MAST30024 Geometry (University of Melbourne): rated 3.2/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.0/5 across 17 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
MAST30024 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: 几何学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This subject introduces three areas of geometry that play a key role in many branches of mathematics and physics. In differential geometry, calculus and the concept of curvature will be used to study the shape of curves and surfaces.
MAST30024 has 17 scored reviews: overall 3.2/5 · usefulness 3.4 · 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); the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.5 stars); 13 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.1/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "This was definitely the hardest subject I’ve ever taken and also required the most work in understanding out of any subject that I’ve done before. However, I still found it enjoyable and even enlightening in many aspects. It’s a very small class, of around 30 students so there is a lot of opportuni…"
On Reddit: "Geometry is taught in a pure math way, but only around half of the exam/assignments questions were actually proofs. (but the proofs that appear can be quite challenging) For Complex Analysis, it's probably the most proof based out of these four (I had it with Daniel Murfet, pret…"
On Reddit: "It is an interesting subject. It is basically a first course in differential geometry which focuses on objects in R^3. It requires linear algebra and vector calculus. I guess you need to know how to compute derivatives and integrals but I think you don’t need Stokes theorem etc.…"
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Q: Is MAST30024 hard?
A: Students rate MAST30024's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is MAST30024 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 17 reviews: would-recommend 0.0/5, usefulness 3.4/5, overall 3.2/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MAST30024, and when is it offered?
A: MAST30024 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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