COMP1521
Course facts
Confirmed dates, expected topics, and the current assessment status for COMP1521.
Confirmed for 26T3
- Term: 14 September–13 December 2026.
- Census date: 8 October 2026.
- Lectures: Monday 11:00–13:00 and Wednesday 11:00–13:00, subject to live timetable exceptions.
- Tutorial-laboratories: Weeks 1–5 and 7–10. Use myUNSW for the enrolled class.
Expected content
The official 26T2 site covers C revision, MIPS, integers, bitwise operations, floating point, files, Unicode, processes, and threads. This is a preparation map, not a guarantee of the 26T3 sequence.
Assessment status
The 26T3 outline is not public yet. The official 26T1 outline used labs 15%, weekly tests 10%, two assignments worth 15% each, and a final exam worth 45% with a hurdle. Do not plan around those weights until the 26T3 outline confirms them.