The Introduction to Environmental Science course explores the field of environmental science and encourages participants to understand how environmental scientists think. It addresses some important questions such as:
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This course is part of Introduction to Environmental Science Specialization
Instructor: Andy Friedland
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ES
Reviewed on Nov 10, 2024
great but assinment grade timing very long process so better to do that much is not good
BK
Reviewed on Jan 27, 2025
Excellent presentation by famous author. Clean animations and videos, quizzes are actually challenging. A handful of errors were observed.
JT
Reviewed on Oct 2, 2023
Very interesting and informative class. Very nicely presented and easy to understand.
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