CVEN3203 Applied Geotechnics and Engineering Geology (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.4/5 overall across 5 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
CVEN3203 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: 应用岩土工程与工程地质
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
This course covers two important areas of geotechnical engineering: geology and applied geotechnics. The geology section covers the earth and it's formation, rock types; their behaviour and properties and subsurface mapping.
CVEN3203 has 5 scored reviews: overall 3.4/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 4.0 stars); 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.3/5).
On Reddit: "CVEN3203 has two parts. PART 1 is geology (similar to like year 7/8 geology) and I found it really boring. The midterm is basically an exam (fully closed book) part 1 and the best way to study for it is by doing the past exam papers. PART 2 is geotechnical engineering and very u…"
On Reddit: "Final exam is open book. The course is split into two parts: wk 1-5 is learning about different types of rocks (geology), wk 7-10 is geotech calculations (continuing from soils). It is a bit hard, but if u study well for it then you'll be fine."
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Q: Is CVEN3203 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 3.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches CVEN3203, and when is it offered?
A: CVEN3203 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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