HPSC2101 What Is This Thing Called Science? (University of Sydney): rated 4.0/5 overall across 6 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
HPSC2101 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in History and Philosophy of Science Academic Operations. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 何谓科学？
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: History and Philosophy of Science Academic Operations
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
(This unit will not be available from 2021) What distinguishes creationism from evolutionary theory, or astrology from astronomy? Can we have good reason to believe that our current scientific theories represent the world "as it really is"?
HPSC2101 has 6 scored reviews: overall 4.0/5 · usefulness 3.8 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.8 stars); 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.5/5).
On Reddit: "Go and do bioethics (HPSC2101). It's a good course that will challenge your ideas of some issues, and if you liked it as much as I did you might end up changing to an hps major!"
On Reddit: "I'm doing math2068 as my free elective this semester (I do BE/BSc). I've heard it's not too difficult and for an engineering student should be relatively easy. I also agree with HPSC 2101. I did it a few years ago and it was relatively easy even for me and I am not great at essa…"
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Q: Is HPSC2101 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 6 reviews: usefulness 3.8/5, overall 4.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches HPSC2101, and when is it offered?
A: HPSC2101 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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