I enjoyed this course a lot, so far i have finished 2 courses from alberta and have another on going. The quality of the content and enthusiasm of the lecturers makes a difference. I know it is not an ivy league or elite uni but they are definitely making great courseware on the mooc market. I hope there will be some follow up courses to this and the mountains course i took, whether more quantitative in approach or expanding the range i dont mind but now i have had my appetite whetted i want more! excellent work from the whole team, and many thanks!

It was very interesting. I had to print the whole course which can be found under resources. I prefer paper where i can stick notes.... It's a big "book" over 200 pages but it was worth it as i could follow the class and go back as i please. The cons are: Audio is weird and skip. When using the Schwarszchild radius or Planck equation for example, a reminder of the equation next to the name would be a plus as the more we see it, the better we memorize it. There was no feedback from the quizzes as they were done by a computer, i believe.

This has been a valuable addition to a series of studies I have been doing in understanding the subjects of Cosmology, Astrophysics, The Solar System.

I felt there was perhaps a bit of a shortfall in the Mathematical steps that were made by the key figures in the Physics and Astronomy world that gave rise to the theories and laws relating to the existence of , nature and properties of black holes, neutron stars, quasars et al

Thank you for the course

The instructors made the concepts very clear and understandable. I've just started year 13 and I ended up learning about Newton's Law of gravitation on this course at the same time as I was learning it in class so I would really recommend this course to GCSE or A-level students who want to deepen their enthusiasm for the subject. Also can't believe how much I didn't know about black holes until I completed this course.

This is a very good course and, at the time of writing (2022), very up-to-date. It does get a bit tedious to watch all those videos after a while, though. The course is pretty qualitative, which may be because general relativity requires a couple of years of mathematics at university level. Still, a variation with some readings, demonstrations/applets and/or minor calculations would help to shake things up a little.

A lot of fascinating information which shaped my perspective on stars, binaries, creation of heavy elements as well as, of course, the anatomy of black holes. In terms of instruction, I hesitate to critique with the UCP doing its best to kill of the U of A, but I muted Dr. Morsink and Dr Gladstone and read through their lectures because as speakers they tended to put me to sleep.

With professors who can shrink astronomical distances and explain concepts in time, space and cosmology with such lucidity and more importantly joy, this course was bound to be one ,which in literal sense, has transformed the black hole into a living vibrant entity. The team has rekindled the joy of learning in me and am sure in all students. Heartfelt thanks .

I took this course mainly as a refresher course for myself. I learned some new things that I enjoyed! I know this was a beginner course but I would have preferred the instructors showing how to calculate the few equations that they talked about at least. I feel a lot of information was spoken about briefly and not depthfully enough to fully grasp.

This course is pretty good. It helps in developing intrest about black holes. One drawback about this course is that If you want to understand all the mathematics including black holes and general relativity then this course is not for you. Otherwise this course is fantastic as they teaches using computer graphics and images.

Ross is the best trainer among the four of them (even without comparison). The 4 rating is for the knowledge in the course and of the trainers. Some points and some mathematics could have stressed more. For someone like me who is allergic to mathematics, those principles escape before being understood.

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It's interesting but the lack of (elemental) formulas and graphics to illustrate some simple concepts make the course a little "boring". Too much (interesting) speeches. The professors make a great effort to transmit the subject. Good for them!.

This course gives a thorough analysis of Black holes which includes examining other phenomena such as the Big Bang, neutron stars, pulsars, space time and the effect of gravitation on light. A comprehensive look at the universe.

Great pace and great teachers! Would have loved more math-based problems to practice the formulas and calculations, but that's just me. A must-take course if you're starting out on your quest to understand the Universe.

An excellent introductory course into the physics of black holes. I only gave it four stars since I felt it could have had more mathematics content for students that want to dig a little deeper into the material.

This is a pretty good course give you a really good insight into the Black holes. The only problem I had was that most of the queries are unanswered, which is a little problematic in cementing the foundation.

Super course...there are many informations about black holes are presented. and their communication language was easily understand to all..thank you so much for offer the course

If time dialation is infinite at the event horizon, other than by the warping of spacetime itself, how could anything actually cross the horizon in less than infinite time?

Pretty decent course for an introductory level. However, the teaching assistants aren't that responsive so you got to wait a little longer. Overall a satisfactory course.

Lots of interesting information about black holes and ongoing research about them. Only very rudimentary math needed for the course.

This is an incredible course through all the different aspects of black holes. I recommend it to anyone interested in astrophysics

Pretty good with observations up to 2021. Looking forward to a new course in the near future with observations from the JWST.

It was a fun course, however it would have been more fun if there was more interactive stuff to do.

taught me the latest theories on black holes and some physical principles of related science

Prof. Morsink and team, very educational and easy to understand course.