HPSC30019 Minds and Madness (University of Melbourne): rated 3.3/5 overall across 11 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
HPSC30019 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Arts in History and Philosophy of Science. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 心智与疯狂
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: History and Philosophy of Science
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Madness, insanity, lunacy, losing one’s mind, nervous breakdown, psychosis, neurosis; some of the myriad terms that have been used to describe what happens when a person is deemed to no longer have control over word, thought or deed. It is one of the most baffling of phenomena and has been for mi.
HPSC30019 has 11 scored reviews: overall 3.3/5 · usefulness 3.3 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 8 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.3 stars); 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.4/5).
On Reddit: "I took this and it was one of my fav subjects throughout my entire degree, the content is super interesting and I feel like I genuinely learned so much from it. The workload is definitely manageable and the assignments are well connected to the content so def possible to do well."
On Reddit: "I took both subjects and I preferred the HIST30004 subject over the HPSC30019. I've written a comment for HIST30004 already so you can read that. HPSC30019 was interesting but it was heavy on the philosophy aspect which was hard to understand at a 3rd year level when I had no pr…"
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Q: Is HPSC30019 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 11 reviews: usefulness 3.3/5, overall 3.3/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches HPSC30019, and when is it offered?
A: HPSC30019 is taught by the Faculty of Arts. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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