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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Electric Power Systems by University at Buffalo

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About the Course

This course familiarizes you with standards and policies of the electric utility industry, and provides you with basic vocabulary used in the business. It introduces the electric power system, from generation of the electricity all the way to the wall plug. You will learn about the segments of the system, and common components like power cables and transformers. This course is for individuals considering a career in the energy field (who have a high school diploma, at minimum, and basic knowledge of mathematics), and existing energy sector employees with less than three years of experience who have not completed similar training and would benefit from a course of foundational industry concepts. The course is a combination of online lectures, videos, readings and discussions. This is the first course in the Energy Production, Distribution & Safety specialization that explores various facets of the power sector, and features a culminating project involving creation of a roadmap to achieve a self-established, energy-related professional goal. To learn more about the specialization, check out a video overview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yh9qIYiUDk....

Top reviews

RS

May 9, 2020

The course was very easily explained including all the minor details it's like a journey of powers system where you get to know about all the key elements required to have the knowledge in this field.

MM

Jan 17, 2020

What an Extraordinary Course, I really appreciate meeting with such a skilled professor and a tutor too.

Though his main focus was on the USA and quiz were mainly focusing on the USA not globally.

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By Suzi W

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Apr 5, 2024

Okay foundation of knowledge, but the delivery wasn't the most effective. The professor just reads off a page, you can even see his eyes moving as he reads. I was hoping coursera courses were more like lecture recordings or the professor talking while drawing on a whiteboard or animations play. The tone of the professor was very monotonous, which also did not aid in learning. Most of the time it felt like there was no context to what he was saying or no link to previously discussed topics. The content of the course is also several years old and some of the links they provided are no longer accessible.

By Darrell L

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Feb 25, 2023

While the content of the course was useful in providing an understanding of the basic concepts of electricity and "the grid," I found the video lectures to be frustratingly monotonous. The professor appeared and sounded as if he was simply reading from a teleprompter which made these segments of the course dull and dry. The linked resource videos and articles at the end of each week were far more engaging and informative.

By Fox W

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Jun 2, 2023

A little boring, since it just consisted of the Professor reading cue cards on screen. Definitely lecture like and not engaging. I suggest using more animations, clips of real life distribution centers, and more schematics and flow charts.

Not very ADHD nor Gen Z friendly, I lost interest very quickly in monotonous lessons.

By Abhijith K

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Aug 6, 2020

The course is very basic. Its lacks detailed information. I have got more information from a 1hr 30min webinar about distribution network and smart grid than from this course. This course is for beginners who doesn't have the basic knowledge of electricity

By Tajrin T

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Jun 18, 2020

I think the course has a lot of place to improve. I am a student of electrical engineering and i can say you can learn EEE in much more sophisticated and fun way.

By B_62_VAISHALI S

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May 6, 2020

Very good teaching 👌 .but I have one problem my certificate isnot download and also not get link of my certificate plz send the link

By Sumit S

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Sep 2, 2021

Instructor is literally reading from just a screen. ZERO interaction with the audience!!!!

By Sama S E

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Dec 6, 2020

It's too basic, doesn't give enough information about the power system, needs more details

By Anirudhan B

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Jul 16, 2020

Teaching could have been more personal and better instead of just reading from a prompter.

By Sujash D

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Oct 5, 2019

I have more than 10 online course but this is the worst instructor ever

By Ryan A

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Aug 7, 2019

Though the lectures are informative, the presentations were bland

By Savant S C

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Mar 29, 2020

Not good ...sir is only reading , not explaining in detail

By Mihir B

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Mar 18, 2020

Not enough visuals. Quizzes differed from material.

By Asif A

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May 17, 2020

Expected more brief things about Power Systems

By mandadi v s

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May 1, 2020

Please send me my certificate to my mail

By Andrew C

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Aug 20, 2020

less detail then i expected

By Ramani M

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Nov 9, 2022

good

By Mahendiran S

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Nov 1, 2022

nice

By Mateo G A

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Nov 5, 2021

Poorly design course. It is clear the lack of effort in teaching an important topic such this one. if I knew the instructor was going to read during all lectures I would have skiped this a simply read the corresponding chapters of electrical enegineering book. It is not worth the time.

By Ankit S

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May 20, 2020

There was nothing like technical study in this course. We were only discussing ,how much renewable source will be beneficial to the economy and climate change.

Nothing was discussed about grid power calculations and all

By Aharon N

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Jan 25, 2021

Too general, too shallow, not interesting, too short, boring presentation and graphics. In short- I didn't like it.

By ANSARI S S

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May 28, 2020

Content was good but professor was unable to explain please use use body language too. thank you

By Deleted A

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Dec 15, 2020

The course really pushed liberal ideologies like climate change and global warming.

By Sinmileoluwa T

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Jun 21, 2020

The lecturer wasn't interactive and the quizzes weren't brain tasking at all

By Thusitha W

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Nov 8, 2021

I completed the course successfully but I didn't received the certificate.