COMP8260 Professional Practice: Responsible Innovation and Leadership (Australian National University): rated 1.9/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on ANU Wall.
COMP8260 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: 专业实践：负责任创新与领导力
Type: Graduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: ANU College of Systems and Society
Level: Graduate coursework Level 8
Handbook year: 2026
This is one of two professional practice courses (the other is COMP6250: Holistic Thinking and Communication) for engineering and computing graduate students that focus on developing professional and communication skills for the 21st century workplace. The course builds upon individual capacity, and further develops students’ professional skills, values, and attributes in ways that directly complement their technical expertise.
COMP8260 has 3 scored reviews: overall 1.9/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 1.9/5).
On Reddit: "I did both. The course convenor usually provides all the necessary reading papers, videos etc. They are both easy courses, I wouldn't do them if they weren't mandatory. You will be fine if your report writing skills are decent. I would concentrate on the other courses."
On Reddit: "I took this course in 2019 during my masters and also skipped pp1 (i did a mcomp advanced). For me the course was a complete waste of time and easily the most useless course I've ever taken. The content is more or less a meme and the delivery was done in a flipped classroom form…"
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Q: Is COMP8260 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: overall 1.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP8260, and when is it offered?
A: COMP8260 is taught by the ANU College of Systems and Society. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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