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Learner Reviews & Feedback for C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals by University of California, Santa Cruz

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About the Course

This course is for everyone. In the new world we live in, coding is a universally valuable skill, whether you're a scientist, artist, or a humanist. Algorithms are everywhere, and we all have to understand how they work. The C language is particularly well suited as an introduction to coding: It's a tried-and-true language, and it allows you to understand computing processes at a deep level. No prior knowledge of coding is needed for this course. We'll start at the beginning. The time estimated time commitment for this course is five hours a week for five weeks....

Top reviews

MA

Jun 22, 2020

I am really happy I did this course. The instructor is a really experienced teacher. This course gave a good start for learning the fundamentals and moving onto complex programming languages like C++.

CN

Apr 22, 2020

Great course to gain a foundation in C programming! The video lectures, coding examples, and peer reviewing of assignments allows one to learn quick and in real time. Would definitely recommend it.

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By Austin Y

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May 24, 2020

while while early weeks of the course are good for genuine beginners, later weeks are really annoying due to assignments that have absolutely no background on how to code various required elements. if you are looking to code but be annoyed at the same time take this course. might as well teach yourself by using google just like how this course forces you to do anyway.

By Michel L

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Aug 9, 2023

The course material is ok, but the discussion forum is a ghost town and assignment instructions can be confusing. Also, the peer-graded assignment system is not the best option since the course has been launched in 2016 (first reviews in 2016). You need three persons to grade your work. I would give 4 stars if professor staff were involved in the forum.

By Mohammed J

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Jul 8, 2024

The course had good plan and order of lessons but the way of explaining was not useful I mean not all details are covered and that made the course is boring and some topics need other sources to understand additionally, there aren’t a lot of code examples or problem solving.

By Supantha R

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Jul 21, 2020

I do not like this course.The instructions are not well enough for online course.The contents are not clear enough to understand.They should have made this course more user friendly.There must a different way for assessment.

By Ralph H

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Feb 2, 2022

The gap of skill level for the tasks is very high. First very easy and then you a task where you need some skills. The quality of the videos is better at some "youtube" tutorials which are for free.

By Nabil H

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Nov 19, 2022

For a beginner, the way of teaching was weak. It remembered me with the way old university professors teach. All sessions were boring, and the teacher's handwriting and tone are bad!

By Oriol V P

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Feb 3, 2021

El curso bien....

Otros estudiantes de habla inglesa no facilitan ..... todo el nivel de adaptaciĂłn a la comprenssiĂłn es tuyo, Por consiguiente pierdes puntos en las pruebas de codigo

By Omar K

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Dec 27, 2020

Not recommend for beginners at all. A lot of point skipped or not completely explained. Poor hand-written slides.

Don't enroll if you are a beginner and need to learn the basics.

By shaun “ m

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Feb 17, 2025

might be a good class but its not a beginner class as advertised. he jumps right into things that someone with no knowledge cant follow maybe label it as a mid level class

By Seda D

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May 18, 2021

Unfortunately I had to drop this course as it is not a beginner friendly and the syllabus is prepared for the people who have underlying knowledge about fundamentals.

By Faik E A

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Apr 10, 2023

I've been learning java for a year, I know many fundamental about programming, and I want to learn c language in this course but course wont learn you clearly.

By Fred R

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Feb 11, 2025

There seems to be a disconnect between what is instructed and what is asked for on assignments. Slides would benefit from not being hand-written.

By Masihullah H

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Dec 12, 2020

the lectures were hand written on a board which was not readable

I would suggest the professor to use a typed material like ppt etc

By Rene A L

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Oct 22, 2020

For a beginners course, not many basic topics are explained.Videos could be enhanced using power point slides

By Zyad W K

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Aug 24, 2020

the quality of the course drops like a snowball the more we get into the course, it started off great tho

By Siddhi B

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Dec 12, 2024

c++ is not explained explaination is way too difficult to understand if u r beginner.

By Warda Y S

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Jun 8, 2021

I think this course is helpful but it has some confusion so i hope you will correct it

By Jacob B

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Nov 5, 2021

The professor is just talking as he programs. You arent being taught, but showed.

By Pranav A

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May 7, 2024

i could only understand everything because it was taught in my college as well.

By Bharadwaj H G

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Aug 23, 2024

teaching is not upto the mark could have used ppt rather than note pad.......

By Hamza M

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May 29, 2020

Your writing on the board is very difficult to understand

By 1ds18ee071 A

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Sep 16, 2021

Compiler should have been integrated with the course .

By Ilakiya .

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Oct 26, 2022

good excellant course for learning

By Neel D

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Jan 28, 2022

it is not good as expected

By 18wh1a0561 V R

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May 21, 2020

the course was good .