COMP3142 Software Testing and Quality Assurance (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.1/5 overall across 10 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
COMP3142 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Computer Science and Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 软件测试与质量保证
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Software plays an important role in our daily life. It is important to construct robust, operational software, especially under limited development budget and time constraints.
COMP3142 has 10 scored reviews: overall 3.1/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 10 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.1/5).
On Reddit: "COMP3131 COMP4141 COMP3153 COMP3222 COMP3211 COMP9417 COMP9444 COMP1511 BTW COMP4121 doesn't exist anymore. and COMP3142 has a shit lecturer"
On Reddit: "I am doing this course as well. But I’m not sure how to study. They said there’s a lot of coding but there’s barely any coding in the assignment and even in the slides. Maybe they worked on code in the live lectures but they didn’t upload it anywhere."
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Q: Is COMP3142 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 10 reviews: overall 3.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP3142, and when is it offered?
A: COMP3142 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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