It is very informative and interesting.Students interested in biology can opt this course.
I learned, enjoyed and got inspired to continue with biology.
By missy D
•If you are going to take a biology course for credits or you will be going into a field where biology is constantly used, take this course and the specialization! This specialization and course are both fantastic
By Alejandro V
•I learned, enjoyed and got inspired to continue with biology.
By DEEKSHITHA S
•It was amazing course with extraordinary information.
By T.
•Informative and easy to follow. Thank you very much!
By Carlos N R P
•Was a very useful course.
By Dr M
•good
By MARIA E L R
•me gusto mucho el curso porque es muy interactivo, con los cuestionario sy las tareas para enviar.
By María E L B
•me gusto muchoo
By Pasquale D S
•Definitely not what I expected. It was announced as a course to 'explore the nature of science and biology, to discuss what science and biology are as disciplines of inquiry and how chemistry is foundational to understanding biology'. I basically expected an innovative way yo teach and stimulate interest in 'biology for non-biology students'. Well, the biological content of this first four weeks of course reduces to five criteria to define life (homeostasis, organization, energy use, reproduction, evolution), introduced in 9 minutes in week 3. The chemical basis (week 4) is a reminder that 'chemicals' are not synonym of 'bad things' and a 5 minutes introduction to four classes of biological macromolecules (carbs, proteins, nucleid acids, fats). The rest is mostly a report on the teacher's experience with 'common misconceptions on science and the scientific method'. If you have a high-school basis in biology (or even less than that...), you learn nothing. If not, the course provides little more than a few names and examples that, in the bast case, give the illusion of understanding rather than true understanding. The ratio of peer-reviews assignments to quizzes is too high and does not assure that you learn the notions, it's a case of blind leading the blind. Maybe things change with the following courses, but I hesitate to take them, I found this one too boring and basic. Perhaps it is mostly useful for teachers when covering the 'common misconception' aspects; it also has a honours track that seems almost exclusively targeted to educators (not at college/university, though!), since you need to devise pedagogical strategies and the like. If you are paying for this course, think twice and be sure that it's what you're looking for.
By RAFAEL A O
•Too little information and a lot of quizzes to take