Excellent Course for Geoscience students! Lab parts are so challenging and informative. I really enjoy this course. The explanations are clear. The forum parts a bit tiring.

Very good information - I loved the Google Earth Labs you guys set up for us. Really useful and a fun way to connect knowledge with real life.

I enjoyed Planet Earth... and You! very much. The content of all five modules flowed naturally with the next, and it was thus easy to understand and take in all the material. The use of Google Earth Pro for the Lab assignments was also very interesting - in no other course can you travel around the world from the comfort of your home to identify the various features learnt in the lectures.

Lectures are well explained and clear. One of the most interesting course that you will not get bored going through. The labs made use of Google Earth which takes you around the world looking at geological features. The discussions are fun and made you expresses how you feel about the scenario given.

The professors make learning fun and fruitful. This course is interesting and provides great insights into Mother Nature and why we should protect the one and only home we have.

This is the second time that I took this course. It was more in depth in topics than the original course, and I enjoyed it. Good presentation. Thank you.

You have to purchase (50 dollars!) the entire course in order to do the quizzes and assignments....that ruined the entire course for me.

The course is very useful, the teacher explains clearly and provides a solid foundation. I am fully satisfied.

Nice entry to geology.

I enjoyed the course, particularly the lectures because it was as if I was being told a story that I had long forgotten. I was mesmerized video after video. My only criticism is not being able to select the right measurements off of Google Earth during the labs more than once and I never did figure out the plate motion calculator. Instructions for how to applicably use this could have been a little more explicit. And I ran into a couple of links that were no longer functioning that was disappointing. If someone would spend the time auditing the course to ensure that it is working as intended, you would not hear of any further issues down the road.

Q: Where is it always 90 degrees, but never hot?

It has been a great course, and I especially like the case studies that come with it. The most unforgettable one was the earthquake case study of Pompeii in 79 A.D. (which allowed me to finally understand why Bastille named his song Pompeii!). The lessons on mining were also interesting as I got to understand the changes in the mining industry throughout history. I especially enjoyed the lab lessons and getting to see geographic landmarks, allowing me to apply knowledge into real-life applications. Thank you for this well thought out module!

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An incredible course with incredible teachers and full of new and complex information. It was a dream to study this subject and now I'm trained and certified. Thank you for this opportunity to share and acquire more knowledge on this subject that is increasingly important to know, after all, the world needs to be studied and known so that our decisions are rational and not harmful to the environment. Finally, I hope that someday I will be able to study at the University of Illinois.

I'm astounded at how in depth the course's resources is, the weekly quizzes, assignments and lab sessions really opened my eyes to the geology of our planet earth. I now see the connection between mankind's action and the earth's impact, as well as understood the role I play in taking better care of our planet. Special thanks for Dr Marshak and Dr Herrstrom, I'm humbled to have been their student for these past 5 weeks!

I love this course, though I have only audited it - I am going to do the whole course when I have more time! Professor Marshak teaches with ease, engages students and makes geology a passionate subject matter. I would love to see more courses by Him covering the other chapters of his book Essentials of geology. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand science in action.

G​reat course, very thorough course.

The only thing I would like is less emphasis on week 5 fossil fuel resources (since we are transitioning away from this), and more on geothermal resources. It would also be great if we could learn and intepret geological survey maps, and explore the different rock and particularly soil types (i.e. the different zones of soil) in more detail.

The Course itself brought me plenty of knowledges on Planet Earth by knowing the 5 different topics that have been taught. In this course i do not only just learn online lectures and quizzes but also given the opportunity to use Google Earth Pro and understanding the different features on Earth. This is a course that gives you plenty of knowledge on Planet Earth.

The team put in a lot of effort to design this course regardless of the lectures, quizzes, lab assignments, peer-review assignments etc. Personally, I had a great time doing the lab assignments as several of them requires me to use the Google Earth app to do. I recommend everyone to take this course as it uses a novel approach to teach the course content.

I liked a lot the course, it was a bit harder than I thought, maybe because I was very amateur and I knew less of geology related subjects than I thought, but I've learnt a lot of new exciting content that makes me want to know more about geology processes. Thanks for the couse! =)

Its the best course for geology lovers. The content is so well delivered even the lab assignments were very interesting and one can get good knowledge about google earth in this course. Students pursuing Civil engineering should absolutely do this course for basic knowledge.

I've enjoyed the course. I do not have much knowledge and information regarding certain aspects of this course. However, through the detailed lecture video, it helps me open up my perspective and knowledge. Importantly, I can better appreciate 'Earth', our home. Thank you.

Material was extremely engaging and the use of Google Earth Pro was incredible! Lesson was well-designed and structured, extremely interactive and immersive. Assignments were short and sweet, allowed me to apply my learnings in a succinct manner. Highly recommend!

I enjoyed the course! While it was somewhat challenging as it was unrelated to my major, the content remained largely interesting! I found the assignments quite interesting (I took it fairly seriously) as I researched and read up on.

Really good course overall, learnt a lot of intersting facts about geography. And had fruitful discussions in the forums when discussing with peers about our perspectives regarding the different scenarios listed in the course.

It was an excellent course ! Anyone from any field of study can learn a lot of things about geology and earth science. I just love the course and the the lab of the course too. Waiting for more courses like this in future.

Lecturers could explain the topics very succinctly and clearly, to a geographic newbie like myself, and I've actually learnt a fair bit more about the state of our physical world around us! Highly recommended!