MATH3070 Natural Resource Mathematics (University of Queensland): rated 3.0/5 overall across 8 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
MATH3070 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Science in Mathematics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 自然资源数学
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Mathematics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
The biggest challenge facing our planet is how to maintain and manage our natural systems such as fisheries, forestry and biodiversity in the face of habitat destruction, climate change, pollution and over harvesting. In this course you will learn how to apply deterministic differential and difference equation models to real world examples, and how to solve them using numerical methods.
MATH3070 has 8 scored reviews: overall 3.0/5 · usefulness 1.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 1.0 stars); 7 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.3/5).
On Reddit: "I did this course last year. I have done a lot of courses but this one was by far the worse of all of them. The course is hard AF and you better have done MATH1051 as well. the lecturer doesnt use a textbook at all!!! So all the learning is done from his handwritten (scribbes?) …"
On Reddit: "I was the lecturer and coordinator of MATH3070 in 2024. For those reading this post later and deciding which courses to take. The above post might be due to the one or more students in 2024 who took MATH3070 without having taken MATH1051 or MATH1052 (or their equivalent) prerequ…"
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Q: Is MATH3070 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 8 reviews: usefulness 1.0/5, overall 3.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATH3070, and when is it offered?
A: MATH3070 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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