CLIM1001 Introduction to Climate Change (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.7/5 overall, difficulty 0.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 25 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
CLIM1001 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 气候变化导论
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
Why do people disagree so much about climate change? How can they tell fact from fiction in the debate?
CLIM1001 has 25 scored reviews: overall 3.7/5 · usefulness 3.3 · difficulty 0.0 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (2.5/5 overall); 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 5.0 stars); 22 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
On Reddit: "I don't recommend it. I thought this course would be interesting but it's really boring and tedious. The weekly forum posts take up a lot of time and energy and there's barely any feedback for them as well. There's also a group task where you're heavily reliant on your randomly …"
On Reddit: "CLIM1001 this sem was pretty sweet. Boring (because of how it was set out, online modules and forum discussions bored the hell out of me). But very easy to score good marks in with a bit of effort. Not too time consuming either. Probably 2-3 hrs every time an assessable componen…"
The course panel on UNSW Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is CLIM1001 hard?
A: Students rate CLIM1001's difficulty 0.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side.
Q: Is CLIM1001 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 25 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 3.3/5, overall 3.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches CLIM1001, and when is it offered?
A: CLIM1001 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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