ENSC3021 Circuits and Electronics

ENSC3021 Circuits and Electronics (University of Western Australia): rated 2.6/5 overall across 9 reviews collected on UWA Wall.

ENSC3021 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.

Course details

Chinese title: 电路与电子学

Type: Undergraduate unit

Credit points: 6

Subject area: Engineering And Related Technologies

Faculty: Engineering

Level: Undergraduate Level 3

Handbook year: 2026

Overview

This unit introduces the fundamental circuit theory laws, abstractions, theorems, modelling and analysis techniques used in electrical engineering, and applies these problem solving techniques to the design and analysis of electrical and electronic systems. Topics include lumped circuit models for passive and active elements; Kirchhoff's laws, superposition; Thevenin/Norton equivalents, Bisection Theorem, Miller Effect, ordinary differential equations, time domain analysis…

ENSC3021 student reviews, difficulty and workload

ENSC3021 has 9 scored reviews: overall 2.6/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).

Sources: 3 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.0 stars); 6 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 1.9/5).

On Reddit: "That's a shame, this unit used to be taught by Martin Hill who is awesome. It's a very hard unit too. Looks like circuits and electronic systems is still Martin Hill at least. I wish you luck, these were some of the hardest units in the whole course (in my opinion)."

On Reddit: "That midsem was brutal. By far the worst unit I’ve done so far"

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ENSC3021 FAQ

Q: Is ENSC3021 worth taking?

A: Averaged over 9 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 2.6/5.

Q: Which faculty teaches ENSC3021, and when is it offered?

A: ENSC3021 is taught by the Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.

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