ENGD2001 Protecting People Who Use Technology (University of Sydney): rated 3.4/5 overall across 7 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ENGD2001 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in Computer Science. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 保护技术使用者
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This unit takes an interdisciplinary approach to think strategically about a selection of key issues that emerge from human-technology interactions. This unit shows how the human-technology interface impacts on what people do with technology (whether a computer program, or a physical equipment), and especially on mistakes that might be made, which can threaten physical safety, social well-being, privacy, and other human needs.
ENGD2001 has 7 scored reviews: overall 3.4/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 7 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.4/5).
On Reddit: "Hey so I replaced info2222 with engd2001 as I was in the dalyell stream. Overall it was a good unit with some individual assignments and group assignments. There's also an oral exam held in week 12 or 13 and that was relatively easy as well. There's a lot of case studies that yo…"
On Reddit: "I did ENGD2001 There were 3 main take home assignments, only one of which was group work. These were all fairly straight forward, not too hard to get 90%. The lectures were just reading the slides, I I didn’t bother to watch them, only skim the slides when they were posted on ca…"
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Q: Is ENGD2001 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 7 reviews: overall 3.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ENGD2001, and when is it offered?
A: ENGD2001 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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