SENG2021 Requirements and Design Workshop

SENG2021 Requirements and Design Workshop (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.0/5 overall across 13 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.

SENG2021 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Computer Science and Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.

Review data updated 2026-10-24.

Course details

Chinese title: 需求与设计工作坊

Type: Undergraduate course

Credit points: 6

Subject area: School of Computer Science and Engineering

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

Level: Undergraduate Level 2

Handbook year: 2026

Overview

This course is the first of the workshops series that are a key feature of the Software Engineering degree. These workshops are designed to teach students to work in teams (or groups) using agile methods and apply their theoretical knowledge to solve real-life problems.

SENG2021 student reviews, difficulty and workload

SENG2021 has 13 scored reviews: overall 3.0/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).

Sources: 13 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.0/5).

On Reddit: "The spec is intentionally vague to simulate how real world software engineering works. Very rarely are you given well defined requirements from your clients, they don’t even know what they want and it’s your job to figure it out. Source: Did the course 8 years ago"

On Reddit: "Hey this is just from my experience so take it with a pinch of salt. In my opinion for projects, you need to know how to develop web applications. Some courses teach you the things for this, in my opinion these courses are: 1) comp1531 to begin the basics of a backend (and the i…"

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SENG2021 FAQ

Q: Is SENG2021 worth taking?

A: Averaged over 13 reviews: overall 3.0/5.

Q: Which faculty teaches SENG2021, and when is it offered?

A: SENG2021 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.

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