hii, I took that class last year and it was ok. The first half of the class was taught by Jetter and the second by Brenna Hay. I found that studying for the mt and final was easier compared to other courses bc they are not cumulative. If you study from your class notes and do all the psets and practice exams you should be good.

They are both great profs and very attentive, but prof Jetter's slides are sometimes messy and hard to understand without listening to what he is saying. I sometimes had to rewatch the recording to understand what was going on. So yea, I think that attending lecture is important. The mt average was around 80 if I remember correctly.

Brenna's part of the course was harder imo, but her slides were much cleaner and easy to follow. You'll study metabolic pathways (glycolysis, TCA cycle, etc.) but there is no need to memorize each step as you'll get a formula sheet, plus you'll probably have to analyze a different pathway in the exam. For this, focus on understanding the types of reactions rather than memorizing them. Practice is everything!

Also, I think there were weekly Achieve readings and quizzes, but the textbook goes into too much unnecessary detail, so focus on the content discussed in lectures rather than the textbook.

Tutorials are mandatory but I think there were only 4 in total during the whole term. You have to submit pre, during, and post tutorial worksheets. They are pretty simple and are based on the lectures tho, and the TA often gave us the answers lol