Math 0-1: Calculus for Data Science & Machine Learning (Udemy.com)
A Casual Guide for Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Python Programmers
Created by: Lazy Programmer Inc.
Last updated May 2026
What you will learn
- Limits, limit definition of derivative, derivatives from first principles
- Derivative rules (chain rule, product rule, quotient rule, implicit differentiation)
- Integration, area under curve, fundamental theorem of calculus
- Vector calculus, partial derivatives, gradient, Jacobian, Hessian, steepest ascent
- Optimize (maximize or minimize) a function
- l'Hopital's Rule
- Newton's Method
How it compares
Against the other 127 rated Udemy courses in Math on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 51% of them
- Reviews1,671#16 of 128 by number of reviews
- Length14.5 hourslonger than 57% of them
- Last updatedMay 2026more recently than 68% of them
Course Description
Common scenario: You try to get into machine learning and data science, but there's SO MUCH MATH.
Either you never studied this math, or you studied it so long ago you've forgotten it all.
What do you do?
Well my friends, that is why I created this course.
Calculus is one of the most important math prerequisites for machine learning. It's required to understand probability and statistics, which form the foundation of data science. Backpropagation, the learning algorithm behind deep learning and neural networks, is really just calculus with a fancy name.
If you want to do machine learning beyond just copying library code from blogs and tutorials, you must know calculus.
Normally, calculus is split into 3 courses, which takes about 1.5 years to complete.
Luckily, I've refined these teachings into just the essentials, so that you can learn everything you need to know on the scale of hours instead of years.
This course will cover Calculus 1 (limits, derivatives, and the most important derivative rules), Calculus 2 (integration), and Calculus 3 (vector calculus). It will even include machine learning-focused material you wouldn't normally see in a regular college course. We will even demonstrate many of the concepts in this course using the Python programming language (don't worry, you don't need to know Python for this course). In other words, instead of the dry old college version of calculus, this course takes just the most practical and impactful topics, and provides you with skills directly applicable to machine learning and data science, so you can start applying them today.
Are you ready?
Let's go!
Suggested prerequisites:
Firm understanding of high school math (functions, algebra, trigonometry)
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
1,671 Reviews
Lazy Programmer Inc.
The Lazy Programmer is a seasoned online educator with an unwavering passion for sharing knowledge. With over 10 years of experience, he has revolutionized the field of data science and machine learning by captivating audiences worldwide through his comprehensive courses and tutorials.
Equipped with a multidisciplinary background, the Lazy Programmer holds a remarkable duo of master's degrees. His first foray into academia led him to pursue computer engineering, with a specialized focus on machine learning and pattern recognition. Undeterred by boundaries, he then ventured into the realm of statistics, exploring its applications in financial engineering.
Recognized as a trailblazer in his field, the Lazy Programmer quickly embraced the power of deep learning when it was still in its infancy. As one of the pioneers, he fearlessly embarked on instructing one of the first-ever online courses on deep learning, catapulting him to the forefront of the industry.
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Reviews
By Alex Garcia on 6/22/2026
This course is great. It cuts out a lot of the unnecessary noise and problems in a traditional calculus class keeping the points needed for DS and ML. I have done multiple calculus courses in college already and so this has been a great refresher. Straight to the point, well explained all without the semester worth of unnecessary info with actual relevant applications. Great course
By Ben Rust on 3/5/2026
I took this class as a refresher for a grad school class on math for machine learning. I really only needed the Calc 1 section, but TLP covered the topics so well I just kept learning. Likely to take some of the other courses TLP offers for content bolstering for grad school or for extending my learning around topics of interest not covered in class.
By PocariSweet on 4/7/2025
It was really good for me to learn how the lecture explained the basics of calculus in detail how things are proven and what kinds of approaches are used. However, for certain formulas, like the Taylor series, we had to accept them without proof. Since that topic wasn't covered in this lecture, we just had to move on, which was a bit unfortunate. Aside from that, the explanations were very detailed, which I liked.
By Joshua Hoodin on 1/19/2025
I am currently a data scientist. I graduated from college almost 20 years ago and I realized that I need a refresher on calculus as I try to wrap my head around the latest developments in deep learning. This course was perfect! I feel much more confident in my math literacy and I have already purchased the next course (on linear algebra). Thank you Lazy Programmer!
By Nikita Selin on 11/3/2024
A great course to get a refresher on calculus for deep learning. The author gives very intuitive explanations of complex topics without neglecting the rigorous part of mathematics. It would be good, in my opinion, if there were more exercises in the course, especially in the last section on calculus 3. But overall, it is a great course for everybody who remembered something from high school mathematics :)
By Yatanveer Singh on 12/23/2023
I have taken this course and have spent lot of hrs and can tell that, this 12 hrs course will take lot of time to understand and complete (150 hrs). This can be done if we have 100% free time for 4 weeks. Good thing is if you have little idea of Calculus and we flow what is being taught, this course will make us ready to understand ML. Having said that the instructor should again go back and try to minimize the un-necessary or repetitive content.
By Anil Bains on 8/16/2023
This was great! I literally remembered nothing about calculus (or most university math for that matter) and this course made it so understandable for beginners. I was able to follow along and as I go back through the course to brush up on things, I know I'll be an expert in no time. Thank you!!!
By Kashif Rafiq on 6/11/2023
Very well-detailed and encouraging course. Just completed over half the course and I can say it's the best math course I have encountered. The way Lazy Programmer explains the topics and logic of the steps in very simple terms is what I liked very much about it. And structuring the topics in this course is the main backbone of the course which makes it thrilling and engaging to learn more.
By Frederick Zhang on 6/10/2023
I really wish this course was available three years before its release when I started going down the Lazy Programmer rabbit hole. Having taken over 15 of his courses to date, there were many times when I felt lost during his lectures because I had forgotten most of my undergrad calculus. The course boils Calculus 1, 2 and 3 down to the essentials most relevant to machine learning and deep learning. A lot of time, however, is also spent on theorem proofs, which I presume are more for interest than necessity. Calculus has been around for about 400 years now, so I think we can safely take Newton and Leibniz at their word. I was somewhat disappointed that the lectures on Taylor expansions are only available with VIP access. This discrepancy between regular Udemy students and VIP students is most annoying, to be honest. Nonetheless, I hope Lazy Programmer continues this math foundations series into linear algebra, probability and statistics.
By Donald Nardone on 5/22/2023
This class has been challenging as I haven't taken a college math class since the early 90's (and it wasn't Calculus). But, I've been able to follow the instructor and understand the material (by taking tons of notes and doing the exercises). Knowing that these are the concepts needed to understand future ML material; the instructor is excellent at putting the Calculus into perspective.
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Overall Score : 94 / 100

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