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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

NK

Oct 5, 2022

Amazing course for beginners! The entire course is well structured and has good hands-on assignments. SQL is extremely essential for Database management and fun learning so please do try this one out!

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 Paulo B A

Aug 29, 2023

A concise and straight to the point course on the basics of SQL. I would go on and argue that this is a better starting point for learning SQL as compared to the other courses here on Coursera.

By Hayden S

May 11, 2022

This course was so much fun and informative.

It has really helped me gain a functional understanding of SQL for my job.

The instructor Saddie was also great as she explained the concepts clearly.

By Mogith P N

Nov 29, 2021

the best course, though to do the exercise you need to know the basics of SQL syntaxes and stuff, but i loved the way sadie lawrence mam presented every lectures in short and descriptive manner

By Astha b

May 24, 2020

The instructor was awesome, whatever she taught was enough to do the assignment. I fell in love with her way of teaching, and now I will also do UC Davis specialization. Assignments were good.

By Fernando B P

May 9, 2020

By taking the course you can learn how to use the principal commands for database queries using SQL and the practice exams help your to develop the ability to perform the theoretical knowledge

By thanhgiang t

Oct 14, 2022

Wonderful course and really interesting content. The home work is a liitle bit hard but i think if you work hard enough you can solve it. Special thanks to Coursera team for this course !!!

By Swaty G

Nov 24, 2021

Carefully organised to deliver Basic to Intermediate level understanding of SQL concepts. Practical and always in-sync with the real world.

I feel confident to apply this knowledge to my job.

By Ming

Apr 27, 2020

This course is very well paced and easy to follow. It won't go extremely deep into details, but there's definitely sufficient information for you to lay a good foundation for future studies.

By Dillon S

Jun 17, 2022

I've taken a couple SQL courses elsewhere and none of them held my attention long enough to fully dive in and learn. This course is very good at forcing you to apply the skills you learned.

By Dorothee B

Sep 19, 2024

Very good introduction to the most important concepts in SQL together with exercises, that help you understand how to use what you learned. Helped me a lot to start writing my own queries

By Estela C

Jan 5, 2024

It was my first experience with SQL and the videos were easy to follow, full of information and accesible to someone with no previous knowledge. At the end I was coding, so goal achieved.

By Liu

Feb 8, 2020

This is a very helpful and well-designed data course. I love the way the teacher teach me knowledge about SQL. I highly recommend this course for anyone who is interested in data science.

By Aowuu

Oct 11, 2018

I am very exciting to use SQL help me analyze data, and it is a powerful and easy-going language for me to use in future modelling & analysis work. The course is really helpful, thankyou.

By Christian A V C

Apr 13, 2022

Great course! very well explained, with exercises to put into practice what is described by the teacher. Although the topics are basic, they are of great relevance in the data ecosystem.

By Samuel E

Sep 22, 2020

Great program that even if you know nothing about SQL in advance - the course will equip you with the most important knowledge to allow you to dive into the field of SQL and data science

By GUDIPUDI R

Jul 26, 2020

All the concepts are explained in a very structured way and the course made complex queries too very easy to understand. Definitely try this course for sql. No regrets and very happy:):)

By Johanna P

Jan 15, 2020

This class has already paid for itself. I have used what I learned to write SQL reports to pull reports from our test database. I look forward to taking more classes in SQL Data Science.

By Yuyan L

Apr 28, 2021

Great introductory course on SQL, you can learn a lot from the definition of relational database system to specific queries used to pick out target information from huge amount of data.

By Rainy L

Oct 27, 2020

Very good course for a starter in Data Science world. The instructor's lectures are very logical and easy to understand and you learned more by finishing every single practice and quiz.

By Tahir M

Feb 10, 2020

It is a very hands on course in which you will learn a lot about SQL but also be able to practice a lot. The instructor is excellent and the materials are great. Definitely recommended.

By Asilbek S

Jul 7, 2023

This course was amazing . Previously i have learnt sql on my own. But this course helped me to understand some confusing topics.Each lesson is so understandable and easy for learners.

By Титова К И

Oct 12, 2021

Excellent course. Thank you for the opportunity to obtain basic SQL skills. The information is explained accurate and clear, I will save my conspects from the course for my future job.

By Collins O

May 18, 2020

The best tutors I have encountered are from Coursera. Thank you for giving a positive mind to believe in myself that I can do it by providing me with the SQL with Data Science Course.

By Michel O

Jul 26, 2023

It was great to take this course. I was able to face some real problems in this journey that really help me to touch the flavor of Data Science. I think this course is a great start.

By Yang L

Feb 2, 2018

very good. learned a lot in this course. I love the way that it lets us use SQL directly inside the couresare website as I always get confused at installing softwares. GREAT JOURNEY!