COMP10001 Foundations of Computing (University of Melbourne): rated 4.2/5 overall, difficulty 2.4/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 3.2/5 across 95 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
COMP10001 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology in Computer Science. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 计算基础
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
AIMS Solving problems in areas such as business, biology, physics, chemistry, engineering, humanities, and social sciences often requires manipulating, analysing, and visualising data through computer programming. This subject teaches students with little or no background in computer programming .
COMP10001 has 95 scored reviews: overall 4.2/5 · usefulness 4.4 · difficulty 2.4 · would-recommend 3.2 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 6 reviews by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (3.6/5 overall); the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 58 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.5 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "This is the most elementary coding subject available at the university, and usually has quite a large cohort every year. Even though people do not generally say this is an easy WAM booster, I found the content to be both enjoyable and straightforward, and a H1 is definitely achievable for students …"
On Reddit: "commerce student here. my opinion is that the difficulty of coputing10001 is downplayed on this sub. I took it as a breadth this semester. My wam coming into this sem was high 70's and i am on track to barely pass computing or even fail. The subject is good, make no doubt about …"
On Reddit: "Harsh truth : COMP10001 Is by far the easiest comp core subject. If you can’t get through it with decent ease, you cannot get past FOA, let alone y2 and y3 subjects. Also you basically cannot continue this major without FOC as it’s a prerequisite or implied pre requisite for eve…"
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Q: Is COMP10001 hard?
A: Students rate COMP10001's difficulty 2.4/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is COMP10001 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 95 reviews: would-recommend 3.2/5, usefulness 4.4/5, overall 4.2/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP10001, and when is it offered?
A: COMP10001 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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