MATS3008 Design and Engineering of Composites and Coatings (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.5/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.0/5 across 1 review collected on UNSW Wall.
MATS3008 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in School of Materials Science & Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 复合材料与涂层设计与工程
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This Level 3 core course in Materials Science and Engineering builds on students’ prior knowledge of metals, ceramics, and polymers to demonstrate how composites and coatings with varying compositions and characteristics can be created from these individual constituents. The course emphasises the relationship between structure (microstructure & nanostructure) and processing for generating novel, advantageous properties in these materials for advanced structural and functio…
MATS3008 has 1 scored review: overall 2.5/5 · usefulness 5.0 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 0.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (2.5/5 overall).
The course panel on UNSW Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is MATS3008 hard?
A: Students rate MATS3008's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Is MATS3008 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 1 review: would-recommend 0.0/5, usefulness 5.0/5, overall 2.5/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATS3008, and when is it offered?
A: MATS3008 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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