My Background: Bachelor of Science in Applied Math. When I started this course I had about 3 years of work experience as a a Data Engineer using Python / SQL / VBA

Summary: This was one of the easiest class I've taken as part of OMSCS. This would pair well with a second course. There are many weeks where I wasn't really doing anything except speed watching a lecture video and taking a multiple choice quiz. I think I spent less than 5 hours a week and got an easy A. I thought this course was a bit boring for someone who has done modeling before, but appreciated the easy workload and break from tougher courses as I was getting burnt out. I wish they would release all the work ahead of time, the slow pacing of having to wait for a quiz to be released each week was annoying. The projects are fun, but need more QA as the wording was sometimes referencing a prior semester. You will likely need to look at the provided test cases to code the model exactly how the professor wants it. The final project is more difficult than the others, but is very open ended and still doable in a week if you have been following along with the course.