COMP4920 Professional Issues and Ethics in Information Technology (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.4/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.0/5 across 31 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
COMP4920 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: 信息技术专业问题与伦理
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
In this course we will explore ethical issues for computer science, widely conceived. We will examine in detail the nature of ethical claims/moral judgements themselves, and how it is that our beliefs about their nature can affect our understanding of the ethical issues relating to computer science that we have examined so far.
COMP4920 has 31 scored reviews: overall 2.4/5 · usefulness 1.0 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 0.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (0.5/5 overall); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.4/5).
On Reddit: "They literally said the course has a hurdle and you needed a CO on essay 2 in order to pass"
On Reddit: "I also took this course this term, was keen on it because they said it had been reformed since the last time it had been run. Unfortunately it’s green an absolute shitshow with the forum responses being open ended only to end up getting a terrible mark because we did what we wer…"
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Q: Is COMP4920 hard?
A: Students rate COMP4920's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is COMP4920 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 31 reviews: would-recommend 0.0/5, usefulness 1.0/5, overall 2.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP4920, and when is it offered?
A: COMP4920 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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