Learner Reviews & Feedback for Algorithmic Toolbox by University of California San Diego
About the Course
and searching, divide and conquer, greedy algorithms, dynamic programming. We will learn a lot of theory: how to sort data and how it helps
for searching; how to break a large problem into pieces and solve them recursively; when it makes sense to proceed greedily; how dynamic
programming is used in genomic studies. You will practice solving computational problems, designing new algorithms, and implementing
solutions efficiently (so that they run in less than a second).
Top reviews
BD
Jan 20, 2021
The course was really amazing which provided deep knowledge from basic to advance that how algorithms works and how to design algorithms. Thanks to all the expert teachers who taught in this course.
SG
Jan 20, 2017
I liked the fact that the algorithms are not just the introductory searching and sorting algorithms. The assignments are fairly difficult (I have decent scripting experience), but not impossibly so.
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By Hangal O
•Nov 17, 2022
It is a difficult course. Definitely for the more advanced students. Expect to take much longer to complete than the allotted time.
By Daksh T
•Aug 4, 2020
I had a little problem with the Russian Pronunciation but rest assured everything was good.The concepts were explained wonderfully.
By Bowei H
•Jun 4, 2019
For a beginner, it would be better to provide the test datasets as it can help learner find the bug in their program. (Too ACM now)
By Juan S Z M
•Aug 5, 2016
It is a brilliant course, well organized and pretty interesting. However, the problems are not as challenging as one could expect.
By fengyu
•Dec 12, 2017
the teacher explain the algorithm elaborately, it really useful for me. And the OJ is excellent, I really recommend this course.
By Prabal M
•May 28, 2020
Week 1 to week 4 was very descriptive but I didn't find the dynamic programming part descriptive enough to understand in depth.
By aamir a
•Aug 13, 2019
Great course. The only thing i'd like to change will be the accent used in teaching videos. I was hard to understand sometimes.
By Dariusz D
•Jun 17, 2018
it's quite good course which explain implementation, unfortunately book that can be bought as e-book doesn't contain solutions.
By Aldunin D A
•Apr 15, 2018
I see no active help on the forum atm. 2nd part of dynamic programming is not explained detailed enough. All the other is fine.
By Michele P
•Sep 19, 2017
The chapters about "greedy algorithms" and "divide and conquer" are well done. The one about "dynamic programming" lacks depth.
By Sahil
•Aug 9, 2020
It's a good course, but I think that the lectures could have been better, especially those related to the dynamic programming.
By Harsh P
•Jul 25, 2020
Useful course, but difficult at times to follow. The last few weeks get substantially more difficult than the first few weeks.
By Piyush K
•Oct 24, 2020
Really cleared most of the basic concepts of DSA.
Taught how to think every problem statement from algorithmic point of view.
By Simarpreet S
•May 10, 2020
very good explanations for greed and divide and conquer algorithms but dynamic programming explanations were not good enough.
By Vipul T
•Dec 26, 2019
It was an amazing month-long learning experience for me. I got this course with financial aid of coursera.
Thanks to coursera!
By Shafayet N
•Jun 28, 2020
the contents and teachers are top class.but i had a little difficulty on understanding some of the teachers pronounciations.
By CSSI-Coursera P
•Aug 16, 2019
While few algorithms are given, concentrating on each one are helpful for a deep understanding. Subtitles could be improved.
By Albert S
•Oct 9, 2016
Programming assignments are well structured in such a way that it encourages one to continuously improve upon the solution.
By Yashas D
•Jul 25, 2021
The assignments are excellent. The tutorial videos can improve with respect to explanations of problem solving techniques.
By Harsh K
•Apr 20, 2020
It was an awesome journey! I learned so much in this course. However, I think the assignments should be more extensive.
By victor c
•Nov 19, 2017
Some videos are not clear and you have to read on your own about some algorithms. But the material an content was good.
By Naman Y
•Oct 3, 2019
Topics in dynamic programming could have been explained in a better way and problems could have a little more variety.
By Nancy Y
•Jan 16, 2019
Course is good, but nobody to respond in discussion board. I wish instructors/mentors available for clarifying queries
By Aman G
•Jan 13, 2018
Please improve the video narration of some teachers as it gets really confusing sometimes what they are talking about