GENG3402 Control Engineering (University of Western Australia): rated 2.5/5 overall across 7 reviews collected on UWA Wall.
GENG3402 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: 控制工程
Type: Undergraduate unit
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Engineering And Related Technologies
Faculty: Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Control Engineering is the application of control theory to regulate the dynamic behaviour of engineered systems. Topics in this unit include classical linear control theory and its applications and limitations.
GENG3402 has 7 scored reviews: overall 2.5/5 · usefulness 3.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 3.0 stars); 6 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.4/5).
On Reddit: "I have taken controls, the content is fairy simple/surface level but the lecturer is extremely boring dry and only speaks theoretical with no worked examples in lectures so unless you are passionate about controls it will be quite a waste (atleast i found it to be). exam questio…"
On Reddit: "3 of my least favourite units from the whole mech eng course lol. ADMC has a fail component exam and 2 pretty big assignments. Measurement has very inconvenient weekly quizzes and 2 labs that are pretty much DIY, the content / exam isn’t tooooo bad though. Controls is run by the…"
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Q: Is GENG3402 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 7 reviews: usefulness 3.0/5, overall 2.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches GENG3402, and when is it offered?
A: GENG3402 is taught by the Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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