MAST30012 Discrete Mathematics (University of Melbourne): rated 3.7/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.0/5 across 20 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
MAST30012 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Science in Mathematics and Statistics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 离散数学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This subject is concerned with the study of objects, which are finite in number and typically computable. At a computational level one seeks efficient algorithms and methods for construction and counting of the objects.
MAST30012 has 20 scored reviews: overall 3.7/5 · usefulness 3.2 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 0.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (0.0/5 overall); 3 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.3 stars); 16 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.8/5).
On Reddit: "Did it in sem 2 2020, found it quite interesting but also manageable. However, there's quite a few topics where just knowing the content isn't enough to confidently do questions, because the question requires you to think creatively, e.g prove something pictorially/combinatorial…"
On Reddit: "I did the subject in 2019 as one of my core subjects and got the lowest mark of my degree (73) in it. As the other commenter said it is definitely more hand-wavy than other maths subjects, especially other level 3 subjects and I personally did not enjoy that aspect of it at all.…"
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Q: Is MAST30012 hard?
A: Students rate MAST30012's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is MAST30012 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 20 reviews: would-recommend 0.0/5, usefulness 3.2/5, overall 3.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MAST30012, and when is it offered?
A: MAST30012 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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