Learner Reviews & Feedback for Astro 101: Black Holes by University of Alberta
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TM
Jun 22, 2020
Astro 101 Black Holes, was the first coursera lesson I took. I loved it.I'm hooked and already signed up for my next course.I purchased my certificate and will display it proudly.
JB
Sep 2, 2025
This was a fascinating course. Lots of material to learn and digest (that's sort of a black hole pun). I learned a lot and hope to do more independent reading to learn yet more about black holes.
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By Joy S
•Sep 3, 2018
Fascinating. Plus they get into Star Trek. Pretty technical, though
By Pattadon N
•Jun 15, 2020
I think the lecture should have pictures and colors.
By KAUSTUV L
•May 28, 2020
Could involve a little more mathematics.
By HARI Y
•May 12, 2022
THe Subject was Amazing
By Oleksandra O
•May 10, 2020
All movies were cool.
By sagar c
•Oct 23, 2023
nice
By hamid m
•Nov 6, 2022
honestly, it's too remedial
i feel like their target audience is at an eight grader level
this is the first time in my life that i've sped up the audio to 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, and 2x
2x at the beginning, and 1.25x in the later sections
the audio needed to be better. it was too faint, forcing me to increase my system audio to unacceptable levels (because i couldn't multitask with the audio of another app or game on)
on the other hand, i haven't had an acceptable success rate on finishing higher level courses, so maybe it was good for me to try something different
By Joseph C
•Nov 24, 2020
Oftentimes one gets the impression that some of the lecturers have no idea what they are talking about; they appear to be reading from scripts off their computers. I also have the feeling that the overall course can be more "instructive" if the material is organized differently. This is a class for novices, not for experts, and it may not be necessary for a course lasting "10 weeks" to give the novice a useful overview of the subject.
By Marina S
•Jul 24, 2024
I'm a beginner and this is, to my mind, not a course for beginners. The math is way over my head. Having said that, I'm still fascinated by what I could understand.
By Jessie A
•Aug 14, 2020
Im convinced some of the questions have all wrong answers regardless. Its a very detailed course which is good but found myself getting bored often.
By Salman A N
•Dec 22, 2018
A good course, with satisfactory content, good for physics undergraduate students and others fascinated by the beauties of the cosmos.
By Deleted A
•Dec 14, 2020
Too many instructors. Exams do not qualify what is taught. Poorly constructed.