ERTH10002 Understanding Planet Earth (University of Melbourne): rated 4.6/5 overall, difficulty 2.5/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 2.5/5 across 22 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ERTH10002 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Science in Earth Sciences. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 认识地球
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Earth Sciences
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
Geoscience is the scientific study of the Earth and the complex processes that have shaped our planet. Interactions between the rocks, water, climate and life are recorded in the rock record over the Earth’s 4.
ERTH10002 has 22 scored reviews: overall 4.6/5 · usefulness 3.3 · difficulty 2.5 · would-recommend 2.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 reviews by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (2.5/5 overall); 5 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.6 stars); 15 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.8/5).
On Reddit: "Understanding Planet Earth (ERTH10002) is out! Seems like it got scaled up, imo... :) Love the earth sciences department at unimelb. A huge shout out to the teaching team (particularly Anne-Marie Tosolini) for being so helpful and enthusiastic throughout the semester! (This was …"
On Reddit: "Would highly recommend ERTH10002. Probably my favourite subject I did in first year and I'm not even a Geoscience major, it however really did make me consider switching, and Hayden is a very good lecturer. The only thing is you need to pay for a field trip if cost is a barrier,…"
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is ERTH10002 hard?
A: Students rate ERTH10002's difficulty 2.5/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is ERTH10002 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 22 reviews: would-recommend 2.5/5, usefulness 3.3/5, overall 4.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ERTH10002, and when is it offered?
A: ERTH10002 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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