Would appreciate some advice on a data science course I’m thinking to take.

I just finished high school and I don’t start uni till January so I was doing online courses to prepare for the bachelors in marine biology I am taking. When I checked with Claude and ChatGPT they recommended that I do a course called IBM data science professional certificate, saying it would greatly help with becoming a marine biologist as data analysis is a big part of the job. But when I looked into the course contents it delves really deep into python, databases and SQL, machine learning and generative AI. Will learning all this really help me in the marine biology field? I would greatly appreciate any advice and suggestions.

Link to the course in question: https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/ibm-data-science#courses