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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 Ting C H

Feb 14, 2022

I liked how compact the materials were delivered. And Sadie was a great instructor. Quizes and assignments were well written.

By Andreas A

Jan 28, 2021

I really recommending taking this course. Just be aware that it is not so obvious how to get started on the final assignment.

By Junaed S

Sep 15, 2020

The course was very well designed, and a good intro to SQL. I am looking forward to advanced SQL courses in the coming month!

By Bisi O

Aug 7, 2020

This course actually helps students apply the skills learnt in real life scenarios. This makes it different to other courses.

By Kanak S R

Aug 5, 2020

Very much effective to improve query writing skill. Lots of hands on which may help to learn how to write strong query in SQL

By Indika E

Aug 4, 2020

Its very good course to learn. bit challenge and have lots of things to learn. It each us clearly and its easy to understand.

By Ram P R

Jun 17, 2020

Awesome course to learn SQL and its assignments are level-up which helps to understand deep insights of SQL and pioneer in it

By Aditya D

May 31, 2020

The course is excellent for anyone who is new to SQL. The assignments have also been perfectly curated to test your learning.

By Punit K

Feb 18, 2018

The course material is designed with great thought about the audience and does mainly focus on implementing the SQL syntaxes.

By ANANT S

Sep 6, 2021

An amazing starter course for SQL that covers not only the basics but goes into the real life scenarios of a data scientist.

By Bret R

Aug 25, 2021

Very good course; I loved the hands-on introduction to SQL, I found that very useful. Final assignment was a little tedious.

By Rasmus L B

Jul 18, 2021

Fantastic course for basics in SQL. Loads of valuable information along with splendid quizzes and assignments along the way.

By G G G

May 16, 2020

It is a good course.It is very interesting one i liked it a lot.There are very good things to learn from here to the future

By Thao N

Apr 28, 2020

The course is well-structured. The knowledge is simple and easy to understand. The teacher is professional and enthusiastic.

By Vinayak

Apr 30, 2019

Thanks to Sadie Lawrence for all the lecture videos. It has been great help to understand the concept of data science in sql

By Juan J R

Oct 3, 2023

It was great for educating yourself on the basics of SQL if you didn't have any previous experience in Relational Databases

By Abdulrahman Y M

Mar 2, 2022

it's very well made course , but the only thing i didn't like is week 4 it doesn't give many examles for the date functions

By Luciano d O P

Sep 26, 2019

This course is really special, because we learn about everything we need to know to perform tasks over Data Science's work.

By Khulan E

Nov 1, 2021

Learned a lot. The Peer review assignment was interesting and challenging you to put into practice what you learned so far

By Sulaiman R

May 2, 2021

Very well structured courses. The exercises and quizes are made so that the concepts becomes fully integrated in your mind

By Yuvraj S

Jul 26, 2020

Great learning experience & help me to gain knowledge of SQL basic syntax to get idea how it works & where else it is used

By Muhammad D M

May 30, 2020

This course help me to understand data more accurately then I knew before, it was a great experience to learn this course.

By Tatjana K

Apr 15, 2020

Great course! Well structured. Interesting quizzes and final assignment. Really valuable information. shared. Thank you!

By Ali G

Oct 21, 2023

Well laid out and taught. Plenty of opportunity to practice and gain skills. This course was a great introduction to SQL.

By AYYALA S G K V

Aug 1, 2023

Thank you so much for providing the right course,right certificate at the right time...no words can describe my happiness