COMP4403 Compilers and Interpreters (University of Queensland): rated 4.6/5 overall across 8 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
COMP4403 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology in Computer Science. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 编译器和解释器
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Level: Undergraduate Level 4
Handbook year: 2026
Compiler modules; programming language specifications; lexical analysis, parsing - recursive descent and table driven; static semantics - symbol tables and type checking; error handling; introduction to code generation and optimisation; compiler generators; interpreters.
COMP4403 has 8 scored reviews: overall 4.6/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 8 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.6/5).
On Reddit: "And another thing! I didn’t realise the grey were ones you were interested in, sorry. DEFINITELY TAKE COMP4403! Just finished it and I think it was my favourite course so far. Pretty technical at times but the assignments are all hands-on messing around under the hood of some co…"
On Reddit: "Don’t do COMP3301, it’s not a very well taught OS course. I have done the course and know a couple of the tutors, it is not good and getting worse. The others two are phenomenal! Some of the best CS courses you can do at UQ. Sadly I can’t help at all with the honours stuff :("
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Q: Is COMP4403 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 8 reviews: overall 4.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP4403, and when is it offered?
A: COMP4403 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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