COMP4128 Programming Challenges (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.3/5 overall across 20 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
COMP4128 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: 编程挑战
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
How do competitive programmers solve complex problems in a matter of minutes? In this course, you will design and implement advanced algorithms to solve problems accurately and quickly.
COMP4128 has 20 scored reviews: overall 3.3/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 20 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.3/5).
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: "1) COMP4128. Algos is hard. 2) COMP3511. No coding. UI/UX is fairly straight forward. 3) COMP1511. Coding for first time brings back great memories. Well structured, simple enough to not be too stressed etc. etc. 4) COMP2521, COMP3121, COMP6080. Algos is important for CS fundame…"
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Q: Is COMP4128 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 20 reviews: overall 3.3/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP4128, and when is it offered?
A: COMP4128 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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