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Learner Reviews & Feedback for C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals by University of California, Santa Cruz

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About the Course

This course is for everyone. In the new world we live in, coding is a universally valuable skill, whether you're a scientist, artist, or a humanist. Algorithms are everywhere, and we all have to understand how they work. The C language is particularly well suited as an introduction to coding: It's a tried-and-true language, and it allows you to understand computing processes at a deep level. No prior knowledge of coding is needed for this course. We'll start at the beginning. The time estimated time commitment for this course is five hours a week for five weeks....

Top reviews

MA

Jun 21, 2020

I am really happy I did this course. The instructor is a really experienced teacher. This course gave a good start for learning the fundamentals and moving onto complex programming languages like C++.

CN

Apr 21, 2020

Great course to gain a foundation in C programming! The video lectures, coding examples, and peer reviewing of assignments allows one to learn quick and in real time. Would definitely recommend it.

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By Siddharth D

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Jun 18, 2020

it was completelu use less

By khadeeja r

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May 30, 2020

Can't get certificate

By Sarah C

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Jun 17, 2020

As a complete newbie, I found this course very challenging but ultimately very satisfying. There is a lot of outside learning I had to do, so 5 hours a week which is printed on my certificate is not actually accurate. More like 20. That being said, I was able to work my way through the course and although my brain exploded many times, I received a good score. From someone who had to google what is Pi in the first week, I came away with a 92% score. Good introductory course.. don't be scared by the difficult subjects.

By Tony B

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Sep 2, 2020

Before joining this course i hated programming,but now i am in love with it.

You may feel worse in the first two videos keep going you will be benefitted

This helped me understand what i have learned in my school(c++).

i recommend everyone to take this course as it truly benefits anyone aspiring to rise in the field of programming as c is the base and we have a very good mentor Ira Pohl and weekly exams, correcting your fellow mates answers and quizs.This course will help you answer any programming questions on c.

By Parth M P

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Jun 16, 2020

I am very happy to learn this course and this stream is very helpful for everyone.

I like this course and thaks for Coursera team.

By Chinmay S J

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Jun 15, 2020

Excellent course!! We get to learn the overall C language from the basics .

By Rahul D 1

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Jun 18, 2020

The course great for a beginner. Prof. Ira Pohl has explained all the concepts in a very neat manner. We need to remember that this is an online course and everything cannot be taught by the teacher and he cannot clear all our doubts. We might need some Googling in between but that is all right by me. I had to give 4stars and not 5 because of errors in some quiz questions and less clarity in the assignment questions. As this an online course I expect 100% error free questions and very high clarity. Otherwise the course is great for beginners and also for people who want to refresh their memory.

By George C

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May 28, 2020

Course is not very organized. Assignment has items that are not taught for the week and are taught the week after assignment is due. Lots of assignment included things that were never in the lecture and I had to google to learn how to do it. Instructor is just reading notes most of the time. Need to show us how to run the program on his computer more to see how everything works.

By Jeehan ( S

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Sep 28, 2020

Warning: Only try this course if you enjoy searching extra stuff about C on the internet, and doing assignments that use knowledge that we are not taught in the course. Oh, by the way. You might want to speed up the videos to *1.25. The teacher talks a bit slowly.

By Arjun P

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Oct 16, 2022

Audio was very bad in a number of videos and the instructor is quite dull

By Harshit K

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Nov 1, 2022

The teaching style was not that effective and good. The teacher should write the code infront of the students instead of writing it from before.

By Jordan W

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May 2, 2023

Grossly uninformative compared to every other coding course in Coursera. This seems to skip the actual fundamentals. The instructor is very assumptive in regards to new programmers understanding what the symbols and phrases mean in this particular language. It also seems that even though the lessons are pre-recorded videos there are many instances of "ohh, yeah I forgot to mention this" and proceeds to glaze over very quickly a seemingly very important part of previous lessons. Just a very frustrating way to learn.

By Gary B

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Mar 22, 2023

Instructor seems dazed and confused, as if he can't remember what he is talking about. His demeaner is very nonchalant making it difficult to tell which things are important to remember and which are more generalized background information. I only spent about a half hour on this course which is not a lot, but I feel I learned absolutely nothing to help me in programming in C. I believe that spending that half hour on free youtube videos would have been a better use of my time.

By Dhara M

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Nov 11, 2022

the proffessor's teaching technique was way too dull to focus, the representation of the course was bad, the proffessor should have written the code in the lecture itself so we can understand better. A powerpoint presentation instead of the screen scribbles would have been so much better.

the assignmnets lacked clearity, audio was not clear in some videos, and I found it really difficult to understand what he's teaching.

By quintrell t

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Aug 15, 2023

there should be a younger or more exciting professor. It's hard to learn because he speaks softly and cannot read what he's saying. It's gets a little boring from lack from lack of enthusiasm. He's Hea great professor more in person rather than online. There should be a younger or more interesting professor that we can learn more from.

By Deleted A

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Dec 27, 2021

Professor does not give all the information in order to be able to properly understand his videos. I had to search the internet to find answers to things he left out. Why pay for something I can get for free. It appears that the videos are snippets of his real class.

By Nick H

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Jan 19, 2023

Terrible course. Not beginner friendly. I have coded more than a "beginner" amount, and let me say this is not a good course to start on. The amount of implied knowledge the instructor expects is outrageous. DON'T TAKE THIS COURSE.

By Ameed O

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Aug 12, 2023

Extremely bad teacher. Doesn't explain well. Seems like he doesn't write the code by himself, it's like he's reading it for the first time. Not recommended

By EREN A

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Nov 10, 2021

As a relatively experienced programmer in other languages, I have to say this is the worst course and the worst "instructor" I have come across so far.

By Bowen Z

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Jan 22, 2023

Terrible introductory courses.

The professor operates on concepts whose definitions are not given. This course is like a mathematician's nightmare.

By Connor G

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Jun 14, 2023

Completely unprofessional presentation. Missing significant parts of course materials which are required for the assignments.

By MANISHIMWE J D A C

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Dec 25, 2022

I cannot continue with this instructor, no star deserves it. may he is a teaching expert in this

By Thribuvanesh k

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Jan 10, 2023

explanation of the topic is not good , not as expected.

By meftah

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Apr 7, 2020

I can't run these code in my Codeblock compiler

By Likhith G H L

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Oct 9, 2023

Nothing is explained properly