Table: course_completions
+-------------------+---------+ | Column Name | Type | +-------------------+---------+ | user_id | int | | course_id | int | | course_name | varchar | | completion_date | date | | course_rating | int | +-------------------+---------+ (user_id, course_id) is the combination of columns with unique values for this table. Each row represents a completed course by a user with their rating (1-5 scale).
Write a solution to identify skill mastery pathways by analyzing course completion sequences among top-performing students:
5 courses with an average rating of 4 or higher).Course A → Course B) taken by these students.Return the result table ordered by pair frequency in descending order and then by first course name and second course name in ascending order.
The result format is in the following example.
Example:
Input:
course_completions table:
+---------+-----------+------------------+-----------------+---------------+ | user_id | course_id | course_name | completion_date | course_rating | +---------+-----------+------------------+-----------------+---------------+ | 1 | 101 | Python Basics | 2024-01-05 | 5 | | 1 | 102 | SQL Fundamentals | 2024-02-10 | 4 | | 1 | 103 | JavaScript | 2024-03-15 | 5 | | 1 | 104 | React Basics | 2024-04-20 | 4 | | 1 | 105 | Node.js | 2024-05-25 | 5 | | 1 | 106 | Docker | 2024-06-30 | 4 | | 2 | 101 | Python Basics | 2024-01-08 | 4 | | 2 | 104 | React Basics | 2024-02-14 | 5 | | 2 | 105 | Node.js | 2024-03-20 | 4 | | 2 | 106 | Docker | 2024-04-25 | 5 | | 2 | 107 | AWS Fundamentals | 2024-05-30 | 4 | | 3 | 101 | Python Basics | 2024-01-10 | 3 | | 3 | 102 | SQL Fundamentals | 2024-02-12 | 3 | | 3 | 103 | JavaScript | 2024-03-18 | 3 | | 3 | 104 | React Basics | 2024-04-22 | 2 | | 3 | 105 | Node.js | 2024-05-28 | 3 | | 4 | 101 | Python Basics | 2024-01-12 | 5 | | 4 | 108 | Data Science | 2024-02-16 | 5 | | 4 | 109 | Machine Learning | 2024-03-22 | 5 | +---------+-----------+------------------+-----------------+---------------+
Output:
+------------------+------------------+------------------+ | first_course | second_course | transition_count | +------------------+------------------+------------------+ | Node.js | Docker | 2 | | React Basics | Node.js | 2 | | Docker | AWS Fundamentals | 1 | | JavaScript | React Basics | 1 | | Python Basics | React Basics | 1 | | Python Basics | SQL Fundamentals | 1 | | SQL Fundamentals | JavaScript | 1 | +------------------+------------------+------------------+
Explanation:
Results are ordered by transition_count in descending order, then by first_course in ascending order, and then by second_course in ascending order.