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About the Course

As data collection has increased exponentially, so has the need for people skilled at using and interacting with data; to be able to think critically, and provide insights to make better decisions and optimize their businesses. This is a data scientist, “part mathematician, part computer scientist, and part trend spotter” (SAS Institute, Inc.). According to Glassdoor, being a data scientist is the best job in America; with a median base salary of $110,000 and thousands of job openings at a time. The skills necessary to be a good data scientist include being able to retrieve and work with data, and to do that you need to be well versed in SQL, the standard language for communicating with database systems. This course is designed to give you a primer in the fundamentals of SQL and working with data so that you can begin analyzing it for data science purposes. You will begin to ask the right questions and come up with good answers to deliver valuable insights for your organization. This course starts with the basics and assumes you do not have any knowledge or skills in SQL. It will build on that foundation and gradually have you write both simple and complex queries to help you select data from tables. You'll start to work with different types of data like strings and numbers and discuss methods to filter and pare down your results. You will create new tables and be able to move data into them. You will learn common operators and how to combine the data. You will use case statements and concepts like data governance and profiling. You will discuss topics on data, and practice using real-world programming assignments. You will interpret the structure, meaning, and relationships in source data and use SQL as a professional to shape your data for targeted analysis purposes. Although we do not have any specific prerequisites or software requirements to take this course, a simple text editor is recommended for the final project. So what are you waiting for? This is your first step in landing a job in the best occupation in the US and soon the world!...

Top reviews

GC

Dec 29, 2022

Great course! A solid way to introduce a learner to programming in SQL!! Sadie is an amazing online instructor! Thank you to Sadie and UC Davis for offering this course through the Coursera platform!!

JG

Aug 22, 2021

I thought this course was great! Great introduction to Relational Databases and SQLite. Highly reccomend for anyone new to SQL, Databases, or someone looking to get started with a data science career.

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By Carlos R C M

Feb 28, 2023

This course was all what I needed, clear concepts and application to real problems. I was able to apply this in my job. I really recommend this course for anyone with certain level of familiarity, because also has some difficult exercises that allows learning.

By Álvaro P

Aug 23, 2020

I think this course is amazing. They actually try to teach you very good quality information. They took their time to create good assignments and quizzes and a very challenging final assignment. I truly loved this course and I cannot wait to start the new one.

By Michael G

Mar 4, 2023

Ich habe 5* gegeben, da dieser Kurs sehr gut aufgebaut ist und ich dadurch meine Kenntnisse sehr verbessern konnte.

Da ich aus Deutschland bin und englisch nicht meine Muttersprache ist, habe ich mich etwas schwerer getan den Kurs zu bearbeiten.

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By Lukas S

Oct 26, 2020

I really enjoyed the course. I have started from almost no knowledge about SQL and this course was really a big help on my way to mastering the SQL! It's still a long way to go, but I recommend it to any beginner, who wishes to take a step in data analysis.

By Martin B

Feb 26, 2019

Another great class from Coursera - very helpful exercises and final assignment, both of which really helped in learning the content that was nicely presented by the instructor. Without writing a lot of queries, it's simply not possible to really learn SQL.

By Young J J

Jun 30, 2021

Simple but also has a great introduction to SQL, focused on relative models and analysing demonstartion by joining tables with ER-models of real life dataset. The only downside is that it doesn't teach about the data manipulation, only retrieving is taught

By Aiman F B C R

May 29, 2021

I managed to properly learned back all the basics and there are certainly some of the things I never learned at the university. Overall, the course was magnificent. I properly learned how to code and made a thorough analysis like a real life Data Scientist

By Rudra P D

Aug 16, 2020

This course provide a great application of sql in data analysis. The lecturer was great. I liked the way she explained even some difficult concepts such easily ,which increases your interest in data science.Thanks alot UC San diego for such a great course

By Ajay S

Jul 29, 2020

This is one of the best course available for learning SQL from scratch. Most of the part is explained thoroughly (Using "most of the part" because I felt "date & time" could have been explained into more details). Overall it's a good course to start with.

By Sairahul J

Jul 4, 2019

Coursera is good platform for beginners as well as people who work in industries.Right now I am planning to take another course in coursera.The course content and assignments are very well planned.Please convert subscription course into individual course

By PEDRO A A P

Jan 20, 2021

I love this course, It is interesting, easy to follow, and practical, you learn a lot of Data Bases and SQL. The videos and source of information are so explicative, it's so easy to learn and apply all this knowledge in the practice quizzes and projects.

By Christian P

Jan 27, 2020

I enjoyed the course. Well structured, good questions to check knowledge within courses/videos. I felt my experience in R definitely helped me understand this better, but I believe that the class structure absolutely helped me get the basics of SQL code.

By Orfeo F O

Jul 25, 2022

Excellent course. It helped me a lot to define some questions that I was not clear about SQL for analysts and data scientists. There is a good development of the topics seen in SQL, as well as good practices. One of the best SQL courses I've ever taken.

By Vismay K G

Apr 23, 2020

I started this course with no knowledge and now I feel I can Profile and analyze few data. Best for Beginners. The Instructor is good with the way she educates us. Only Suggestion is Help Us Install any SQL software so that we can practice more offline.

By Martin E

Mar 8, 2022

I previously took the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate that was great introduction to SQL, but this course really reinforced the information with more information and practice. I highly recommend it if your trying to become a data master.

By Anders W N

Feb 21, 2022

I thougth this was a spendid introduction to sql. After having finished the course, I have a good understanding of what sql do, and I am comfortable using a range of functions and expressions. Already looking forward to the Data wrangling .. follow up.

By Pankaj K M

Jul 14, 2020

The course is really helpful to get a brief knowledge about SQL Queries & Several functions that are directly applied over SQL Queries. Even the course leads to a great work with data profiling & data analyzing at the end. Thank you Coursera :)..✌✌😇😇

By Marina I

Apr 2, 2023

I am very grateful for this course which was so practical and comprehensive.

SQL is supposed to be one of the core skills that every analyst has. And knowledge of SQL is a fundamental skill required to be a good Database administrator in the future.

By Daniel J

Sep 30, 2020

Fantastic introduction to SQL. So easy to follow, and I really appreciated the concept check questions as you're watching the video--even if I got the answer the first time, this really helped cement my understanding of the concepts I was learning.

By Daniela R L

Feb 12, 2021

I really like this class! The instructor is clear and explanations are good (I had to watch the videos x2 because it was a little slow)! the exercises were practicals and I liked how you could run the code within Coursera.. totally recommend it!!

By Anestis K

Sep 26, 2020

I learned everything of the most important programming language with only one MOOC . The course was so explainable from key terminology to SQL queries . I want to thank personally the coursera team and University of Davis for this amazing result.

By ZhiYuan H

Jan 14, 2020

This course was somewhat slow and theoretical in the first week, but starting from the second week, it became intensive and progressive. The final homework was extremely well designed, and it took a good amount of time for you to finish the test.

By Calvin W

Nov 6, 2019

Excellent course material and lecture for newbie like me. :) I have learned a lot new SQL skill on the class that I can apply in my Accounting / Finance career. I will continue use Coursera for my next data science class to build up my skill set.

By Andrew K J

Jun 16, 2019

This course is excellent for anyone interested in data analysis who wants a thorough introduction to SQL and who desires to learn specific SQL queries for pulling down and organizing data. The quizzes and final assignment provided great practice.

By Gustavo B

Nov 8, 2022

muy buen curso aunque los temas que se ven tienen pocos ejemplos practicos. Se ven muchos temas, en ese sentido es muy completo. Sally es encantadora y transmite pasión y entusiasmo.

El examen algo con cierta dificultad que no se ve en el curso.