I was very glad to learn the foundations of ecology in this edifying course. Prof. Scott Solomon's lectures are lucid and very well structured. The material is easy to learn but substantive. This knowledge complements perfectly what I learned in his Intro to Evolution course. I am now on to Dr. Solomon's third course. On to Biodiversity! Thank you, Rice University! :)

it is actually a amazing course. i learnt alot from it.

Fantastic professor!

I love your work! Will be applying to Rice because of it :)

Loved it!!! An amazing introduction to this perspective in life! Than you!

it is amazing course . you will benefit alot

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I enjoyed this course, and you can see that Professor Solomon put a lot of time and energy into it, including bringing in knowledgeable guests and doing little skits with them.

I do wish the course went more in-depth with some topics; although I know it's a beginner-level course, some of the content seemed more simplified than other courses of the same level. Additionally, my favorite part was the video lesson in the 7th module, when Professor Solomon was interacting with the elephants. I think the best online courses are those where the instructor isn't just reading a script the whole time, and I wish the instructor talked a little more naturally about the material (like he does with the elephants) to make the videos more like traditional learning. I did get a lot out of this course, though, and I plan to do the specialization.

I really enjoyed this subject and felt that the content was pitched at the right level for someone who hasn't studied biology since secondary school (several decades ago). I plan on studying the other two units in the specialisation because I am keen to learn more!

I thought Dr. Solomon was very likeable and I overall really enjoyed the course. The backdrops for the interviews with guest scientists were super cheesy but the content of each interview was very interesting. I plowed through this course because I liked it so much! Highly recommend. Remember that you'll get out of the course what you put into it, so I recommend taking advantage of the optional discussion boards and readings.

First of all, thank you for made this great and رery simple and clear language. It is a great course for the who is alike me have no deep knowledge about ecology and study other aspect of science like Geography. Now I have a deep understanding about many rules of ecology that will help me to have a better perspective about the our environments.

The specialization gives a good overview of basic biology. The courses are well paced, the instructor is engaging and explains things well. The courses are a little basic, and the genetics section isn't explained in the best manner (but this isn't a genetics course on Mendel).

Es uno de los mejores cursos MOOC que he llevado. El hecho de que se busque constantemente la reflexión y te inviten a realizar tareas prácticas es un pilar fundamental para promover el aprendizaje.

This course is phenomenal! Really precise and on point. Easy to understand even for beginners. Thank you!

This was a very motivating, informative, and engaging course on Ecology for me as a beginner.

it was great to have enrolled for this course it added to my knowledge!

amazing course to learn about evolution, ecology, and biodiversity

Humans have evolved for 7 million years to do this course.

Amazing professor! Highly recommend.

Excellent into to the subject.

It's a great learning course.

teacher is very good

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This is a good course, in my opinion it would have been nice to go more in deph and have more assignemnts focus on understanding the topic, but I also understand that this is hard in an online course format. I would be interested in watching recordings of Prof. Solomons lectures at University.

Easy to pursue and fun! I learned a lot of basic concepts!