MA
May 16, 2020
The syllabus of the course takes you in a roller-coaster ride.
From basic level to advance level and you won't feel any trouble nor hesitate a bit.
It's easy, it's vast, and it's really usefull.
DR
Sep 27, 2024
This course was really helpful in make me understand all the topics of Python from scratch, including the slightly advanced topics, of APIs, for my level as a freshman just getting settled in college.
By Surya B
•Jan 24, 2021
This moved way too fast for a beginner—while the quizzes and final project were reasonably simple, the labs were WAY too complicated, and this seems like a common sentiment. Would not recommend unless you're experience in Python already.
By James C
•May 2, 2022
Although helpful in parts, as a whole it is not a great intro to Python, I consistently felt over my head after about week 3! An existing knowledge would definitely help as the workbooks are not suitable to brand new beginners at all.
By Dina S
•Apr 20, 2021
I'm halfway through and the lab notebooks just don't work at all. They load and load but never actually open. I've now read a bunch of other reviews saying the final project is a nightmare, so I'm not going to waste more time on this.
By Eylul K
•Aug 23, 2022
The videos are too short, much of the work is left to self-learning. Youtube videos are way more explaining and they are free. If this specialization claims that it is for beginners, then videos must be more explative and longer.
By Will J
•Sep 26, 2020
This course does not prepare you to use python outside of IBM's platform. It makes no effort to teach you how to use any of it's libraries of functions outside it's Watson nonsense place. I know less now than I did when I started.
By J G
•May 21, 2019
Was quite the challenge. Without the help of peers, it would be impossible. Course content compared to the assignment were very different levels of difficulty. Assignment was much more difficult. Instructions were somewhat vague
By Rohan B
•May 28, 2019
The overall course is decent , it could have indulged in a deeper python understanding but the exercise were fine.
The final assignment in week 5 has no explanation or resource and is just left for the peers to do on their own.
By Joseph S S
•Nov 9, 2021
All the labs were broken, I spent time reading the labs when I could but most gave me a error. I looked the error online and it was happening for a few people. I waited at least for the week to see if the error would be gone.
By Andrea G
•Jun 19, 2023
this course was the worst so far in the IBM data science certificate. There were so many inconsistencies b/w the videos and labs and quizzes. Additionally, the videos were edited in a way that left out important information.
By S. U
•Jun 4, 2020
Explanations were ok, but almost no real exercises, quizzes are far too easy and the final exercise was also absurdly simple. Courses need to have more exercises to give students the opportunity to really learn the material.
By Sachini J
•Nov 13, 2018
The material of this course was helpful in understanding Python, however the final peer graded assignment was very confusing. The instructions were not clear and also it tested skills that were not taught in this course.
By Vanessa C
•Aug 9, 2019
very useful one but the content didn't update yet
I was lost when I started Week 3 as the steps for us to follow isn't sync with the actual platform in IBM studio already. Appreciate the organization will update it
By Martin W
•Mar 21, 2022
There are a lot of language Problems in this course. It is unclear to me what the target audience should be. It is way to fast for programming beginners and way to boring/imprecise for experienced programmers
By D M
•Aug 24, 2021
The videos for this course will not help you at all if you are new to the subject. Also the labs have mistakes all over them, it's impossible to find why things are not working if you are new to the subject.
By Tanya
•Aug 6, 2020
This course doesn't match the quality of IBM's other courses in the AI certification. There are many typos, the videos aren't engaging, and the labs also have errors that make working through them confusing.
By Niccolò F
•Apr 2, 2020
I wish I had had more opportunities to practice coding in the labs. Many of the labs exercises were already solved, so I couldn't memorize the codes as much as I wanted to. The lectures were good though.
By Jay
•Nov 21, 2021
The coding exercises do not work online and you have to use juptyer notebook to follow the labs (OR IBM cloud services which could charge you...) The videos were excellent and the quizzes were great.
By Gabriel S
•Jan 3, 2024
The course seems oversimplified. A beginner would not learn from the first lessons, or the practice exercices. The course is in a good direction though. The videos are helpful but could be improved
By Selçuk-Destan T
•Aug 28, 2023
Many errors in the data and video representations; in-video quiz assumes knowledge that was not given in video; summary quizzes for each week often repeat in-video questions and answers verbatim.
By Au J
•Jun 24, 2021
I think the part before the web scraping and API is good and clear, however, the difficulty curve suddenly go skyrocket when it comes to the part of web scraping and API, isn't it a bit too fast?
By Alessandro C
•Apr 1, 2020
The course is ok but the lack of valid practical application is an issue. The course does not prepare you sufficiently for the final exam- some of the topics are not even covered in the course.
By Jorge I L C
•Aug 10, 2020
the course should focus on the skills of data querying and sampling, it does not explain matplotlib and how to improve data sampling, although it is a course for beginners, it has many errors
By Nora L
•Jul 23, 2021
This course was very hard to understand as someone with no prior knowledge of Python. It went very fast and the speaker spoke very quickly even though I slowed it down in the settings.
By MARIA F B
•Oct 10, 2019
Half of the final assignament points were not explained along the course. NUMPY is very tricky for the amount of time used to describe it. Anyways the methology of the course is intact
By Ritwick A
•Jan 16, 2023
Very vague, the course goes very fast without any respect to the foundation. Not for beginners. Not passionate teachers, a professional voice person reads making it incredibly boring