DECO2102 Introduction to Interface Design (University of Sydney): rated 2.9/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 2.0/5 across 5 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
DECO2102 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning in Design Lab. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 界面设计导论
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Design Lab
Faculty: Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This unit introduces students to principles and fundamentals of interface design in emerging technologies. Following a human-centered design approach, this unit of study provides students with an understanding of industry standard principles for user interface design.
DECO2102 has 5 scored reviews: overall 2.9/5 · usefulness 4.0 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 2.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by USYD students on USYD Wall (2.0/5 overall); 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.2/5).
On Reddit: "DECO2102 is great in content, however, assessment sucks. 80% are group work and if you are in the group of lazy dudes, you’re so done. I used to take that and in that circumstance as I need to literally do everything and those ppl just sit there and reqd the script I wrote for p…"
On Reddit: "Just a reply, tbh last year I did DECO2102 and none of HTML and CSS has been taught, only drawing low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes for an app through Balsamiq, Figma and adobe XD."
The course panel on USYD Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is DECO2102 hard?
A: Students rate DECO2102's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is DECO2102 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: would-recommend 2.0/5, usefulness 4.0/5, overall 2.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches DECO2102, and when is it offered?
A: DECO2102 is taught by the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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