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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!!

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!

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By João N

Jan 28, 2022

Very good course! I had never learned anything about SQL before (barely even knew what it was) and now I believe I know at leas the basics very well

By Lina M M

Dec 9, 2021

It is easy to follow the way each lesson is developed. There are many examples help you to have a better understanding and thinking in terms of SQL.

By Kseniia K

Nov 10, 2020

The lecturer explains very clearly, and there are just enough tasks to understand how is it used on practics. A good thing to understand the basics.

By Lyubomir H

Apr 26, 2019

This is an incredible course! It provides the basic knowledge to start exploring how to retrieve data using SQL! I strongly recommend you enroll in!

By Yusuf C K

May 9, 2021

If you want to learn sql and looking for solid foundations. This is the one you need. Combined with a real good assignment and real world problems.

By PRATEEK V

Jun 13, 2020

Great questions to give exposure to those who are new in SQL. MCQs in between the lectures keep your focus on and helps you keep listening. Thanks.

By Jacob R

May 1, 2019

Great course based on instructional videos and design. However, mentors in the forums seemed not to always be helpful or sometimes even misleading.

By Loris C

Jun 18, 2022

Really usefull to learn SQL from a full beginner point of view.

Used it with already knowledge on sql but wanted to make a "checkup". I recommand

By Daniel Z

Jun 26, 2019

learned a lot of SQLite and basic SQL knowledge in a short amount of time. exercises and lectures were pretty helpful in understanding everything.

By Adalberto A G

Jun 30, 2024

It is a great course for people that want to learn the basic of SQL queries AND the final project is great to start to think as a data scientist.

By Vinod U K

Sep 4, 2022

One of the best courses I have taken by far. Everything from the videos to assignments is amazing and informative. It has helped me tremendously.

By MiRyang K

May 15, 2022

I could learn basic SQL skills from this course, especially quizzes and assignments are really good to practice skills learned from the lectures.

By Daniel R B R

Dec 12, 2020

It is a very good course, it explains the importance of a previous analysis before executing any code and being very aware of what you want to do

By Emilija D

Apr 23, 2020

Wonderful and easy going cource. I have missed only a bit more examples and maybe links to certificated websites where I could use SQL knowledge.

By Joy A

Aug 22, 2023

This course is beginner-friendly and can equip one with good SQL skills and a handy project that can be used to gain access to entry-level jobs.

By Cyrus M

Aug 24, 2021

This was truly a very fulfiling learning experience. Thank you very much Ms. Sadie for the incisive delivery of the lectures. May God bless you.

By Rakshit D

Feb 11, 2021

Excellent course to understand SQL and important points and hints are covered. Assignment, Questionairs and Peer-Graded project is very helpful.

By Kristina M

Oct 25, 2020

Great material and lectures that cover a lot of great material. Instructor made it feel like an in-person class and was very pleasant and clear.

By Paulo F

Feb 9, 2020

Sadie was wonderfull and all te materials where a great help! Enjoyed doing the assignment! This will help be a great deal on my day to day job!

By Saurabh P

Jan 7, 2019

An amazing course! Covers so many topics in these lectures yet it feels like it was just done so easily and the way of teaching is just amazing.

By Tushna M

Jan 15, 2022

Very well structured & good instructor. Assumes no prior knowledge of SQL. Gives confidence to write basic/intermediate SQL queries by the end.

By Emilio G P

Nov 25, 2020

I started learning SQL from 0 and it has been a nice course to follow to have a good basic understanding of what SQL is. I highly recommend it.

By Aveek A

Nov 17, 2020

Very impressive course for beginners to learn all about SQL. This course is very in depth learning and lots of exercises to practice and learn.

By Rishi P

Jun 30, 2020

I liked the lectures of the course a lot. They were informative while being concise. The assignment at the end was the best part in my opinion.

By Sourabh S

Jun 21, 2020

Such a great course provided by Coursera with great teaching faculty who made this course very easy to understand by giving real life examples.