DATA1001 Introduction to Data Science and Decisions (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.6/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 31 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
DATA1001 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in School of Mathematics & Statistics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 数据科学与决策导论
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Mathematics & Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
Students will be provided with a broad overview of Data Science as a platform for further studies in Data Science and an understanding and appreciation of Data Science in the modern world. Students will study the fundamentals of Data Science as it is applied in Computer Science, Economics and Mathematics and Statistics.
DATA1001 has 31 scored reviews: overall 2.6/5 · usefulness 5.0 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (3.3/5 overall); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.5/5).
On Reddit: "2nd year doing data science here. Keep in mind that DATA1001 is supposed to be an introduction, as well as a gened. IMO it gave a fairly good entry point for the basics of data science, that are expanded on in the 2nd year data science cores, as well as the major cores. Another …"
On Reddit: "The first two components, business and computing, were quite easy. The last component, maths, was quite difficult (especially for a gen ed course). Perhaps they will adjust the difficulty of that for the next time it is run. This obviously depends on your exposure to the mathema…"
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Q: Is DATA1001 hard?
A: Students rate DATA1001's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is DATA1001 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 31 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 5.0/5, overall 2.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches DATA1001, and when is it offered?
A: DATA1001 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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