MATH2221 Higher Theory and Applications of Differential Equations (UNSW Sydney): rated 4.1/5 overall, difficulty 1.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 8 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
MATH2221 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: 高等微分方程理论与应用
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 builds upon students’ studies on first-order ordinary and second order ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients from their first-year mathematics courses. In this course, students explore second-order ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients and, in addition, are introduced to partial differential equations.
MATH2221 has 8 scored reviews: overall 4.1/5 · usefulness 5.0 · difficulty 1.0 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (4.7/5 overall); 7 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.1/5).
On Reddit: "Course: MATH2221 (Higher Differential Equations) Lecturer: Chris Goodrich. Rating: 5/5. Difficulty: 2.5/5. Mark: 90 HD. Will note that I believe the assessments in this offering were easier than past offerings. Comments: Nothing but praise. Being a pure maths major, I did not ex…"
On Reddit: "Can't speak for the other two courses but when I took MATH2221 in 2020 it didn't require a lot of effort to do well in. It's not as rigorous or as proof based as the other higher math courses, so there's a pretty low upper bound as to how hard the exam questions can be. To get a…"
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Q: Is MATH2221 hard?
A: Students rate MATH2221's difficulty 1.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side.
Q: Is MATH2221 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 8 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 5.0/5, overall 4.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATH2221, and when is it offered?
A: MATH2221 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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