09-21-2022, 11:49 PM
Provider: Study.com
Course: CS 303: Database Management
Course content: Placement test available, 12 chapters, 70 quizes/lessons, one final project, one final exam
Final exam format: Did not take yet. I took my two for the month already, and I'm just waiting until next month to grab this one (had a 30% off promo, so its $70 regardless of if I pay now or in a week)
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: Did not take yet
Time taken on course: Around 6 hours
Familiarity with subject before course: High. I do SQL queries every day, but I only have read access to the database. Still it was enough knowledge to really get through the course quickly.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: This one is a cake walk. If you don't know any SQL, I first learned on Khan Academy which I think has a great format for learning this stuff (video+code on the same screen to do the SQL as you learn). Once you know that you don't even really have to understand DDL, it will just sort of come to you because SQL is basically talking to the computer in caveman English. I did take the placement test and I think I got one wrong. The remaining quizzes I mostly skipped videos and skimmed the material (one to two minutes) and took the quiz. The final project is a breeze, super basic stuff and they give you half the answers (and a lot of what they don't give you is just syntax you can get in 2 seconds by googling if you need to. It probably took about 2 hours all said and done, but I did a lot of stop and start and goofing off in between. It takes more time to get your screenshots and copy paste everything into word than anything else.
1-10 Difficulty level: 2. Honestly still a 2 even if you don't have experience. I don't know what all the lessons are like (probably a lot of inaccuracies and poorly worded questions and conflicting information from lesson to lesson which is my SDC experience so far), but I imagine most people can probably get through this in well under 20 hours without any problems.
Course: CS 303: Database Management
Course content: Placement test available, 12 chapters, 70 quizes/lessons, one final project, one final exam
Final exam format: Did not take yet. I took my two for the month already, and I'm just waiting until next month to grab this one (had a 30% off promo, so its $70 regardless of if I pay now or in a week)
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: Did not take yet
Time taken on course: Around 6 hours
Familiarity with subject before course: High. I do SQL queries every day, but I only have read access to the database. Still it was enough knowledge to really get through the course quickly.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: This one is a cake walk. If you don't know any SQL, I first learned on Khan Academy which I think has a great format for learning this stuff (video+code on the same screen to do the SQL as you learn). Once you know that you don't even really have to understand DDL, it will just sort of come to you because SQL is basically talking to the computer in caveman English. I did take the placement test and I think I got one wrong. The remaining quizzes I mostly skipped videos and skimmed the material (one to two minutes) and took the quiz. The final project is a breeze, super basic stuff and they give you half the answers (and a lot of what they don't give you is just syntax you can get in 2 seconds by googling if you need to. It probably took about 2 hours all said and done, but I did a lot of stop and start and goofing off in between. It takes more time to get your screenshots and copy paste everything into word than anything else.
1-10 Difficulty level: 2. Honestly still a 2 even if you don't have experience. I don't know what all the lessons are like (probably a lot of inaccuracies and poorly worded questions and conflicting information from lesson to lesson which is my SDC experience so far), but I imagine most people can probably get through this in well under 20 hours without any problems.
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