It's now known as ANSC20005. Ok, mixed reviews here. First off, if you're looking for a subject with interesting content, but don't care about your WAM, then take this subject. You learn about history of domestication at first which was very boring, but then later on you learn about how to train your dog, animals in film, animal nutrition and pedigree dogs. It was very interesting to learn about as an animal lover for sure! But, unfortunately university makes it so that we have to care about grades more than the content we are learning :/ This subject is not an easy H1. Ian is a VERY harsh marker. When I say very, I MEAN very. Some tips: - the essay: don't have too short or too long paragraphs. - don't have complex terminology - have pictures that are big enough on the word document for him to see - make sure referencing is consistent - have a title. Poster - the overall visual effect rather than the specific content you're putting in is important. Exam - I would say the practice exam is a very good guideline! - focus on some specifics from the lecture on aquariums. MST. I studied very hard for this MST yet still didn't do well. Make sure to remember the COI's and some statistics on dogs vs cat population! Anyway, H1 is difficult, but the content was interesting.

This subject is now known as ANSC20005. Sometimes the 2hr lectures, 2x/week can be tedious especially as Ian tends to ramble a bit and I found it difficult to gauge the assessable material from his life stories. I found Ian's marking a little bit harsh but he marks all the assessments in this subject so it's a fair marking process. I didn't really enjoy this subject that much, but it wasn't the worst either. Ian gave a fair few hints about what would be in the exam so listen up! The exam is four long-answer, essay style questions and Ian expects you to include extra information/integrate info across lectures to get an H1. I believe the subject design is going to be changed in the future, so the 50% exam will be less weighted and an MST will be added. I think this will be a good change. Don't take this subject expecting a WAM booster unless you are really interested in animals/really good at writing.

Great subject if you're interested in animals but don't want to take the super intense vet subjects. Learned a lot about caring for animals, great for pet owners. Ian is a fantastic coordinator and the guest lecturers are passionate and interesting to listen to. There are two major assessments worth 50% each but Ian does a great job of guiding you through them and helping you do your best, he is a somewhat harsh marker, but still fair. Some of the content is common sense so be prepared to just sit and listen, the lecturers make the content more interesting though as they have experience to draw on. Awesome subject for breadth, or if want a more relaxed, fun science subject.

Simply an amazing subject if you're an animal lover. Lectures are GREAT, they sometimes bring in their pets. yes, there's actual live dogs in the lectures. Very chill subject, probably the easiest one I've done.

Awesome subject. Very relaxed and Ian was a great lecturer. The lecturers bring in their pets! Its great. The topics range from keeping reptiles to animals in film. Some of the lectures can go offtopic. A great subject for a breadth or chill subject. Definitely recommend it.

Highly suggest doing this subject. All of the lecturers were amazing and so helpful if you had any questions for them. The assignments were easy and straightforward, nothing complicated. The lectures themselves were really interesting and it was the one lecture I hated missing during the week because I genuinely adored the class.

Ian is the best. Love this subject- great content too!

Ian is a great person and fun lecturer/coordinator!! It might be a little tricky on assessment if you don't know what he wants, but the assessment part is really straightforward and there are fun excursions/exercises too! (to the equine center + hands on training dogs)

Great subject with a good variety of lectures and pretty good lecturers. Very well organised. Involves a large assessment task worth 50%.