COMP2300 Computer Architecture (Australian National University): rated 3.8/5 overall across 7 reviews collected on ANU Wall.
COMP2300 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: 计算机体系结构
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: ANU College of Systems and Society
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This course is a rigorous introduction to the design of digital circuits and computer architecture. It provides technical foundations for how a computer system is built from the bottom up and how the high-level programming languages you learn in other courses are translated into simple instructions the computer executes.
COMP2300 has 7 scored reviews: overall 3.8/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 StudentVIP reviews (average 5.0 stars); 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.8/5).
On Reddit: "They must have switched it up from last year when I took it. But this isnt a single course issue, comp2300 had a huge difference in the amount of knowledge you’d need to get 80+ in the theory part and the amount of knowledge you’d need to get 80+ in the assignments. Its crazy am…"
On Reddit: "Fresh H2A BAC(hon) here Anu computing is notoriously bad in hand holding. The first two languages you are gonna learn will be Haskell and Java, where the ideas about functional programming and OOP are quite meaningless if you do not already have some coding background. Understan…"
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Q: Is COMP2300 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 7 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 3.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP2300, and when is it offered?
A: COMP2300 is taught by the ANU College of Systems and Society. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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