CHEM1031 - Higher Chemistry A
Ease: 9/10
I found the materials to be okay, I think doing most of the tutorial problems is very useful.
Content: 8/10
The first few lectures is on Ideal Gas Laws, which is one of the easiest topics in this course. Then it suddenly became harder because of Atomic Structure. Luckily I've previously learned atomic orbitals. I just hated the thermochem part of this course. And also lots of (chem) calculations in this course.
Lecturer: 8/10
My first lecturer was Jon Beeves (7/10), his lectures were engaging, and he gave some questions to practice. And then we had Marcus Cole (8/10), a bit monotone I think, but he gave multiple choice questions from zeetings and it was quite fun. He also gave out chocolates to people who answered questions in the lectures. He actually knows the stuffs he's teaching so I guess it's good. Our last lecturer was Scott Kable (9/10), which is the head of school of chem, and he's actually really good at teaching. He also brought demonstration to the lectures and I think it helped me understand things. My only problem was that he didn't really explain some things (like entropy) very clearly.
Tutor: 9/10
I had Anna Choy and I really like the way she teach, she focused on tutorial problems and teaching key ideas from the topics in the lectures. She also let students to pick which questions to do.
Overall: 8.5/10
COMP1917 - Computing 1
Ease: 6/10
I have never learned programming before so this course was quite hard for me, and also their assessment is a bit weird, requiring you to blog and make a portfolio at the end of the semester.
Content: 8/10
The theory and practical contents were very useful I guess, especially if you're doing compsci. A good introduction to programming.
Lecturer: 8/10
We had 2 "sets" of lectures, live lectures with Angela Finlayson and video lectures with Richard Buckland (recorded some years ago). I really like Angela Finlayson, she explained things clearly in the lecture. I actually prefer the live lectures than the video lectures, but some people prefer Richard Buckland because he's more engaging I think, but sometimes he talked about things that were tangents to the topics. Oh and he used lots of anecdotes to explain things and I think it was good also.
Tutor: 9/10
My tutor was also a student but she's good, so helpful. Most of the tutors in this course are really helpful because they also did this course previously.
Overall: 8/10
MATH1131 - Mathematics 1A
Ease: 7/10
I didn't do really well in this course but then again I didn't do most of the tutorial problems. Only studied before class tests.
Content: 7/10
Lots of theorems, divided into 2 lecture streams, algebra and calculus. Algebra was a bit hard in the beginning of the course but then it became easier than calculus.
Lecturer: 3/10
I had Bill Ellis (7/10) for Algebra, he doesn't really use the microphone but I think that's okay. I think his notes were easy to understand and his examples were effective.
And Trevor McDougall (0/10) for Calculus, AVOID THIS LECTURER AT ALL COST. I would recommend anyone to go to Peter Brown's lectures instead.
Tutor: 7/10
Nothing much to say about the tutors, they're alright.
Overall: 6/10
PHYS1121 - Physics 1A
Ease: 5/10
Also didn't do really well in this course, didn't finish any of the problem set. Exam was terrible.
Content: 6/10
Some of the materials were irrelevant for engineering, but maybe useful if you intend to major in Physics. Mechanics is really hard, I found thermodynamics and oscillations to be better.
Lecturer: 7/10
We had John Webb (5/10) for mechanics and he just read everything from the slides, don't go to his lectures, it's just wasting time, instead try to do the problems. And then Alex Hamilton (9/10) I think he's really good, and he also brought demo to the lectures (lots of liquid nitrogen and fire). Also did lots of derivations which turned out to be useful for the exam.
Tutor: 7/10
We didn't really have tutorials, but we had problem solving workshops instead. I had Seb Fricke for the workshop (and also lab) and I think he was good at explaining, and also very helpful at labs.
Overall: 6/10