ELEC2104 Electronic Devices and Circuits (University of Sydney): rated 2.6/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 1.0/5 across 32 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ELEC2104 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: 电子器件与电路
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
Modern Electronics has come to be known as microelectronics which refers to the Integrated Circuits (ICs) containing millions of discrete devices. This course introduces some of the basic electronic devices like diodes and different types of transistors.
ELEC2104 has 32 scored reviews: overall 2.6/5 · usefulness 3.0 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 1.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 reviews by USYD students on USYD Wall (0.5/5 overall); 3 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.7 stars); 27 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.5/5).
On Reddit: "The USYD math faculty is pretty good on the whole, but gradually getting worse since they're cutting out a few rather important subjects from the major due to funding cuts. I've personally only taken a couple of Electrical Engineering subjects, and, to be honest, they were terri…"
On Reddit: "To be honest as someone doing mechatronics, most of not all ELEC subjects are difficult on some level, especially with some of the more questionable coordination that I've seen and experienced. I only just did ELEC2104 but man that took a lot of work and was still difficult in m…"
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Q: Is ELEC2104 hard?
A: Students rate ELEC2104's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is ELEC2104 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 32 reviews: would-recommend 1.0/5, usefulness 3.0/5, overall 2.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ELEC2104, and when is it offered?
A: ELEC2104 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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