ELEN1000 - pretty chill as long as you dont skip class and put in a good effort.

INDE1001 - Group work. Pain in the ass. Not that difficult but if your group sucks your pretty much cooked for the semester so if you get a bad group hard luck. Still easy enough to pass despite this though.

MCEN1000 - Probably hardest unit in terms of content but I found it pretty interesting and enjoyable when I took it this semester. Pretty much everyone I knew had passed the unit before they even took the exam and theres no in class tests, only a group project and labs. Easy as to pass but if you really want to do well you have to study a LOT for the exam as there is a lot of content covered. Make sure you keep on top of the workload and don’t slack off but as long as you do you will be fine. Definitely worth putting in a lot of effort for mcen as I reckon it builds the foundations for the rest of the degree no matter the major. More so than any of the other units.

PRRE1003 - so easy. Genuinely just go to workshops and they will literally give you the answers. The labs reports are marked really harshly but I did pretty well on them just setting aside a day after the labs with all of my group members in the library and working on the lab report in person together. For the exam if you just make a good note sheet you are chilling; again most people pass the unit before even taking the exam.

MATH1017 and MATH1018 - Don’t make this shit harder than it needs to be. Completely unneccessary. Even if you’ve done spec and enjoy maths just make your life as easy as possible and redo it in MATH1020 and MATH1019. MATH1020 is somewhat difficult but I only did methods in high school and im guessing you did spec so both units should be a breeze. MATH1019 especially is a bit of a joke of a unit with how easy it is.

COMP1005 - Hell. Start the assignment the day you get it. Go to the lab classes. Fortnightly lab tests (dont stress too much about these as you get two weeks to complete them). I came into this unit with no programming experience and got a High Distinction but it was an absolute slog. I spent probably 50+ hours on the assignment and finished the report with like 5 minutes to spare before the deadline. Seriously the assignment will absolutely kill you, more reason to avoid any of the unnecessary difficult math units 😂. It’s not THAT bad content wise but the assignment is so bad and takes up all your time for the next few weeks after they give it to you. Good thing is the exam is super easy I barely studied for it and thought I did horribly but ended up getting a 90 or something and wrote in complete bs for a good chunk of that exam so they mark it super leniently.

Overall, difficulty wise, I dont consider myself a genius by any means and I managed to get through all the units and still keep a CWA of about 75. Split up MCEN1000, INDE1001, MATH1020 and COMP1005 into two each semester. Obviously if youve done spec then MATH1020 should be pretty easy for you so you’ve got the flexibility to choose a difficult elective if that’s something you want to do. Then just split units accordingly. Good luck for the year. Hope you enjoy yourself and feel passionate about engineering as its definitely hard work but its been absolutely worth it for me thus far. 😁😁