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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Biology Meets Programming: Bioinformatics for Beginners by University of California San Diego

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1,563 ratings

About the Course

Are you interested in learning how to program (in Python) within a scientific setting? This course will cover algorithms for solving various
biological problems along with a handful of programming challenges helping you implement these algorithms in Python. It offers a
gently-paced introduction to our Bioinformatics Specialization (https://www.coursera.org/specializations/bioinformatics), preparing learners to
take the first course in the Specialization, "Finding Hidden Messages in DNA" (https://www.coursera.org/learn/dna-analysis). Each of the four
weeks in the course will consist of two required components. First, an interactive textbook provides Python programming ch...
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Top reviews

HD

Apr 17, 2016

I give this course 5 star because I did Bioinformatics I and I totally enjoy it. This is where programming can be fun, and practical, and you'll learn some basic biology too.What's not to love?

HL

Aug 15, 2017

I learned a lot from this difficult and time-consuming course! It covers biological concepts using Python. It made learning Python more interesting for me, since I have always loved biology.

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By Michael O

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Dec 13, 2024

The course is very educative. However, it would be better with a little bit more explanation and graphical illustrations.

By Caroline C

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Jun 13, 2019

I already have python background so it is good for me. Maybe not suitable for beginner who doesn't touch python before.

By Mohamed A

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Jan 4, 2017

Very good introductory course to new learners in bioinformatics or students who are just curious about this field.

By Afshin P

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Apr 25, 2017

Thank you.

This course was very effective for me.

It has a lot of details, and I need to review some issues agian

By Enahoro A

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Jul 10, 2022

An extremely interesting course but requires a lot of time if youre not familiar with python and algorithms

By Florent H C (

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Mar 2, 2020

Très bon cours malgré le fait qu'il faille passer par une plateforme externe de Coursera pour les cours

By Flávio H V d M

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Apr 30, 2021

The course is very nice but very difficult at the same time. It is not a course for true beginners!!

By Surabhi D

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Jun 4, 2016

Stepic issues with not syncing progress and assignment completion. All else was good. Well paced.

By itay b

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Sep 19, 2016

very interesting!, i liked the stepik interactive lesson very much, i prefer them over lectures

By bpathakjee

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Mar 26, 2017

Limited intro course compared to one offered few years ago but still Great start , Thank you

By Andrew L

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Nov 19, 2022

Challenging, in some part because of errors in course materials, but overall insightful.

By Tarik A

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Aug 20, 2020

Please add more video course and meaningful assignments instead of all readings. Thanks

By Cristina G

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Apr 29, 2018

It doesnt seem for begginers in coding but still there is a lot of helpful information!

By SABARI K B B n (

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Jan 1, 2020

Way more to be "digestible" to beginners in bioinformatics and non-computer students.

By Paul J

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Jul 27, 2017

First time coding, so found some parts challenging, but worked it all out in the end!

By Daniel H

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Feb 12, 2019

A very interesting course, but perhaps not necessarily for "begginer" programmers.

By Michael E L

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Jul 4, 2017

Great intro course even if tedious for those who know next to nothing about coding

By Hamza A D

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Feb 28, 2020

Good course although could be improved with more simplicity and less complexity.

By María J F P

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Nov 14, 2018

This is definitely NOT a beginners course. Very interesting and useful, though.

By Mariane M R

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Dec 18, 2020

/Não é nada fácil e muito menos nível iniciante, mas consegui pensar bastante.

By Juan J M

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Aug 1, 2020

This is a challenging course for absolute beginners, but definitely rewarding!

By Francesco L G

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Oct 30, 2023

Perfect course but I struggled a lot with coding, not for python beginners.

By Helena C P d A B

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Jul 31, 2016

It's good, but I would prefer that the python was taught within the course.

By Zein A Z

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Jul 6, 2020

too hard for beginners, it started simple and escalated to hard very fast

By SUDARSHAN L

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Jul 29, 2021

It's really difficult for someone without any programming knowledge.