COMP4121 Advanced Algorithms (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.8/5 overall across 12 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
COMP4121 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: 高级算法
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 4
Handbook year: 2026
This course is a continuation of our introductory algorithms courses COMP3121/3821/9101/9801. We will cover some of the basic randomised algorithms and data structures, such as randomised hashing, skip-lists, order statistics and Karger's randomised Min Cut algorithm.
COMP4121 has 12 scored reviews: overall 3.8/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 12 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.8/5).
On Reddit: "Bad. Don't do it. Just do the regular CS stream and pick whatever electives you like. Some popular and good courses are: - COMP3231 OS - COMP2041 Bash and Shell - COMP6068 Frontend - COMP9417 Machine Learning (only good AI course in the uni) Some good but hard courses are: - COM…"
On Reddit: "4121 is quite a fun and interesting course. Did it 21T3 with Aleks and had a term long major project on anything you want and a final exam. The algorithms are very math intensive (stats and linear algebra) so it's easy to lose track during the lectures. Often I would just watch …"
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Q: Is COMP4121 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 12 reviews: overall 3.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP4121, and when is it offered?
A: COMP4121 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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