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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Algebra and Differential Calculus for Data Science by University of Colorado Boulder

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About the Course

Are you interested in Data Science but lack the math background for it? Has math always been a tough subject that you tend to avoid? This course will teach you the most fundamental Calculus concepts that you will need for a career in Data Science without a ton of unnecessary proofs and techniques that you may never use. Consider this an expressway to Data Science with approachable methods and friendly concepts that will guide you to truly understanding the most important ideas in Differential Calculus. We will review some algebra basics, talk about what a derivative is, compute some simple derivatives and apply the basics of derivatives to graphing and maximizing functions. This course is designed to prepare learners to successfully complete Statistical Modeling for Data Science Application, which is part of CU Boulder's Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS) program. Logo courtesy of ThisisEngineering RAEng on Unsplash.com...

Top reviews

FL

Jul 17, 2024

Fantastic course. The professor is passionate about the topics and clearly conveys the concepts and ideas from Algebra and Differential Calculus. The professor looks forward for our learning process.

WA

Mar 9, 2023

Giving a 5 star review because of the videos that were produced, they really taught in a consise manner. However, I think that the Calculus section could have had more videos and more examples.

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By Bobby A

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Jun 25, 2022

Excellent

By Stephen F

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Feb 12, 2023

Excellent course. I would recommend that the videos spend an additional minute preparing the student for the upcoming quiz by virtue of a pertinent example that incorporates the algebra, etc. that the quizzes require. The videos as they are do not cover all of the techniques required to complete the quiz. Also, it might be worth it after taking the quiz, to show step by step how the course solves a problem for any problem the student gets correct, so as to compare the approaches used.

By Matthew B

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Jun 22, 2023

A good, quick review of some fundamental but important principles of algebra and differential calculus. I would not recommend this course to someone who wants to learn these subjects and has not studied the subjects before. If you've studied them before, though, the course does a good job of helping you recall some key points.

By Deleted A

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Jul 29, 2022

Nice refresher covering enough topics to remind me of some additional theory which I could look up. Be careful with the camera zoom though :-) But that has probably been mentioned a multitude of times by now. Thanks for providing this course!

By Tayyeb M

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May 15, 2023

The course content in good. The instructor explained the concepts really well. The quizzes need some modification so as to relate more to the course content

By Lakshmipriya S

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Apr 1, 2023

The material was presented and explained well. I wish there was more engagement in the forums or associated study material recommended.

By Mathieu P

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Dec 25, 2023

The videos could be centered better. Having access to notes or downloadable slides could also be helpful as future references.

By Sandro S L

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Jun 9, 2023

A very easy and well detailed course facilitating the understanding of algebra and differential calculus for Data Science

By Syed A T

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Oct 1, 2022

Great course! a bit smoothening in organization is needed.

By Swagatam

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May 29, 2024

If you have already studied calculus in high school, this course is going to provide you absolutely zero value. After doing this course, it felt as if I did not learn anything new. To be honest, this was a huge waste of my time and money.

By Bienfait L R

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Feb 13, 2024

It would be better to include more examples to prevent learners from spending too much of their time on YouTube learning what they could have learned in class.

By Mike W

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Feb 9, 2024

Good course, some of the lecture materials a little hard to read.

By Shannon O

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Nov 19, 2022

The squeaking of the marker on the board is too annoying to put up with.

By Ian B

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Jun 12, 2024

Useless