ELEC1005 Introduction to Software Engineering (University of Sydney): rated 1.9/5 overall across 15 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ELEC1005 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: 软件工程导论
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 will introduce student to the field of software engineering. It will expose the students to fundamental (basic) concepts of key areas within software engineering including Requirement Engineering, Software Design (Architecture and Modeling), Software Quality Engineering, and Software Process Engineering.
ELEC1005 has 15 scored reviews: overall 1.9/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 15 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 1.9/5).
On Reddit: "This unit only started in 2022 and I was in the first ever batch and let me say: The organization was pretty terrible. The unit got <60% on the unit survey that semester. ​ Final exam: It was relatively easy as only the lectures then were assessable. I don't know how diff…"
On Reddit: "this is the shittest course ever, the staffs and lecturers aren't active on Ed and they are not answering any of the questions from Lecs or any particular questions. The lec recording qualityare poor and the lecturer sometimes skipped some of the PowerPoints. Our lecturer someti…"
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Q: Is ELEC1005 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 15 reviews: overall 1.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ELEC1005, and when is it offered?
A: ELEC1005 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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