Exam Review – Intro to Physics (Udacity)
Finally, it’s friday! and i’ve ended the exam period. I’ve done sopmething like 6 exams in less than 1 month, and man, that was hard, but i did it
So, after ending the exam period, i’m back here to review another exam! This time it’s the turn of introduction to physics, by Udacity! Let’s start saying something about that course. The course is different between the other courses reviewed before.
the course is in fact divided into units, which one is about different subjects of a standard introduction to physic course, going from speed and acele. I barely remember the orded of the topics, because i’ve done the entire course something like 2 months ago, and i’m reviewing it now, sadly (exams really have exausted me). However, i found the course outstanding, maybe easy (it was more an introduction to an introduction to physics), but awesomemly built and directed.
Course Format
As said before, the course is built differently compared to the two Mit’s Courses i’ve done before. This course, in fact, is divided into topics (7), and not by weeks. The “lectures” where videos from 15 seconds to 2/3 minutes long, so they’re not exactly lectures. Between the videos, are placed some easy exercises (takes to be done something like 10/15 seconds), but they’re usefull to learn and put into pratice what you’ve learned in the previous video. The topics start from 2-D motion, passing throught electricity, work and also a little bit of Einstein’s theory of Relativity. In addition to the exercises and the videos, the course presents some problem sets, one for every subject, and a final exam (which, i’ve only done partially, but i found it fairly easy to do). The problem sets where very well built, easy to understand but at the same type challenging and a little frustrating (but with a solution if you can solve the problem). For every problem set, they’re up to 7 problems to solve (to solve some problems, it takes more than 90 minutes to me!). The teaching videos are surely short, but catching. For every topic, they’re up to 25 videos (plus the exercises). The istructor during all the course is Andy Brown (graduated in Physics at MIT), which did a terrific work. Easy to listen and really enjoyable. The time needed to complete all the course (according Udacity), is 8 weeks (assuming at least 6 hr for week), but i’ve completed the course in something like 2 weeks, but i’ve worked on it for more than 25 hours/week, so i think the time needed is a good estimate.
conclusions
Introduction to Physics is the first (but surely not the last) course i’ve done with Udacity, and it was a really good course! I liked a lot how the course was built, the lectures and also the problem sets! may be a little too simple in some cases, but again really nice and enjoyable. I give it a 8 out of 10! See you next time! 🙂
So, after ending the exam period, i’m back here to review another exam! This time it’s the turn of introduction to physics, by Udacity! Let’s start saying something about that course. The course is different between the other courses reviewed before.
the course is in fact divided into units, which one is about different subjects of a standard introduction to physic course, going from speed and acele. I barely remember the orded of the topics, because i’ve done the entire course something like 2 months ago, and i’m reviewing it now, sadly (exams really have exausted me). However, i found the course outstanding, maybe easy (it was more an introduction to an introduction to physics), but awesomemly built and directed.
Course Format
As said before, the course is built differently compared to the two Mit’s Courses i’ve done before. This course, in fact, is divided into topics (7), and not by weeks. The “lectures” where videos from 15 seconds to 2/3 minutes long, so they’re not exactly lectures. Between the videos, are placed some easy exercises (takes to be done something like 10/15 seconds), but they’re usefull to learn and put into pratice what you’ve learned in the previous video. The topics start from 2-D motion, passing throught electricity, work and also a little bit of Einstein’s theory of Relativity. In addition to the exercises and the videos, the course presents some problem sets, one for every subject, and a final exam (which, i’ve only done partially, but i found it fairly easy to do). The problem sets where very well built, easy to understand but at the same type challenging and a little frustrating (but with a solution if you can solve the problem). For every problem set, they’re up to 7 problems to solve (to solve some problems, it takes more than 90 minutes to me!). The teaching videos are surely short, but catching. For every topic, they’re up to 25 videos (plus the exercises). The istructor during all the course is Andy Brown (graduated in Physics at MIT), which did a terrific work. Easy to listen and really enjoyable. The time needed to complete all the course (according Udacity), is 8 weeks (assuming at least 6 hr for week), but i’ve completed the course in something like 2 weeks, but i’ve worked on it for more than 25 hours/week, so i think the time needed is a good estimate.
conclusions
Introduction to Physics is the first (but surely not the last) course i’ve done with Udacity, and it was a really good course! I liked a lot how the course was built, the lectures and also the problem sets! may be a little too simple in some cases, but again really nice and enjoyable. I give it a 8 out of 10! See you next time! 🙂
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