This Specialization is intended for a learner with no previous coding experience seeking to develop SQL query fluency. Through three progressively more difficult SQL projects with data science applications, you will cover topics such as SQL basics, SQL analysis, problem- solving strategies, debugging, improving data quality, and more. These topics will prepare you to apply SQL creatively to analyze and explore data; demonstrate efficiency in writing queries; create data analysis datasets; conduct feature engineering, use SQL with other data analysis and machine learning toolsets; and use SQL with unstructured data sets.
Learn SQL Basics for Data Science Specialization
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
(10,326 reviews)
Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
1 month at 10 hours a week
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
Overview
Use SQL commands to filter, sort, & summarize data; manipulate strings, dates, & numerical data from different sources for analysis
Assess and create datasets to solve your business questions and problems using SQL
Develop a project proposal & select your data, perform statistical analysis & develop metrics, and present your findings & make recommendations
Skills you'll gain
Tools you'll learn
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August 2025
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Specialization - 3 course series
What you'll learn
Identify a subset of data needed from a column or set of columns and write a SQL query to limit to those results.
Use SQL commands to filter, sort, and summarize data.
Create an analysis table from multiple queries using the UNION operator.
Manipulate strings, dates, & numeric data using functions to integrate data from different sources into fields with the correct format for analysis.
Skills you'll gain
Category: SQL
Category: Data Governance
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Query Languages
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Database Design
Category: Data Access
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Science
What you'll learn
Validate and clean a dataset
Assess and create datasets to answer your questions
Solve problems using SQL
Build a simple testing framework to touch on AB Testing
Skills you'll gain
Category: SQL
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Business Metrics
Category: JSON
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Business Reporting
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Predictive Analytics
Category: Dataflow
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Data Quality
Category: Analytics
Category: Complex Problem Solving
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Forecasting
What you'll learn
Develop a project proposal and select your data
Perform descriptive statistics as part of your exploratory analysis
Develop metrics and perform advanced techniques in SQL
Present your findings and make recommendations
Skills you'll gain
Category: Statistical Methods
Category: Target Audience
Category: Data Modeling
Category: SQL
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Presentations
Category: Business Metrics
Category: Proposal Writing
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Descriptive Statistics
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Data Wrangling
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Frequently asked questions
This Specialization consists of 4 courses that could take anyone from 4-6 months to complete.
This Specialization is intended for the learner with no prior knowledge and will progress through the courses advancing their SQL skills.
We absolutely recommend you take the first course listed first and the Capstone project last, but courses two and three can be completed in either order.
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