The unit coordinator is very knowledgeable and and helpful, actually wanting the students to do well and succeed in the unit. He also replies to the student's queries fairly quickly and is very understanding as well. While the content of this unit is not incredibly difficult, the biggest issue was the structure. We were provided with a 'unit manual' at the beginning of the semester which was supposedly the lecture slides but each page had a picture or a couple of words at best which made is incredibly difficult to properly engage with the lectures. The students were essentially provided with no notes and had to create their own from scratch, which was again especially hard as often times the lectures were to difficult to understand/follow along. I recommend to start creating detailed notes with summaries and diagrams from the very first lectures, as leaving this for the last minute will create a lot of pressure and lead to content being missed for exam study. The weekly assignments were easy to do well in, although at times seemed a bit unnecessary. I also found it a bit tedious that we had to watch these 'supplementary teaching sessions' which summarised the week's content and was also where we got the weekly assignment questions (it was easy to miss/mishear some questions) rather than them being posted on LMS, etc. I highly recommend doing all the weekly assignments as they are easy marks but can make a big difference. The major assignment was very time consuming and was a large poster where we had to draw all the various energy systems and their interconnectedness. Again, I would recommend creating a solid set of notes from the lectures as it was easy to miss components for the diagram and also beginning the assignment as soon as possible as it was very time consuming. Finally, the exams/midsem were fair and drew from the concepts well. It was also helpful that some of the weekly assignment questions were repeated in the exams. I did however find that that mark allocations to be a bit disproportionate as even questions that required little explanation were worth a lot of marks, so I'd also recommend paying attention to small details when answering questions. Overall, while this unit was not hard, I think it can get difficult to get a D/HD as it is easy to get lost while viewing the lectures/completing the assignments. A bit of restructuring can make this great unit even better.

Agree with the previous review, Paul is very enthusiastic and knowledgeable about this field. He also is very responsive over email, and always willing to clarify any concepts you might struggled with. There is also a decent flow and structure to the content to this unit that makes it easier to chunk info together when you revise. It is a pretty manageable unit especially if you've done SSEH2260, and has a teeny bit of overlap with PHYL2002. This unit requires comprehension of key concepts and using concept maps and flow charts help a lot. One downside of this unit is the lack of notes on the slides, and you have to attempt to spell the name of the protein/enzyme/process from hearing Paul speak. Apart from that a genuinely decent unit, especially if you wanna see if you like biochem or not but not have to do the actual core units

This is an excellent unit and I'm very glad that I did it as an elective. The unit coordinator is very kind, knowledgeable, and a fair marker. He's very passionate about the unit and his enthusiasm motivates you to watch the lectures. The unit consists of ~36 hours of lectures, 8 small weekly assignments, 1 major assignment (15%), a mid-semester exam (20%), and a final exam (50%). The exams are quite fair, but you need to study hard for them because everything is written response. I found the final exam quite rewarding, as some of the questions were decently challenging and I felt that the time I spent studying was actually worth it. I would highly recommend this unit as an elective, especially if you have a background in sport science or any molecular science. There are no prerequisites for this unit, but I would probably recommend doing units such as SSEH2260 or SCIE1106 before enrolling in this one.

Loved this unit. The unit co-ordinator is very approachable and friendly, and genuinely wants everyone to do well. Assessments included 8 weekly assignments that were very straightforward, an open book LMS mid-sem, and a final major assignment, which was basically an A2-sized diagram of the first ten weeks. The final exam included lots of similar questions to the mid-sem/weekly assignments, and I felt was very closely correlated to the unit outcomes. If you’re a physiology major (or just doing the PHYL units), I’d highly recommend taking this unit together with PHYL2002 as the two units are very complementary.

Very easy unit. You get the pool of questions the mid sem exam questions are taken from in advance so you can prepare very well. Not hard to get 100%. Most of these questions are also coming from the weekly assignments and then recycled again for the final exam to you will have seen them before and had feedback so very straightforward. The large assignment integrated questions from the weekly assignments so again, easy 100%. Especially recommended if you've done IMED1003 as the metabolic pathways are about the extent of the unit BUT you dont have to know the pathways to the same level of detail, as the focus is on understanding the concepts, not rote learning.

SSEH3366 was not a very enjoyable unit. The lectures were scattered and were not structured well, assessments were not explained and it was difficult to get a high grade. Lecture summary notes were provided but were very confusing. The unit had no tutorials making it hard to clarify topics. Lecturer is difficult to understand and would seriously not recommend unless you are an expert in Bioenergetics!