GENL1021 World Religions (UNSW Sydney): rated 4.7/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
GENL1021 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Law and Justice in School of Law, Society and Criminology. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 世界宗教
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Law, Society and Criminology
Faculty: Faculty of Law and Justice
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This course offers students a general introduction to six of the world’s major religions with a special focus on the way in which their specific laws and customs impact upon the behaviour of their adherents. The religions studied are Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
GENL1021 has 3 scored reviews: overall 4.7/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.7/5).
On Reddit: "Copied from another comment I’ve made: GENL1021 - World Religion GENL1022 - Women in Religion GENS4015 - Brave New World All are fully online. Both religion ones are taught by Dr Paul Gwynne who’s really helpful and a fair marker. Very easy to manage week to week, I did 1021 as …"
On Reddit: "Helooo I did world religions during summer of 2021. The assessments are as follows: 1) Forum posts: You are required to write roughly 300 words on the similarities between each religion (you can choose which religion and which similarity). Since I did it during summer the posts …"
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Q: Is GENL1021 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: overall 4.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches GENL1021, and when is it offered?
A: GENL1021 is taught by the Faculty of Law and Justice. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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