Name: Planet Earth...and You!
Brand: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.9 (95 reviews)

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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

Oct 1, 2020

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

Jun 15, 2020

very insightful with enthusiastic lecturers! Easy to follow even for people with very basic geographic knowledge such as myself.

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By Yunfan H

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Jul 30, 2020

The course is great!

By Sanskriti J

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Nov 26, 2020

I...loved this!

By Pedro A B M

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Aug 9, 2018

excelente curso

By Глемезда І В

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May 16, 2024

Де сертифікат

By Emmanuel N

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Dec 2, 2020

Well prepared

By WANG Y

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Jul 12, 2020

Great course!

By zakir Z

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Aug 30, 2023

best course

By LEI A

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Jun 16, 2020

Very nice.

By Manish D

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Jun 27, 2020

Awesome !

By Daniel G

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Jun 22, 2020

great

By goh z y

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Jun 6, 2020

great

By Dharani

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Jun 10, 2021

By Marcus L W K

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Jan 5, 2021

While having some knowledge of geography is not a prerequisite in fulfilling this course, it definitely helps. Since I lack it, I have some difficulties in understanding certain concepts. All in all, the lecture videos and explanations are well done as it has allowed me to understand certain concepts. I love the discussion rubric because it allows for us to apply what we have learnt into the different scenarios, as well as guaranteeing interaction among students.

By J H

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Jul 18, 2021

The course was great, except for the broken links and some out of date material. The core material was good and the lectures were excellent. The Google Earth labs need to be updated.