PSC2232: Colloid Chemistry

* 3 x 30 min individual quizzes (2.5% each)
* 3 x 30 min group quizzes (2.5% each)
(Note that we weren’t given content, so it really beats me why we had these quizzes lmao)
* 4 x 10% group reports – counted as 40% towards the “final exam grade”
* 1 x 20% individual newspaper report – counted as 20% towards the “final exam grade”
* 3 x practicals (20%) (More like 2 x 10% practicals because we all failed the first one. See below.)
* 1 x 5% group oral presentation

What I felt going into this semester:


What I actually felt:



This class was quite frankly put: shit. Ian was uncontactable for several weeks during the semester, and when he replied to our emails, he’d just parrot back the questions we were asking. He also gave us misleading information about practicals (causing a massive furore and quite a few angry emails when 90% of the cohort failed the lab report) and what he wanted from the report assessments. Ian also put out an announcement mere hours before the final group report was due basically changing the requirements of that report, which he had 2 WEEKS. TWO WHOLE WEEKS. to tell us. He was always putting the emphasis on clarity and precision, however to be clear: he wasn’t clear, nor precise. I’m just glad I’m done with this unit. Due to the new course structure, this unit (luckily) won’t run ever again.

Dr. Ian Larson. Director of Learning and Teaching. Hmm.

None. Last exam held for this subject would have been in like 2010, going by the ONLY set of slides we were given at the first workshop.

0 out of 5
Nearly considered a move to the medicinal chemistry major because of this unit.

Lmao not even a single lecture in this unit, so nope nothing recorded. (A lecture or 5 would’ve been nice!)

Anything that is to do with Colloids. Other than that, you’re on your own.

* 3 x 2 hour (tbh less than 2 hour) Practicals. (One of which didn’t count for us lmao)
* 6 x 1 hour presentation blocks (we only had 4 of these due to time constraints)
* 3 x 1 hour quiz blocks
* 1 x 3 hour presentation block
An odd smattering of “workshops”

2018/Sem 2

78D. Better than I thought I'd get