MAST30020 Probability for Inference (University of Melbourne): rated 3.5/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.0/5 across 38 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
MAST30020 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: 用于推断的概率论
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This subject introduces a measured-theoretic approach to probability theory and presents its fundamentals concepts and results. Topics covered include: probability spaces and random variables, expectation, conditional expectation and distributions, elements of multivariate distribution theory, mo.
MAST30020 has 38 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 · 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 (2.5/5 overall); the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 6 StudentVIP reviews (average 2.8 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "Many people call MAST30020 Probability for Inference (PFI) this a continuation of MAST20004 Probability, however, I would say that this subject covers almost the same content but from a more theoretical perspective. Although MAST20004 Probability may have seemed proof-heavy to some, especially thos…"
On Reddit: "I've done Complex Analysis, Linear Stat Models, Prob for Inference and Stochastic Modelling. Complex is generally doable, depends on the lecturer. Stochastic / Lin Stat Models harder but fine if you study. Prob for Inference is by far the hardest and you will need to study a lot…"
On Reddit: "I'm doing my masters in the area atm. I can't really provide you advice on the computational subjects, they're probably useful in industry but I haven't needed anything more than the fundamentals (eg. Foundations of Computing) in any of the subjects I've done. Stochastic Modelli…"
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Q: Is MAST30020 hard?
A: Students rate MAST30020's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is MAST30020 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 38 reviews: would-recommend 0.0/5, usefulness 3.2/5, overall 3.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MAST30020, and when is it offered?
A: MAST30020 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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