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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Planet Earth...and You! by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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About the Course

Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, ice ages, landslides, floods, life evolution, plate motions—all of these phenomena have interacted over the vast expanses of deep time to sculpt the dynamic planet that we live on today. Planet Earth presents an overview of several aspects of our home, from a geological perspective. We begin with earthquakes—what they are, what causes them, what effects they have, and what we can do about them. We will emphasize that plate tectonics—the grand unifying theory of geology—explains how the map of our planet's surface has changed radically over geologic time, and why present-day geologic activity—including a variety of devastating natural disasters such as earthquakes—occur where they do. We consider volcanoes, types of eruptions, and typical rocks found there. Finally, we will delve into the processes that produce the energy and mineral resources that modern society depends on, to help understand the context of the environment and sustainability challenges that we will face in the future....

Top reviews

KW

Oct 1, 2020

Lesson content, especially the video lectures, is accessible and also adds on more to what I already learned about the geology.

DF

Jul 30, 2022

O​ne of the best professors I've experienced. He can make difficult concepts easy to explain by using everyday examples.

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By Ivan F

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Jun 25, 2017

Me dió una fundamentación en las ciencias de la tierra. Bien explicado e informativo

By Phoa J L

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May 25, 2020

Interesting content, appropriate for beginners, truly an eye-opening experience.

By Jean-Philippe G

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Aug 13, 2021

Excellent course! I really enjoy it. Very well presented and illustrated.

By Chan W S

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Jun 25, 2020

An excellent course to take up if you want to learn more about the earth

By Fernando

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Aug 2, 2020

Great questions and lab that sparks students' interest in the subject!

By Ng Z Y

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Jun 8, 2020

Very interesting course with well-written quizzes and lab assignments.

By Tan K Y D

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Sep 20, 2020

Clear description and compelling information from the videos attached

By MANRAJ M 1

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May 16, 2020

Course was really interesting. I really enjoyed during this course.

By Ng H

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May 18, 2020

Excellent course on geography, the nature and the world around us.

By Charmaine C S M

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Jun 21, 2020

the lecturer was interesting and the course was very insightful!!

By Loe W T T

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May 20, 2020

outstanding course with clear videos and interactive assignments

By Joshua H

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Nov 21, 2020

Reviewed me to better perform on my current work! Thank you!

By Zubair A

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Oct 24, 2018

very interesting to me it gives very basic information.

By Tan T K

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Jun 10, 2020

Very informational and lecturers presented very well.

By Low H J

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Jun 6, 2020

Course is nicely planned and the videos were amazing.

By Raki

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Sep 21, 2025

very good course and very recomended for beginners

By Hoo K J

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Jul 19, 2020

Great course learnt alot about my planet Earth

By Jessica H

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Sep 7, 2017

Very interesting and interactive course.

By Nicholas C C Y

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May 25, 2021

great comprehensive course, enjoyed it

By LIM J E

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Jan 10, 2021

interesting and informative course!

By Farmanullah K

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Nov 4, 2024

very valuable thanks to dr marshak

By Mary E

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Aug 24, 2022

excellent introduction to geology!

By CLARE Y P Y

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Jun 16, 2020

Interesting and fun course

By Felipe A S

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Aug 1, 2020

Great course! I love it!

By Tan S J

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Jul 19, 2020

Great course learnt alot