CVEN3202 Soil Mechanics (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.4/5 overall across 16 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
CVEN3202 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 土力学
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
An introductory course to fundamentals of soil mechanics. Topics include: description of soil, basic phase relationships, clay mineralogy, confined and unconfined seepage, principle of effective stress, consolidation theory, compaction, stress distribution and settlement, Mohr circle, failure criterion, strength of soils, soil testing, stress-strain behaviour of soils and slope stability.
CVEN3202 has 16 scored reviews: overall 2.4/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 5.0 stars); 15 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.3/5).
On Reddit: "**CVEN3202: Soil Mechanics** - Great course content. I flopped the second quiz pretty hard, but still enjoyed the course. The lab reports sucked though, don't try to be a hero and solo it, talk to your lab partners and learn to use excel. Favourite course of this semester. **CVE…"
On Reddit: "**ARCH1142: Architectural Communications** Course coordinator was interesting, lectures were very basic and boring. The slides have good content which is enough for the course. Marking was absolute bs, not sure if its just because its a first year course but tutors seemed to onl…"
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Q: Is CVEN3202 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 16 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 2.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches CVEN3202, and when is it offered?
A: CVEN3202 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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