COMS4105 Communication Systems (University of Queensland): rated 3.0/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
COMS4105 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology in Communication Systems. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 通信系统
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Communication Systems
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Level: Undergraduate Level 4
Handbook year: 2026
Communications receivers and transmitters, modulation and demodulation, baseband and narrowband signal characteristics, analogue and digital communication systems, information theory, source and channel coding.
COMS4105 has 4 scored reviews: overall 3.0/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 4.0 stars); 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.6/5).
On Reddit: "The easiest would probably be ELEC4410, as most of the content should be intuitive by the time you get to 4th year, the practicals are almost trivial. Can’t say I found it interesting though. I strongly recommend the underrated COMS4105, it’s an easy course to pass but hard to g…"
On Reddit: "I'm doing COMS4105 now due to this comment above. It truly sucks I do not recommend. Contents boring and taught as such. As an example they went through a whole lecture on heavy statistics, beyond any other statistics course you take in electrical engineering, to justify the use…"
The course panel on UQ Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is COMS4105 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 3.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMS4105, and when is it offered?
A: COMS4105 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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