are a bit harder than the tests to understand.

Do not do unless it’s a core unit! My first mistake was taking this unit as an elective thinking it would be like SCIE1106!!! The labs are very boring and useless and do not reflect lecture content like SCIE1106!! The exam is not easy if your not prepared as the questions are obscurely worded!!! Definitely would not recommend.

Very easy exam consisting of an assortment of mcq, fill-in-the-blank, SAQ, etc. A bit time consuming due to labs but overall an easy unit.

very easy unit with interesting labs. the topics get a bit dry and challenging occasionally but still very fun to learn

Great unit. Peter Arthur seems to really care about students and obtaining valuable feedback. Content is well presented, easily digested, and staff are easy to contact. Lab sizes are small and you get a lot more demonstrator attention, plus most of the lab work is individual or paired (no 3+ people groups!). You get good preparation for the exam and it's also really easy, no surprises. :)