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

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1,545 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 challenges that arise from real biological problems. If you haven't programmed in Python before, not to worry! We provide "Just-in-Time" exercises from the Codecademy Python track (https://www.codecademy.com/learn/python). And each page in our interactive textbook has its own discussion forum, where you can interact with other learners. Second, each week will culminate in a summary quiz. Lecture videos are also provided that accompany the material, but these videos are optional....

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 Merna F E

Sep 4, 2020

this course was very useful for me but it is very very difficult for a beginner, I was suffering from trying to understand it

By Himanshi S

Jul 18, 2023

There were some technical issues nut the course structure was impressive, learning experience was challenging yet joyful.

By Chahat B

Jul 26, 2020

Very difficult for no coding background people. It would be really helpful if you could describe the error in better ways

By Christopher C

Apr 3, 2021

This course requires advanced programming skills, the first week has taken 3 weeks from me and I am still stuck.

By Osi A

Apr 28, 2020

This course although well taught does not take into account those that know nothing about programming

By Linyi Z

Jun 21, 2017

the instructions in the stepik notes were unclear. i would say the optional lecture video was better

By Nesrine K

Nov 16, 2020

quite difficult for a begginer we have to practice python first before starting the course

By Amarachukwu B I

Jun 18, 2020

This course is not for beginners. It is for those with background computer knowledge

By Adnan B

May 25, 2022

This course is so much difficult and it is definitely not the one for beginners.

By Rubén d S I

Feb 19, 2017

Very interesting but i don't like switching e-learning platforms

By TANIA M D P

Jan 26, 2022

Good, but it is difficult for biology background students

By Laura D C L

May 4, 2020

Useful but terribly difficult, it is not for beginners

By 賴證升

Sep 25, 2024

The course design is not clear as the video explained

By Adigun M R

Apr 22, 2024

navigating the python learning was a bit stressful

By Yuchen W

Sep 3, 2021

not for beginner who does not know any programming

By poojitha m

Sep 3, 2023

Note: actually this course is not for beginners..

By Sanjeeb S

Jun 21, 2022

Need more instructions for beginners like me

By Sumithra S

Jul 27, 2022

A bit too difficult for a beginners course

By Aravind S

Jul 31, 2020

I am not able to find the unenroll option

By Dr. A A M

May 20, 2020

The coding is too tough for beginners

By Youssef M A

Jan 16, 2021

Not really for Beginners at all !!

By Aymane K

Nov 16, 2021

The course is not for biggeners

By AKSHITA J

Jul 16, 2020

its quite tough for beginners

By Ashna K

Mar 13, 2023

not at all beginner friendly

By abigail

Nov 16, 2024

too hard for beginners