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 Marta M U
•Apr 27, 2022
Very interesting course, although not suitable for non-coding Biologists. You will learn about python in parallel to this couse, but the materials given are not enough to comprehend the coding you are required to come up with. You will definately spend more than 4 hours/assignment.
By Xiaoyu L
•Mar 31, 2018
The content is interesting, but the staff does not provide helpful feedbacks, and I really do not like the fact they assume the test case is always right, where it might not be. Quite frustrate when struggling on one question when the code is absolutely right.
By Prashant M
•Jul 23, 2017
Further reference material needs to be added in my opinion. There can be participants from only Computer Science background and there can be students from only biology background. Hence i think reference materials could aid a participant's understanding a lot.
By Josh S
•Dec 28, 2020
This was a good course for someone with a fair amount of programming background and a biology degree. But it was difficult to follow at times and I could see how one could easily get lost. Definitely feels more of an intermediate course than a beginner one.
By Grzegorz A K
•Nov 4, 2016
Pros: a lot of programming in automated online environment.
Cons: inconsistencies in code like changing parameter order in often used functions, changing structure of some variables (arrays become dicts). This can be unneccesarily misleading.
By Clive T
•Mar 26, 2020
Disappointing lack of feedback from any course organiser (most recent response seemed to be about two years old). The biological content tailed off to become much more of course in programming for search algorithms
By Anagha R
•Dec 15, 2022
it's NOT a beginner-level course and will definitely take much more than 20 hours. They could have made it easier for beginner cos for people who haven't coded before, its REAL HARD.
otherwise, its fine
By Akinyi O
•May 19, 2020
Some background knowledge on coding is definitely needed for this course, despite the info saying none is needed. The progress expected is way too fast for an actual beginner with no coding experience.
By Barby S
•Jun 9, 2021
The course is EXCELLENT. But... It's not for beginners!!! If you don't know anything about programming, python and bioinformatics it's nearly impossible to do without help.
It was really frustrating.
By Saadman K
•May 26, 2020
This is not for beginners. You need to know more about python to complete it easily and the time limits of Stepik is not correct. It needs far more time than mentioned.
By Ajith M
•Jul 20, 2020
This course is definitely not for beginners. I was on the verge of giving up throughout the course. But once you get ahold of the concepts, it is very interesting.
By James O
•Sep 16, 2019
The course tries hard to balance programming and biology but the programming can become quite a challenge for people with little to no experience in programming.
By Sanjit R
•Dec 21, 2020
Although this course was uniquely interesting and insightful, I did feel at times that the lesson material was insufficient to fully understand a concept.
By Preethi N
•Feb 24, 2021
Although this course is possible for beginners, some of the programming problems were frustrating and a hint would have been appreciated.
By Pablo R M
•Mar 13, 2020
Not truly for beginners. If you don't have previous knowledge of Python and algorithms expect to invest a lot more than 4 hours a week
By Carolina S E
•Feb 29, 2024
Adorei a dinâmica do curso, porém o prazo de término das atividades é extremamente incoerente com a quantidade de afazeres propostos.
By Merna F E
•Sep 4, 2020
this course was very useful for me but it is very very difficult for a beginner, I was suffering from trying to understand it
By Himanshi S
•Jul 18, 2023
There were some technical issues nut the course structure was impressive, learning experience was challenging yet joyful.
By Chahat B
•Jul 26, 2020
Very difficult for no coding background people. It would be really helpful if you could describe the error in better ways
By Christopher C
•Apr 3, 2021
This course requires advanced programming skills, the first week has taken 3 weeks from me and I am still stuck.
By Osi A
•Apr 28, 2020
This course although well taught does not take into account those that know nothing about programming
By Linyi Z
•Jun 21, 2017
the instructions in the stepik notes were unclear. i would say the optional lecture video was better
By Nesrine K
•Nov 16, 2020
quite difficult for a begginer we have to practice python first before starting the course
By Amarachukwu B I
•Jun 18, 2020
This course is not for beginners. It is for those with background computer knowledge
By Adnan B
•May 25, 2022
This course is so much difficult and it is definitely not the one for beginners.