Great introduction to Genomics. The instructors really laid out the practical terms and gave great resources. Weeks 3 and 4 ramp up in difficulty, so some outside research in statistics is helpful.

This course provides a gentle introduction to the concepts and terminology associated with genomics. As someone who never took a biology course in high school or university, this course is perfect.

Relatively nice introduction course, contents are maybe rather limited, yet as an instructive course, it does provide a clear overview which correlates well with the required answers for the quizzes!

It is a great introduction course if you really don't know anything about the field. But if you think you have got the basics down, that means this course will be too easy for you.

This is my first course in Genomic Technologies (and one I completed overall). I was taking this course bit lightly for being the introductory/basic course but I have learnt a number of new things: Introduction to some stats terms I overlooked/haven't learnt before like p-test and confounders, the incredible example of data-counterfeiting in the academia and how PCR and next-gen sequencing technologies work. Although I couldn't learn in depth, which is obvious since its first of the 8 course specialization, so I am anxious to take the next course - this specialization is looking very exciting.

Have tried a few other courses around introduction to genomic technologies but this is the best structured course I have taken. Loved the course project as it gives a good insight on how to read scientific papers and what is expected from a genomic scientist. The only point would be to improve the statistics content(week 4) and make it more beginner friendly especially when it comes to p-values.

A good basic introduction. Might have been nice to have had recommendations for further reading for those who were interested.

I have done the data sciences specialization from JHU and that was 4 star on 5. Compared to that, this specialization is pretty bad.

Not worth doing this specialization. Instructors are clueless on the plan

I found the course to be very clear and informative. I believe the molecular biology aspect was easy enough for someone without a background in biology or biochemistry to understand. Also, the computer science and statistical aspects were also explained in a clear way.

Very good introductory course. It's a lot of material to cover for a newbie, but if you have some background, you will find you progress pretty quickly. Enjoyable, engaging, fun and useful.

It was disappointing to see that time wasn't taken to fix and improve lectures where mistakes were made in the teachings. Although warning dialogues were displayed and the updated class materials were made available, the audio is still misleading. The transcripts also need to be cleaned up ("batch effects" transcribed as "batrifacts", etc.). It was also surprising to see the huge gaps in expected prior knowledge across subjects. For example, a multiple-choice question in one of the assignments required understanding the role of ribosomes in protein synthesis, but ribosomes were not covered in the lectures. This is high-school biology, so it was less of a shock compared to the questions around topics like Family Wise Error Rate, which was covered superficially at best in the lectures, with a teacher who was very difficult to follow (awkward phrasing, chaotic structure of courses, stuttering, lack of vocalization, would quickly discuss complex or advanced mathematical topics without explaining the basics, but spend a long time to wordy explanations of simple subjects that did not require dumbing down). The assignment questions on Family Wise Error Rate however, required a very good understanding, not just conceptually, but actually knowing how to apply the formulas and calculate values which was not taught at any point during the lecture. All in all the course has potential but it needs some cleanup, better visual supports for complex topics, more structured scripts/outlines for teachers not as comfortable speaking in front of the camera, and a better baseline for the expected level of prior knowledge and expertise from students (lots of time spent drilling topics from high-school biology, not nearly enough time dedicated to explaining college-level mathematics/statistics concepts and teaching how to practically apply statistical concepts, formulas, etc.).

It seemed a little too easy, especially for the timeline given. Seemed like there should have been more information, or have gone more in-depth

Good intro for people who don't have any background, a little too simple for people who already work in this criteria or have knowledge about

Great way of delivering information.

The initial lectures on introduction to genomics are very engaging and good starting point for everyone who slightly touched that topic before and is interested in both history and recent developments in the area.

The week focusing on software engineering doesn't seem to be a good fit for such training. Most of the content is dedicated to extremely trivial computer science topics hardly related with bioinformatics. Only last several minutes give examples of bioIT software and systems.

The week with statistics is good only if you posses solid knowledge on statistics. Then it serves as a good recap. Otherwise you might be completely lost 5 min into the content, e.g. there are much better explanations of p-value and family-wise error out there in internet than the one provided in the course.

The idea of a project to go through a research paper and answer the questions about it was fantastic! Very good way to cement what you learned.

Overall: 3 stars. I would give 4 if not for trivial and rather useless computer science intro. At few points, the pace should be adjusted (e.g. statistics).

While I wasn't expecting heavy material for an intro course, this course did not reach even a 101 level in my opinion. Take this course if you have never heard of biology or computer science or statistics but avoid if you know even a little about these subjects. Sometimes the quiz questions asked about details not covered in videos/papers, which was pointless and frustrating.

I am a PhD student in genetics, so the background material there was review from undergrad courses. Obviously some people who are not biologists will need this background. I do wish, however, that the statistics intro was more applied and covered a better intro and application to the why!

Good class but incredibly basic. Needs to go a bit more in depth. Feels rushed.

This course if just a quick fly-by overview. You don't learn anything relevant in biologiy, computer science or statistics. Some questions in the quiz were not part of the course which is really annoying. Anyhow, I like the idea of reading a paper as an academic part of this course.

Quite good explanation of molecular biology and statistics. Hope the narrator can lower down the speed, since it is a little tough for a non-native English speaker to catch-up with it (Though the pronunciation is very clear)