ELEC1004 Practical Intro to Electrical Engineering (University of Sydney): rated 3.5/5 overall across 8 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ELEC1004 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 电气工程实践导论
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This unit of study aims to expose the students with fundamental (basic) concepts of different specializations within electrical engineering and give them hands on experience to develop the required engineering skills. The unit is based on extensive laboratory work covering Measuring skills using basic electrical instruments, Soldering skills to make electronic circuits and test them, Computer programming skills including real time programming and simulation programming, Us…
ELEC1004 has 8 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 8 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.5/5).
On Reddit: "if you have any background in IT or Physics ELEC1004 is super easy, only marks are from lab attendance, one lab report, a few quizzes, and a final lab test (which was still rlly easy), you can get an HD pretty easily without even attending lectures if you know a bit about tech a…"
On Reddit: "I'm entering my second year in EE at usyd, and the big plus I've found is that we have to do literally no mechanical units - no materials, mechanics, analysis, or workshops. I'm pretty sure that at UNSW all engineering groups still have to do the core engineering subjects, which…"
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Q: Is ELEC1004 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 8 reviews: overall 3.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ELEC1004, and when is it offered?
A: ELEC1004 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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