ian coordinated this subject extremely well, content was super interesting, very light workload compared to other biology / zoology subjects. really enjoyed it! the exam and essay was a bit tough as writing extended responses is not my strong suit BUT the quizzes were super easy to do well in if you reviewed the content and case study right before.

The subject was structured well, but the quality of the lecturers and case studies varied wildly each week. It was also difficult to discern what was examinable content given that no learning objectives were given some weeks, and they were typically not very clear when they were offered.

Great subject, easily my favourite so far. The subject is very well refined and structured (on par with law subjects), especially being only its second year running. The case studies each week were amazing, these are a must to attend they really helped consolidate, learning and they are so very well constructed. Hats off to the coordinator - honestly one the best subjects I've done and likely will do!

I really enjoyed this subject! Each week (or two weeks) was a different topic (e.g. nutrition, toxins, infectious disease, one health, genetics, etc.) but they were all really interesting and not too overloaded with content. While there is still a lot of information that you need to learn, I found that a lot of it was fairly easy to understand. The case studies were all really enjoyable, and complemented the lectures perfectly, and gave great insight into real-world issues. The assessments were 4 quizzes (all multiple choice) worth 5% each and based on the lectures and case studies from the few weeks beforehand, which were easy enough to score well in generally, although there was often a couple of questions that were somewhat obscure. There was also the written report (1000 words), where you could choose from 6 topics. They were not necessarily directly related to the content (e.g. the nutrition essay involved discussing nutritional approaches to dealing with feline urolithiasis), but still linked to general concepts that they had discussed. However, some students said that some topics were quite broad and it was difficult to get an idea of what they were actually asking for. The exam was reasonable too, however being all short answer questions up to about 10 marks each, it was quite tight for time. Overall, a really great subject, especially being the first year that it has been run!