This is described as a beginner specialization, so you're probably fine if you're comfortable with Python and have a passing familiarity with linear algebra. T

This is described as a beginner specialization, so you're probably fine if you're comfortable with Python and have a passing familiarity with linear algebra. The older machine learning class alone is eleven weeks, compared to nine weeks for the first three classes of this specialization. You might consider going through the first four weeks of that class, which lays the foundation for neural networks by introducing linear and logistic regression.