COMP90057 Advanced Theoretical Computer Science (University of Melbourne): rated 2.9/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
COMP90057 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: 进阶计算机科学
Type: Graduate coursework subject
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Graduate coursework Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
AIMS At the heart of theoretical computer science are questions of both philosophical and practical importance. What does it mean for a problem to be solvable by computer?
COMP90057 has 4 scored reviews: overall 2.9/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.9/5).
On Reddit: "Software Engineering requires many SWEN subjects, whereas the Master of IT doesn't. SWEN90016 is compulsory in both...didn't enjoy this. I did the computing specialisation (in the Master of IT), where COMP90015 and COMP90049 are mandatory. I also studied COMP90042 (I like lingui…"
On Reddit: "The first half of the subject is quite similar to models of computation as it also covers Turing machines, DFAs etc. The second half covers complexity theories such as NP completeness and space complexity. It is more abstract than many other CS subjects but algorithms are no har…"
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Q: Is COMP90057 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: overall 2.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP90057, and when is it offered?
A: COMP90057 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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