PSYC30013 Research Methods for Human Inquiry (University of Melbourne): rated 4.1/5 overall, difficulty 2.2/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 1.3/5 across 72 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
PSYC30013 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences in Psychology. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 研究方法面向人类
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Psychology
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Level: Research
Handbook year: 2026
In this subject, students will acquire research skills and methods to critically investigate, measure and assess psychological research. In addition, students will acquire an understanding of fundamental principles in the psychological assessment of individual traits and dispositions.
PSYC30013 has 72 scored reviews: overall 4.1/5 · usefulness 4.6 · difficulty 2.2 · would-recommend 1.3 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 reviews by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (2.6/5 overall); 39 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.8 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.3/5).
Student review (2026-07-29, translated): I really liked the first lecturer, Andy, who taught for ten weeks, mostly covering programming. The last two weeks were taught by another lecturer on Psychological Assessment. There were two problem sets and an MCQ exam.
On Reddit: "I majored in psych and I cannot recommend rmhi (psyc30013) enough!! The subject sounds intimidating (with stats and coding), I was pretty scared of it when I went in but Andy is such a great lecturer! He steps you through R and how to use it, and if you take time to practice you…"
On Reddit: "Agree with literally everything you said - I don’t know why we couldn’t just have a calculator as opposed to wasting time with menial calculations that could easily be solved with a calculator in the real world lol I also think Andy’s questions would have been fine if we had mor…"
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Q: Is PSYC30013 hard?
A: Students rate PSYC30013's difficulty 2.2/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is PSYC30013 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 72 reviews: would-recommend 1.3/5, usefulness 4.6/5, overall 4.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches PSYC30013, and when is it offered?
A: PSYC30013 is taught by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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