MAST30022 Decision Making (University of Melbourne): rated 4.7/5 overall, difficulty 1.8/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 5 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
MAST30022 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: 决策
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: research
Handbook year: 2026
This subject introduces the essential features of decision-making techniques encountered in operations research, management, industry, business and economics. It shows how to construct formal mathematical models for practical decision-making as encountered in two-person games, multi-objective opt.
MAST30022 has 5 scored reviews: overall 4.7/5 · usefulness 4.8 · difficulty 1.8 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (4.7/5 overall); the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 1 StudentVIP review (average 5.0 stars); 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.7/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "This subject is highly recommended for students that want something that is not too mentally taxing throughout the semester but overall engaging. The applications students learn are quite cool and insightful, and can be paired with many concepts from statistics, operations research, and stochastics…"
On Reddit: "Good afternoon! Based on my personal experience in the field of Mathematics and Statistics, most subjects related to Operations Research are not very difficult. I have previously studied MAST30021 Technique In Operation Research and MAST30022 Decision Making, and they were not v…"
On Reddit: "I will say MAST30022 decision making, it’s easy and interesting, you don’t even need to know how to do derivative or calculus in this course, every topic in DMake have real life example so it’s also not abstract. Unfortunately I think the perquisite is probability and DMOR, have…"
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Q: Is MAST30022 hard?
A: Students rate MAST30022's difficulty 1.8/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side.
Q: Is MAST30022 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 4.8/5, overall 4.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MAST30022, and when is it offered?
A: MAST30022 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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