ELEC1103 Fundamentals of Elec and Electronic Eng (University of Sydney): rated 3.0/5 overall across 30 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ELEC1103 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: 电气与电子工程基础
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 develop knowledge of the fundamental concepts and building blocks of electrical and electronics circuits. This is a foundation unit in circuit theory.
ELEC1103 has 30 scored reviews: overall 3.0/5 · usefulness 3.8 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 8 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.8 stars); 22 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.7/5).
On Reddit: "Electrical engineering is just hard, and elec1103 is known to cause issues. There’s a good chance the average for the midsem will be below 50, as it is every year. Just keep grinding, the final is much easier. I wouldn’t waste your energy trying to disagree, the test was designe…"
On Reddit: "Hi there!! I just finished my 3rd year (junior year) in Electrical Engineering and I've done both ELEC1103 and ELEC2602. ELEC1103 was fairly easy when I did it. I easily got 85 for it. All I ever did was go over the lectures and do all the tutorials, which should suffice for eve…"
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Q: Is ELEC1103 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 30 reviews: usefulness 3.8/5, overall 3.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ELEC1103, and when is it offered?
A: ELEC1103 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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