COMP4318 Machine Learning and Data Mining (University of Sydney): rated 2.8/5 overall across 17 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
COMP4318 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: 机器学习和数据挖掘
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 4
Handbook year: 2026
Machine learning is the process of automatically building mathematical models that explain and generalise datasets. It integrates elements of statistics and algorithm development into the same discipline.
COMP4318 has 17 scored reviews: overall 2.8/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 17 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.8/5).
On Reddit: "usability engineering was really fun, theres a lot of group interactions though but I enjoyed it(hoose your team members carefully), machine learning was okay too but the exam was kinda difficult from memory, cloud computing was low key not my vibe"
On Reddit: "Haven’t done the other two, but I did comp4318 this semester and it was alright. I thought the tutorials were useless and I couldnt understand my tutors enough for it to be worth it, but if you’ve done comp3308, this unit should be fine. It’s more of the same stuff. The assignme…"
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Q: Is COMP4318 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 17 reviews: overall 2.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP4318, and when is it offered?
A: COMP4318 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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