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Learner Reviews & Feedback for The Horse Course: Introduction to Basic Care and Management by University of Florida

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About the Course

There are over 100 million horses, donkeys and mules in the world today and owners of these animals can be found on almost every continent and in almost every society. The Horse Course will cover many unique aspects of equine ownership and touch upon the science behind many of today’s management practices....

Top reviews

ES

Jul 6, 2020

Great course. A must have for all horse lovers. The instructor explained everything in a way that I could understand and grow from. I have learned so much thanks to this course and greatly enjoyed it!

TC

Sep 8, 2018

I have learnt so much by taking this course, so thorough and engaging, ill be sad to not be studying this on my evenings anymore for sure.

100% recommend. Thankyou for holding such a great course.

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By Nadine L

Mar 14, 2016

please try and make easier but not too easy to pass. meaning less assignments and more quizzes, which i find fun to do.

By Elizabeth L

Aug 31, 2018

It has helped me understand a lot more about equine care, and has really filled up my kit to become a good owner.

By Jack S

Jan 4, 2022

Fantastic up to date information course. I think there should be a free certificate though.

By Lize K

Nov 23, 2020

As a new member, I found the information valuable and could aply it immediatly.

By sophia d

Dec 23, 2015

one thing is that people eat horses today in iceland too but super helpfull

By Amy L

Apr 12, 2021

wonderful course really helpful and well organized

By Riggs S

Feb 11, 2016

Strong, fluid, insightfull and passionate course!

By Rebecca b

Jun 25, 2017

attentive and informative

By Este E

Aug 16, 2019

This is a great course!

By Abdul A

Apr 3, 2023

great to learn here

By Kamrun N M

Sep 13, 2020

That was excellent

By Muneeb a

Jan 27, 2024

excellent

By Cheyanne K S

May 11, 2019

loved it

By نادين م ا ف U

Aug 19, 2022

GREAT

By Rey W

May 29, 2017

Horses & equines are talked about less as sentient beings and creatures with the potential to be friends and family members than as animals who are clearly seen as "less than", regardless of whether they are seen to be impressive or not. Some information is clearly not in a horse's best interest (really, a horse is ok getting ONE hour of turnout?) and no quality information is given, which is most important, about the proper way a horse moves, soreness, etc. Body scale information is super black and white and it was evident with the peer review that students still did not know what they were talking about unless they were already horse people.

By David B

Feb 22, 2021

Too many topics. Didn’t allow enough time to immerse myself in any one area. Consider having longer lectures or more depth on topics, making those options. For example, I am very interested in reading and understanding horse emotions and I would have liked to go deeper into that. The reproduction lectures are an example of something I could just breeze over. But I do realize some may want to learn more about that topic.

All in all I can’t complain because it was free.

By Jonathan G

Nov 6, 2016

informative but somewhat redundant. You can learn this stuff just fine at a stable. Tedious course.

By Louie

Apr 16, 2016

Good basic information overview. Helpful instructor.

By Anna J M

Apr 10, 2021

Where are the credits of the course?

By Mary W

Jul 26, 2023

I have no idea how this course got such a high review because:

The Horse Corse ' University of Florida is not allowing for fair marking for peer reviews. It has an 80% or more to pass. It only allows for peers to pick 6 - Fail or 10 - exceeds expectations. So unless you Exceed Expectations every single assignment then you fail. With no other option to contest this. No way to contact Dr Mortenson, dead forums, etc. This just a disgusting oversite and seeing as the course has been up for 3 years, the doctor, the university and coursera have to know this

Not only that but the professor who created it no longer works at UofF. He does not even reside inside the states, so any issues are not going to be resolved. Courera Needs to follow up. Since even the forums are no longer monitered by admins or moderators.