MATH2931 Higher Linear Models (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.0/5 overall, difficulty 0.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.0/5 across 11 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
MATH2931 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: 高等线性模型
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 is intended for students completing data science and statistics majors Through a series of lectures and tutorials, the course will cover key topics including linear regression computation and inference, and modern model/feature selection methods used in data mining and computational statistics. Where content is in common with MATH2831, this course aims to give students a deeper level of understanding.
MATH2931 has 11 scored reviews: overall 3.0/5 · usefulness 2.5 · difficulty 0.0 · would-recommend 0.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (0.0/5 overall); 1 StudentVIP review (average 5.0 stars); 9 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.1/5).
On Reddit: "Highly recommended you don't do it. If you're an actl student, I'm assuming this is to not do Actl2131? Actl2131 is significantly easier than Math2931. 2931 is a soul crusher... I dropped the course but I still feel the dread."
On Reddit: "Unfortunately, if you’re absolutely set on doing math2931, I would recommend doing 2901. In fact, 2931 is considerably more proof based and quite the more conceptually challenging. It doesn’t help that in addition, half the ideas found in 2601 are used heavily for 2931. The fina…"
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Q: Is MATH2931 hard?
A: Students rate MATH2931's difficulty 0.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side.
Q: Is MATH2931 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 11 reviews: would-recommend 0.0/5, usefulness 2.5/5, overall 3.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATH2931, and when is it offered?
A: MATH2931 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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