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About the Course

This course will introduce students to the basics of the Structured Query Language (SQL) as well as basic database design for storing data as part of a multi-step data gathering, analysis, and processing effort. The course will use SQLite3 as its database. We will also build web crawlers and multi-step data gathering and visualization processes. We will use the D3.js library to do basic data visualization. This course will cover Chapters 14-15 of the book “Python for Everybody”. To succeed in this course, you should be familiar with the material covered in Chapters 1-13 of the textbook and the first three courses in this specialization. This course covers Python 3....
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FF

Nov 21, 2017

the way this course is design is absolutely amiziong. just good amount of most important information is provided. task are not too complecated to finish (maybe coudl be little more dificult:) love it!

CW

Jan 19, 2020

Tied together many data transfer concepts that I had heard of but did not understand. Very interesting set of topics - makes a novice understand what other languages might be interesting to learn.

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By Brett M

Mar 12, 2017

This is the only course in this specialization that doesn't seem to belong with the rest of the material. It seems out of place, and too little was done to relate it to learning python.

Moreover, learning databases and SQL is easy; rather than taking up a whole course, this content could be relegated to one week of lectures in conjunction with some external references for further reading. Four weeks were spent on this external topic while the more interesting discussion on using python with databases is glossed over haphazardly in the last week.

I am a big fan of this specialization and think Prof. Severance does a great job explaining some of the basics of python in a short amount of time, but this course needs to be restructured.

By Thoufiq M

Oct 15, 2019

This course is too basic to be helpful. Many of the programs are just read through like how reading from a textbook in college. I expect the class to be better than that. Many of the concepts in programs are also skipped which gives the impression that Dr. Chuck is not thoroughly aware of these concepts.

I am disappointed by the teaching and topics covered in this class

By Beth B

May 13, 2019

If this course focused just on SQL or just on Python, I would have given it a 5-star rating. However, the course tried to tackle both concepts at once, and did neither justice. At best, this course gave a peek into db connections with python. I left wanting more.

By Ayush B

Jun 29, 2018

Another disappointing course in the Python specialization offered by UMAA. The assignments are laughable. A mostly superficial course. The only reason I undertook the course is because I had already paid for the 5-course specialization. I wouldn't recommend.

By Tonatiuh G R

Oct 4, 2017

So far this is the weakest of the Python courses, it has missing videos and very little information about actually using DB with Python... Quite disappointing, I will have to rely more in the documentation or another course to complement my skills.

By Kevin S

Sep 16, 2020

Its okay there's a lot more tweaking of code than actually building your own. The first two classes of the specialization are great but as it progress its like your writing less and less code.

By Thomas F

Jan 19, 2018

The assignments are old and out of date. Learning how to program is hard enough as it is. I spent more time troubleshooting than learning in this course.

By shubham s

Jun 29, 2021

Please reset my week 5 assignment in using databases with python. Sorry for plagiarism

By Alberto A S d O

Nov 21, 2022

Faltaram mais exemplos e uma explicação mais detalhada dos códigos usados.

By Eduardo V S

Sep 7, 2020

Too much SQL. It would be more useful to go deeper into using csv files.

By Adil M

Jun 7, 2020

It was in a very fast pace and the examples are upto the mark

By Olivier L

Mar 16, 2016

Not enough material covered to make it worth the cost.

By Edwin R

May 22, 2018

I dislike coding but this was kinda fun.

By Andrés E V P

Sep 15, 2020

A very shallow course.

By ASSIYA A

May 9, 2023

good

By Jacqueline C

Nov 24, 2022

Completed all assignments and quizzes as well as the extra work for the Honors certificate. Instructors refuse to grade Capstone assignment so I can get the certificate even though it is done correctly. It appears University of Michigan is using instructors who don't read the assignment instructions or who do not understand what they are grading. Awful experience. Only way to contact is through message board and the reply time is several days. I would have given a lower rating if I could. I do not recommend this Specialization to anyone and will NEVER take another course for University of Michigan.

By Youssef E

Aug 16, 2024

’m frustrated because my situation wasn’t properly considered. I explained that a health issue led me to submit work that wasn’t my own, but this was overlooked. Instead, the focus was solely on the plagiarism. It feels like I’m being treated as if I’m just a machine with no room for mistakes. I’m really disappointed because I wasn’t given an opportunity to redo the assignment, which jeopardizes my chances of earning the certificate for the specialization I’ve worked so hard on.

By Victor L

Oct 24, 2018

It is disappointing. If you are looking for learning Python for database management, this course does NOT show that. It discusses basic concepts of database management on SQLite, eventually running pre-prepared Python codes.

By crobeddu

Jan 22, 2019

The course is nice the problem is on the forum the staff don't have time to answer some of your questions when it comes to have detailed explanations of some part of the code that is not explain in the course.

By Sarvesh L

Jun 17, 2023

no resubmit option in week 5 assignment. student can mistake but they don't giving 2 chance . one mistake , last course last assignment lost 4 month work because you will not get specialization certificate.

By Mark C

Nov 29, 2016

Good overview. Needs to include more hands on development. 1 star because Coursera wont let me take the capstone even after completing all four pre-requisite classes (this one is the fourth).

By VINOD R G

Jul 12, 2023

it has no option to do changes in submitions i got 70 % and i cant able to understand the grading all peers gave 4 /4 to my assessment but how i got 70% i not able to understand

By Iryna

Jul 10, 2024

Stuck on the last 2% to finish entire course, task (peer-graded) which appears to be staff-graded, no button to resubmit, and no help from Coursera, few month now ....

By Luciano S

Dec 19, 2017

Didn't see That I have to complete the specialization in one year. I'm sure If I knew this information I wouldn't start the specialization. Feeling really frustrated

By Seyed R H

Jun 4, 2022

The instructor made a bad mistake and recognized plagiarism in my last assignment, wrongly without any defendable reason. That was not fair.