In my opinion, from what I was exposed to in that first year, both the science and business components were close to useless. The science units warehoused hundreds of students in a gigantic lecture theatre while the lecturer recited the material. Watching my lecturer from about 50 metres away was my only real contact with academic staff for most units. But it didn't matter, because the material was so rudimentary anyway. Assessment for science was largely comprised of computer graded multiple choice exams and laboratories which seemed to involve following a recipe more than learning anything, or the scientific processes behind what we were doing. We were told to use the 2B pencil with care when completing exams because if the computer failed to process our paper that was too bad. The post-graduate science students who supervised our laboratories seemed to be visibly depressed. It was clear that most of them were supervisors because they couldn't get work anywhere else.
