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

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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 Yusuf M A

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Oct 19, 2021

Too tough for someone who does not know programming.

By kid b

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Jun 3, 2022

This course is absolutely terrible for begginers

By Litasha G

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Apr 18, 2021

This course is not at all beginner level.

By Nour A M

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Jun 27, 2021

Is very difficult for biggeners

By Deleted A

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Aug 22, 2023

VIDEO LECTURES ARE NOT WORKING

By Kaumudi P

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Jul 30, 2022

definitely not for beginners

By Yanal S A

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Jul 17, 2023

not for beginners at all

By Gamal A E N M A E N

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Sep 17, 2020

its not for beginners

By Jeremy P

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Jan 15, 2021

not for beginners