Course review: SQL for Data Science on Coursera
This is a course review of SQL for Data Science on Coursera, part 1 of 4 in a series of SQL courses by UC Davis University of California with Sadie St. Lawrence as course instructor.
SQL for Data Science was an easy to follow and short SQL course that can be done in about 10 hours of work. The ideal audience is the complete beginner in SQL. The course is divided in four “weeks” and the first two weeks of videos are just about selecting data, sorting, filtering and summing up with aggregate functions.
In week three the student is introduced to subqueries, joins and unions. Week four shows some functions to manipulate data by changing formats and you also get some tips about how to handle data when doing data analysis.
Overall this course will be to simple for most people who wants to break into data science but it’s very pedagogical and could be a great starting point when you start off with SQL.
Facts about SQL for Data Science
7 days free trial - after that a monthly fee is charged.
The DBMS used in the course is SQLLite but the instructor is highlighting some differences for users using MySQL and OracleDB.
No installation needed, everything is done in your browser.
Time required to complete the course is about 10 hours.
The course is mainly made up by videos, quizzes and programming exercises but there is also a final assignment that needs to be sent in and reviewed by peers. It might be hard to finish and receive a grade on this final assignment within the 7 days of free trial.