PSC2021: Structural Organic Chemistry

20% Mid-Semester test (I felt this was harsh, weighting-wise, but oh well)
20% Pracs (each worth 4%)
5% Prac exam
5% Assessable tutorial questions
50% Exam

Notoriously the hardest unit in second year pharmsci (or so I've heard), and has made me cry several times during the semester. The assessments were extremely challenging, and I heard that the midsem test had a higher than usual fail rate. (The midsem was held on a really challenging week for me, I had to have a nice greasy souvlaki after this particular test due to it being that traumatising.) Checking results for the semester was extremely hard as well, as I honestly thought that I would have failed the exam, considering this was how I felt the whole semester (and sums my feelings up about this unit in general):


As this is the final year of running PSC units, the equivalent from 2019 on is BPS2021: Synthetic Chemistry I.

Peter Scammells

None given, however “90% of tute questions are from past exams”. However, I was able to obtain some off a third year.

1.5 out of 5

Yes, with screen capture

Organic Chemistry- Bruice 7/8Ed
I bought it, however it was seldom useful in my opinion, as most of the content in the lecture slides came straight from the book anyways.

2 x 1 hour lectures, weeks 1-12
5 x 4 hour pracs
1 x 4 hour prac exam
6 x 1 hour tutorials

Semester 1, 2018

57P (THANK GOD I PASSED- I DON’T HAVE TO SEE THIS HEINOUS SUBJECT EVER AGAIN <3 )