COMP3308 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (University of Sydney): rated 3.9/5 overall across 32 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
COMP3308 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in Computer Science. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 人工智能导论
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all about programming computers to perform tasks normally associated with intelligent behaviour. Classical AI programs have played games, proved theorems, discovered patterns in data, planned complex assembly sequences and so on.
COMP3308 has 32 scored reviews: overall 3.9/5 · usefulness 3.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.0 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.0/5).
On Reddit: "I am a third year international student in usyd. I don’t know anything about UNSW, so my talk below is just my own personal experience. I have taken COMP2017, COMP2823, COMP3308 and COMP3027 and they are great. COMP2017 challenges me with programming in C (I have learnt it long …"
On Reddit: "I did COMP3308 last semester. I would say this unit is the perfect unit to help you figure out if AI is a field you'd like to continue working in. Personally, this unit showed me that this is definitely NOT what I want to do, but it is great to give you that introductory knowled…"
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Q: Is COMP3308 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 32 reviews: usefulness 3.0/5, overall 3.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP3308, and when is it offered?
A: COMP3308 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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