MATH2011 Several Variable Calculus (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.6/5 overall across 30 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
MATH2011 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: 多元微积分
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Mathematics & Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This course introduces students to differential, integral and vector calculus for functions of more than one variable. Topics covered in lectures and tutorials include functions of several variables, limits and continuity, differentiability, gradients, surfaces, maxima and minima, Taylor series, Lagrange multipliers, chain rules, inverse function theorem, Jacobian derivatives.
MATH2011 has 30 scored reviews: overall 2.6/5 · usefulness 3.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.0 stars); 28 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.6/5).
On Reddit: "Pretty sure there is no scaling for math2011. This year’s final was definitely harder than the previous ones. Didn’t know half the cohort failed tho, that’s brutal."
On Reddit: "math2011 lecture was horrible, lecturer wrote in orange marker for the whole lesson (no lecture slides?!) which was really difficult to read and really strained my eyes - and i wasn't even sitting near the back"
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Q: Is MATH2011 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 30 reviews: usefulness 3.0/5, overall 2.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATH2011, and when is it offered?
A: MATH2011 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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