COMP1100 Programming as Problem Solving (Australian National University): rated 3.4/5 overall across 27 reviews collected on ANU Wall.
COMP1100 is a Australian National University course taught by the ANU College of Systems and Society in Computer Science. This page brings together its handbook details and what ANU students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 编程作为问题求解
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: ANU College of Systems and Society
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This course is the first of three core computer science courses on programming. It introduces students to the field of computer science as a discipline for solving problems through computation and provides the foundation for more advanced courses on programming and software development.
COMP1100 has 27 scored reviews: overall 3.4/5 · usefulness 4.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.5 stars); 25 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.3/5).
On Reddit: "They restructured the course to better fit the master's version. A lot of international students aren't introduced to functional programming unlike ANU domestic students who did Haskell in COMP1100. This restructure was done poorly and the assignments often didn't reflect the co…"
On Reddit: "I'm ~10 years out of ANU and now a mid-career SWE (I've spent most of my career so far doing kernel programming in C, with some Python, Rust and other languages, but not really functional programming), and I too did Haskell in COMP1100 all the way back in 2010 (it wasn't a new c…"
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Q: Is COMP1100 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 27 reviews: usefulness 4.5/5, overall 3.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP1100, and when is it offered?
A: COMP1100 is taught by the ANU College of Systems and Society. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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