It is well explained. More space to programming practical exercise is suggested.Very intriguing Programming Homework! You have to apply all the python knowledge you have learned so far and also the one you have still to learn :)

If you do not have a coding background, you might find the homeworks hard but the practicals in the course are very helpful.

Very good lectures. Some of the homework assignments were kind of hard though (and no help in the discussion forums).

Great teaching, very interesting content. Only missing some checking of the contents (homework pages especially).

Useful and really good, maybe complicated for those who are new at programming, but well worth it.

Awesome course. I recommend it to all how like programming and biology, specially DNA.

It was a really good course to start in the field of computational genomics.

Good course quite engaging, could be improved in certain areas!

It's better to get familiar with python and start the class

I wish you explained the practicals in more detail.

I think more background about programming is needed

It's a little bit hard for the fresh guys

Excellent presentation

The course is quite interesting and the instructors are very skilful in teaching and explaining. The sad part about the course is that the course is an ABANDONED one (like all the other courses in the specialization) i.e there is no active course staff or any instructor for help and you're pretty much on your own. Also, it requires quite an amount of mental exertion and I would HIGHLY recommend you to not take this course unless you have a good grasp of Algorithms on String and Networks. For someone with some background of Algorithms like me, the course is quite enjoyable.

I was glad to learn the material but I think some of the way the alorithms were explained was very confusing. I ended up going to other sources to get better understand...also the project was very difficult...and I dont think the weekly assignments really matched what we were learning in the videos.

Course très instrutif mais également très intensif. Il est dommage qu'aucun des professeurs ne répondent quand on a des soucis concernant les examens et qu'aucune correction ne soit proposée.

OK, but much less detailed and engaging than the UCSD course series on the same topic (Bioinformatics Specialization).

Little support from peers or mentors in this class.

questions are tougher than the taught ones

I am studying Bioinformatics, which means I have had already experiences with coding. However, this course is not easy at all. Furthermore, there is no clear instruction, especially for beginner programmers. Another part which I don't like at all is the quizzes. They are not easy, but there is no solution nor quiz instruction.

The course does a good job explaining the concepts, but poor job in the practical section. with some codes not even explained and the assignments are moderately hard but makes me wonder on what did i exactly learn?

it is so difficult for the beginner biologists, without help from the professionals I would not pass in the homeworks.

Very difficult and the moderators do not help at all.