As someone who had to do a coding unit and struggled immensely, this is a very straightforward unit. Each week they go over all the methods of coding in detail and the demonstrators are very helpful. The assignments are easy to score well on as all the methods of data analysis required have already been explained to you by the demonstrators and there are some videos too. The quizzes are also relatively straightforward but require less rope learning as these are based more on theory so if you don't pay attention to the lectures you won't know the answers. Overall a nice introductory unit and would recommend for anyone wanting to do it as an elective

I'm surprised to say it but this was the best unit I did in my first year of uni. It was clear how much effort was put into every part of the unit. While I generally find coding and statistics as dead boring this unit made them as interesting as they could possibly be. The practicals were usually clear to follow and complete in the given time, and in the times that they were confusing the demonstrators are always helpful. There are also enough demonstrators to get around to helping all the students in the practical classes which I have found to be largely not the case at UWA. The assignments were very clear in what was required & were well structured. It was easy to find what to do for the assignments via the past prac worksheets & the course textbook. Whilst the assignments were not super easy, they were marked very fairly. The inclusion of weekly music videos, as well as 'easter eggs' in the worksheets & assignments made the unit more enjoyable and showed just how much effort was put into this unit. This is one of only three units that I've done that I would say has been worth my time, effort and money. It helped me understand coding & statistics with absolutely no prior knowledge and I've used knowledge from this unit to help me with all of my other units.

What a great unit, James is so nice and really wants you to succeed. The content isn't super interesting and I found lectures hard to get through but the skills you learn are so valuable. Make sure you do the weekly exercises as this will get you through the assignments!

Although the content isn't particularly interesting, this course is very valuable. The lecturer is absolutely amazing, he has real passion for learning and made the textbook free for the students. The course is taught in a very beginner friendly way. It is extremely well structured and I never felt like I was lost or left behind. Super useful to learn R and excel as it's needed in many prospective jobs.

While it was an absolute drag to have to take this considering I thought it to be in no way relevant to my degree, I owe the coordinator and tutors eternal thanks for teaching what they did. Although I wouldn't really recommend it to any non-science students, if you're doing a science major (particularly any biological sciences) I would seriously recommend it solely for the invaluable knowledge and skills you get which will be helpful for the rest of your degree. While the labs start out easy and quick to complete (working through pre-written R programs to learn the coding), the work expected to be completed in the tutorial time was definitely way too much for later half of the semester. The assignments were well spaced out and most of the content for them was taught thoroughly before the date opened (the parts that weren't were acknowledged and taught the next week, and the assignment was open for several weeks anyway). Overall a very valuable unit in terms of skill development on programs such as excel and R.

I did this unit last year and I absolutely hated it. To be honest though, this is probably the first unit where I actually learned something (excel). The non-excel parts were stupid and irrelevant but this unit made me really confident and knowledgeable in excel.

This is a crap unit. Unless you have to study it as part of your Science major, avoid at all costs!