This course helps to build the foundational material to use mathematics as a tool to model, understand, and interpret the world around us. This is done through studying functions, their properties, and applications to data analysis. Concepts of precalculus provide the set of tools for the beginning student to begin their scientific career, preparing them for future science and calculus courses. This course is designed for all students, not just those interested in further mathematics courses. Students interested in the natural sciences, computer sciences, psychology, sociology, or similar will genuinely benefit from this introductory course, applying the skills learned to their discipline to analyze and interpret their subject material. Students will be presented with not only new ideas, but also new applications of an old subject. Real-life data, exercise sets, and regular assessments help to motivate and reinforce the content in this course, leading to learning and mastery.
AS
Gained a very good understanding of the foundations of mathematical modelling
UA
T​he course content is very engaging and taught with practical applications in mind. Perfect for anyone wanting to get started or just refresh their concepts !
SP
very good teaching, a little preview should be provided giving an idea what mathematical concepts should be known beforehand
LZ
Some tests are difficult to understand due to lack of explanation in problems or questions.
NA
excellent course for getting in depth understanding to use functions in predictions.
VS
One of the best courses on Coursera. This course beautifully explains the basics of mathematical modeling and takes the student to higher mathematics with great understanding.
VB
Very good basic course for PUC level. Explanations are crisp and to the point.
MT
Great refresher, examples well explained, just enough practice problems.
HL
The course is very helpful and design to teach you about mathematic modeling regardless your limited prior knowledge in Microsoft Excel.
ST
It's an very simple but very informative course. Well delivered by the instructor.
HG
Excellent course to start the mathematical modelling.
NC
Love this, but test sometimes almost impossible with learned material
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Great course, great instructor. However, there is a problem with quizzes. The answers written in latex is a problem. It took me 2 months to finish the final quiz since I stuck in 1 question and couldn't find how to write the answer. Please fix it because based on other comments, students are really discouraged.
In general, it is good for me to recall what I have learned in school. Love the small story, such as cosine is strong especially with the accent. Those little human spark time warm the equation.
For the 3rd course, it is a great wrap-up for the specialization. I love the amazing story and how to provide an accurate estimation just through the dimensional analysis. I believe it will inspire people to explore the beauty of math. It worth all the effort!
There are some minor mistakes in this specialization, and I have provided all my findings. I hope it helps.
Had a blast through the course. Everything is thoroughly explained. Examples given for better understanding before quizzes are more difficult then the questions in the actual quizzes, hence quiz questions feel simpler and easier. I have learned a better way of judging a set of statistics then I had before. I would totally recommend this course to anyone looking forward to improving their comprehension of set of data.
The course content is very engaging and taught with practical applications in mind. Perfect for anyone wanting to get started or just refresh their concepts !
Some tests are difficult to understand due to lack of explanation in problems or questions.
As a whole, I'm very satisfied with the 3 parts of this course. However, the last bit on dimensional analysis felt a bit rushed compared to the rest of the material.
All the courses of this spezialization are useful and well-explained. In this course you will find the basics of modeling but very interesting examples are used.
It's an amazing course! And I have a better understanding of Mathematical Modeling~
Great refresher, examples well explained, just enough practice problems.
Excellent course to start the mathematical modelling.
Great course.
I am not sure how to describe the course. It is definitely NOT for non-math people. Not recommended for those expecting to be taught math. For those with advanced knowledge it maybe a good course to review the subject. The staff almost never answer the forums, and the quizzes almost never show the rubric, so doubts and questions go unanswered. I also don't think certification is meant for resumes either, so, again, I am not sure how to describe it. It is interesting though.
There are errors within the quizzes.
Excellent course and MOOC specialization. It covers some in-depth concepts of AP Calculus and Mathematical Modeling using linear, exponential, power, and trigonometric functions. Further, it requires a good background and skills in understanding advanced Mathematics as well as in their use of problem-solving. The whole specialization provides a good teaching step-to-step process of how a mathematical model is defined, analyzed and solved with specific algebraic or Calculus-based techniques.
A fairly challenging yet thorough course. Professor Cutrone's videos are pretty helpful. I recommend going through all of the materials and doing all the quizzes. Course discussion is pretty much dead at this point (Jan 2023), and occasionally some of the quizzes later on have no feedback as to why an answer is right or wrong. Besides these issues, I found the course valuable and feel more prepared to take Calculus this semester after a long break from math.
Challening and Engaging. I feel as though I'm studying at John Hopkin. Their math courses are well written and lecturer he just doesn't cram information that feels like an info dump but ensure that you get the basics and as student you are able to explain why a certain formula or function is the way it is and how did you get there.
I sincerely thank Mr. Joseph W. Cutrone to explain the concepts so well, design wonderful questions and case study. I also express my gratitude to John Hopkins University to give me this opportunity to learn.
One of the best courses on Coursera. This course beautifully explains the basics of mathematical modeling and takes the student to higher mathematics with great understanding.
The course is very helpful and design to teach you about mathematic modeling regardless your limited prior knowledge in Microsoft Excel.