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

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1,424 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?

MZ

Apr 14, 2020

A very good course for those who has some (at least a little) experience in programmimg! I really loved it, it was challenging sometimes, especially in the end, but I did it and learned a lot.

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By Đức T N

May 13, 2022

This course is suitable for beginners in bioinformatics, helping us to better visualize and approach the field of bioinformatics

By David A L G

Sep 4, 2017

This course is perfect as a first approximation to codes and algorithms in Bioinformatics. It will fit very well for begginers!!

By Noa G

May 23, 2019

great introduction, not too hard, great explanations and videos allowing for repetition of content for a better understanding

By Brian B

Jun 21, 2017

Excellent intro to Bioinformatics - the course is not afraid of asking some seemingly tough questions and I took a lot away.

By Jiseok L

Feb 20, 2020

Overall very good introduction to Bioinformatics and python coding, but some materials and explanations are not very clear.

By Sara M V

Feb 10, 2017

It was a really interesting course! Some exercises were challenging but it was very rewarding when you found the solution.

By Song C

Apr 3, 2018

Very specific introduction ranging from molecular basis to a appropriate intro of info theory. Good course to begin with!

By Mauro G C

Jan 7, 2018

I really the course. However, if you are an engineer you will have some problems to understand some biological concepts.

By MA T

Jul 27, 2021

A good course for biologist with little coding skill. The python knowledge used in this course is very straightforward

By Ling-Han J

Jun 24, 2019

The design of class is very sophisticated, which is quite friendly to beginners. Looking forward to the rest classes.

By Gabriel C F

Jun 29, 2019

Estou gostando bastante do curso. O conteúdo é rico em informações que no final ajudam a ir atrás de mais conteúdo.

By Juris L

Jul 7, 2019

Amazing course with amazing pace and approach. Would recommend just one thing: describe and illustrate a bit more.

By Daniel C

Apr 4, 2017

A very entertaining way to learn programming and applying this new acquired knowledge to real problems in biology.

By Sim K H

May 12, 2020

In this course, I learnt how to think and code logically in order to computationally solve a biological question.

By Sofia R

Jul 14, 2017

Awesome! There's biology information and there's programming practice!

It's fantastic, thanks to the instructors!

By Shoken L

Jun 22, 2021

I am more motivated to learn bioinformatics than I was before taking this class. Thank you for the great class.

By Smily C

Jun 29, 2022

This course helps me learn someting new in this field. I hope that I can learn further thing in the future.

By Mrinal S

Apr 4, 2022

Very useful and informative course with thorough knowledge on how to code things related to Bioinformatics.L

By Eyal W

May 23, 2018

Great course, very interesting.

Some of the python quizes are confusing but the comment are surely helpful!

By 常真

Dec 6, 2016

thank you guys,the most difficult lesson I have got,but I love the feelings when I finally accomplish it.

By Satavisha R

Jun 15, 2017

Amazing course. I learned plenty and can't wait to learn further more and apply the concepts to my work.

By Martin H

Jun 18, 2018

Great course. Its challenging but also very rewarding. Will try to keep up with the subsequent courses.

By brennon s

Jul 31, 2017

Well written and easy-to-follow. Requires very little searching for information not presented in course

By Juan M

Aug 26, 2019

Very helpful, definitely recommend the course. Helped me learn Python and the basics of Bioinformatics

By Franco D

Oct 23, 2019

Pretty good course, be ready from a Programming perspective (Python) because it ramps up pretty fast.