48221 Engineering Computations (University of Technology Sydney): rated 3.4/5 overall across 2 reviews collected on UTS Wall.
48221 is a University of Technology Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology in Civil and Environmental Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UTS students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 工程计算
Type: Undergraduate subject
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Undergraduate
Handbook year: 2026
The subject provides engineering students with the opportunity to acquire knowledge of numerical methods, programming, and engineering software and to apply this knowledge in engineering problem solving. Excel spreadsheeting and Matlab/Python programming is required to solve numerical problems in this subject with no prior knowledge of programming being assumed.
48221 has 2 scored reviews: overall 3.4/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.4/5).
On Reddit: "Maths 2: only need to go do the quizs which is probably fortnightly Engineering comp: You can skip all classes and just do your work online, final assignment is meant to be group but you can do it yourself. Construction: you can skip all classes but there is a very long group as…"
On Reddit: "Math 2 is not compulsory only when you have a quiz which is once every few weeks. Computations isn’t compulsory only for the quiz ( i did that a year ago not sure if its still a quiz)."
The course panel on UTS Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is 48221 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 2 reviews: overall 3.4/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches 48221, and when is it offered?
A: 48221 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
UTS Wall is an independent student community and is not affiliated with University of Technology Sydney.