COMP9101 Algorithm Design and Analysis (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.3/5 overall across 6 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
COMP9101 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: 算法设计与分析
Type: Postgraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Postgraduate Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
How would you convince a colleague that your program is correct, and that theirs is flawed? How do you estimate how long a program will run for, and design test cases to find bugs?
COMP9101 has 6 scored reviews: overall 3.3/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 6 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.3/5).
On Reddit: "COMP9101 is the best course in CSE. Not hard. COMP9331 is very easy, meh. COMP9024 is important, moderate difficulty. Also, you may want more than 75 WAM for these courses if you want a D+ overall. Level 3 courses will be much harder and will drag your down."
On Reddit: "1. 9044: shell script and python. In my study term, the second project is to implement the git with python. I think this is the most practical and easiest course in these. Choose this course first 2. 6080: from html to react. Choose this if you need front-end develop knowledge 3…"
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Q: Is COMP9101 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 6 reviews: overall 3.3/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP9101, and when is it offered?
A: COMP9101 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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