ELEC2141 Digital Circuit Design

ELEC2141 Digital Circuit Design (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.6/5 overall, difficulty 3.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 2.0/5 across 33 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.

ELEC2141 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.

Review data updated 2026-10-24.

Course details

Chinese title: 数字电路设计

Type: Undergraduate course

Credit points: 6

Subject area: School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

Level: Undergraduate Level 2

Handbook year: 2026

Overview

Digital systems store, move and process information. Digital systems consist of logic circuits and are a key component of computers and other products such as smartphones, digital watches, household appliances and electronic games.

ELEC2141 student reviews, difficulty and workload

ELEC2141 has 33 scored reviews: overall 2.6/5 · usefulness 3.3 · difficulty 3.0 · would-recommend 2.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).

Sources: 1 review by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (2.7/5 overall); 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.0 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.5/5).

On Reddit: "I’ve taken countless exams in my life. This is the only one where there’s a separate paper for correction and corrections for corrections mid exam"

On Reddit: "I’m doing the course this term. And the management has been absolute crap in my pov. The weekly quizzes work well in theory, but I feel like in practice, it’s flawed against the students. Been rlly disappointed in how they have gone about it. It’s a very interesting course tho. …"

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ELEC2141 FAQ

Q: Is ELEC2141 hard?

A: Students rate ELEC2141's difficulty 3.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.

Q: Is ELEC2141 worth taking?

A: Averaged over 33 reviews: would-recommend 2.0/5, usefulness 3.3/5, overall 2.6/5.

Q: Which faculty teaches ELEC2141, and when is it offered?

A: ELEC2141 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.

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