BUSS1020 Quantitative Business Analysis (University of Sydney): rated 3.6/5 overall across 64 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
BUSS1020 is a University of Sydney course taught by the University of Sydney Business School in Business Analytics. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 定量商业分析
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Business Analytics
Faculty: The University of Sydney Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
All graduates from the BCom need to be able to use quantitative techniques to analyse business problems. This ability is important in all business disciplines since all disciplines deal with increasing amounts of data, and there are increasing expectations of quantitative skills.
BUSS1020 has 64 scored reviews: overall 3.6/5 · usefulness 3.9 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 34 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.9 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.2/5).
On Reddit: "The exam was 10x harder than the practice and the mid-sem, guess the teachers felt like fucking us up. I’d be happy to discuss with anyone who wants?"
On Reddit: "I think with Buss1020 they’re normally banking on you going into the final with high marks from the homework and assignments. I went into my 2019 final with 88% ended up getting 65% in the exam."
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Q: Is BUSS1020 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 64 reviews: usefulness 3.9/5, overall 3.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches BUSS1020, and when is it offered?
A: BUSS1020 is taught by the University of Sydney Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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