ELEN30011 Electrical Device Modelling (University of Melbourne): rated 3.1/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 14 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ELEN30011 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology in Electrical Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 电气建模
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Electrical Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
AIM This subject develops the theoretical and practical tools required to understand, construct, validate and apply models of standard electrical and electronic devices. In particular, students will study the theoretical and practical development of models for devices such as resistors, capacitor.
ELEN30011 has 14 scored reviews: overall 3.1/5 · usefulness 4.0 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (3.3/5 overall); 3 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.7 stars); 10 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.9/5).
On Reddit: "What is your reason for doing it in second year rather than third year? Because in my opinion it's the most difficult of the third year electrical subjects with a heavy emphasis on the maths side of Physics 2 so I'd recommend doing it third year especially if you take subjects l…"
On Reddit: "It's hard to say, but EDM and Signals and Systems are the ones I thought were the hardest. That being said, I'm good at programming, okay at physics and bad at maths. If your skillset was different it might be a different answer."
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Q: Is ELEN30011 hard?
A: Students rate ELEN30011's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is ELEN30011 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 14 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 4.0/5, overall 3.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ELEN30011, and when is it offered?
A: ELEN30011 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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