MATH1041 Statistics for Life and Social Sciences (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.9/5 overall, difficulty 1.8/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 1.5/5 across 50 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
MATH1041 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: 生命与社会科学统计学
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Mathematics & Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This course is for undergraduate students of life and social sciences. It is not intended for students who propose to study a substantial amount of statistics beyond first-year level.
MATH1041 has 50 scored reviews: overall 3.9/5 · usefulness 3.7 · difficulty 1.8 · would-recommend 1.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 reviews by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (3.3/5 overall); 16 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.4 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.8/5).
On Reddit: "Did MATH1041 and have friends that did ECON1203. MATH1041 was really straight forward and had easy assessments. From what I’ve heard ECON1203 is not only a lot more difficult but is poorly run and has annoying assessments (i.e. assignments and group tasks). TLDR: do math1041"
On Reddit: "stats for life and social science right? i think different people will have different opinions on it but for me (as someone whose best subject was maths in high school) i actually hated the stats so much haha, the content itself is not too difficult as in that if u read the powe…"
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Q: Is MATH1041 hard?
A: Students rate MATH1041's difficulty 1.8/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side.
Q: Is MATH1041 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 50 reviews: would-recommend 1.5/5, usefulness 3.7/5, overall 3.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATH1041, and when is it offered?
A: MATH1041 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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