HD
Apr 17, 2016
I give this course 5 star because I did Bioinformatics I and I totally enjoy it.
This is where programming can be fun, and practical, and you'll learn some basic biology too.
What's not to love?
HL
Aug 15, 2017
I learned a lot from this difficult and time-consuming course! It covers biological concepts using Python. It made learning Python more interesting for me, since I have always loved biology.
By Banjul D
•Aug 18, 2021
the content is good but it is definitely not for beginners. the course content requires a lot of coding knowledge and basics of molecular biology to understand
By Anhiti
•Jun 10, 2020
The external tool was too complex for a beginner in programming, which defeats the purpose of the exercise. This made me lose interest very quickly.
By Rithvik S
•Oct 21, 2020
Can be more interactive with videos for beginners for more comprehensive understanding. Otherwise, wonderful, highly informative content!
By Afonso L
•Oct 3, 2021
Very complex for students. Coding wise very dificcult to follow for beginners, but with perserverance you can understant the message.
By Adam J
•Jul 7, 2018
Programming part not well explained and too difficult- it can clearly be seen from the comments that many people have the same issues
By Jaher N
•Oct 13, 2018
no 6 quiz of week 4 is bad in answering every time ans submit the right ans i got the wrong in after assessment. it may be improved
By Ammar Y
•Oct 29, 2022
It's really helpful and amazing for those who know basic statistics, maths and programming. But it's not for beginners at all
By Florian H
•Jul 14, 2020
Gets quickly very confusing and difficult. Also, do the Codeacademy Python class before even starting this course.
By Kyle S
•Oct 6, 2020
Programming Level is NOT FOR BEGINNERS. The Codecademy was useless when compared to the coding assignments given.
By Ojochenemi E
•Sep 12, 2020
the coding aspect were neither clear nor easy enough for a biologist who is new to programming to grasp
By Shana M
•Mar 20, 2021
Steptik images in week 4 aren't showing up which means its impossible to understand what's going on
By dheeraj K
•Dec 23, 2020
in my opinion, this course is hard for beginners. i do not have computer background in programming
By Celine B
•Jul 16, 2020
Too complicated for a beginner's course, the quizzes don't match the stepik chapters.
By Haritha
•Jul 6, 2020
It is hard for beginners. Especially for some who has no computer lesson background.
By VÃctor R D
•Aug 15, 2020
It has been the most stressful and frustrating course, certainly not for beginners.
By Spencer P
•Jun 16, 2020
Its called Bioinformatics for "Beginners", when it is still extremely difficult.
By Vidya B
•Jun 15, 2020
This course is not for begginers. please change tag line.but good to learn
By Nabeel A
•Nov 16, 2021
this course is too tough for the python and bioinformatics beginners.
By Jad A
•Jan 19, 2021
Takes A LOT more time than they say and the explanations aren't clear
By Beatriz R D
•Nov 5, 2020
Really not for beginners. Wish i would know this before engaging.
By Vaishnavi I
•Jun 8, 2020
This course is definitely not for beginners.
By Lina S P R
•Jan 9, 2021
Is NOT FOR BEGINNERS, WAS SO HARD.
By Sara R D
•Mar 19, 2022
:)
By Deleted A
•Jul 12, 2022
It is telling that the vast majority of 5-star ratings seem to come from people with a background in programming. For those of without any programming knowledge, the sink or swim format of this course is unhelpful.
I think I would have learned a lot if the logic of the correct answers to the programming questions had been explained more clearly, if at all. Looking at answers of other students, I often saw syntax that had not been introduced in the course yet. I had to unenroll because this was supposed to be just for fun for me and it was just a headache.
By Kaelyn B
•Nov 8, 2020
This course was supposed to be for beginners, but I found that this is not the case at all. I had to spend about 10 hours a week for about four months outside of the course using other resources to actually be able to complete it. The fact that each question in the interactive learner does not show the full code is extremely limiting and frustrating for people completely new to learning to code. I would not recommend this course to others as a result.