ENSC3001 Mechanisms and Machines (University of Western Australia): rated 2.8/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 1.0/5 across 8 reviews collected on UWA Wall.
ENSC3001 is a University of Western Australia course taught by the Engineering in Engineering And Related Technologies. This page brings together its handbook details and what UWA students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 机构与机械
Type: Undergraduate unit
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Engineering And Related Technologies
Faculty: Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This unit provides students with the engineering skills to analyse the dynamic behaviour of various mechanical components, mechanisms and machines. Both planar and three-dimensional dynamics are considered, including gyroscopic behaviour.
ENSC3001 has 8 scored reviews: overall 2.8/5 · usefulness 3.5 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 1.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UWA students on UWA Wall (2.0/5 overall); 5 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.2 stars); 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.2/5).
On Reddit: "Karol trolled us so hard when I did that unit. Said he'd give us 2 super hard questions after everyone studied their balls of and shit bricks we opened the exam to find the 2 questions were identical to the ones done in the tutorial for our open book exam... This was in 2015? Go…"
The course panel on UWA Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is ENSC3001 hard?
A: Students rate ENSC3001's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is ENSC3001 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 8 reviews: would-recommend 1.0/5, usefulness 3.5/5, overall 2.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ENSC3001, and when is it offered?
A: ENSC3001 is taught by the Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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