COMP4161 Advanced Topics in Software Verification (UNSW Sydney): rated 4.0/5 overall across 1 review collected on UNSW Wall.
COMP4161 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: 软件验证高级专题
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 about mechanical proof assistants, how they work, and what they can be used for. It presents specification and proof techniques used in industrial grade theorem provers, teaches the theoretical background to the techniques involved, and shows how to use a theorem prover to conduct formal proofs in practice.
COMP4161 has 1 scored review: overall 4.0/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 Reddit comment that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.0/5).
On Reddit: "If you're into the theoretical side of CS, COMP4141 is really good. The homework is mostly proofs, but the content is really interesting; the first half of the course covers regular and context free languages, and constructing automata that parses those language, and the second …"
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Q: Is COMP4161 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 1 review: overall 4.0/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP4161, and when is it offered?
A: COMP4161 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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