SA
Jun 11, 2023
This is an extremely insightful course. I'm hoping to apply this knowledge one day in my third world home country and improve the cities back home.
RH
Mar 16, 2023
Thank you for this course, it lays out the key concepts and goes over an example. It helped me grow more interest and grounding in the topic.
By Cauchemardevie
•Aug 1, 2024
Normally, I always learn something or the other in any course I undertake however this specialization is unique in being banal and cliche. They give very positive and obvious ideas (like plant trees, install solar, encourage public transport, maintain historic buildings, reduce sprawling, etc.). Moreover, they do not delve into policy and techno-commercial aspects that impede such sustainable developments in the first place from happening. They do not explain why some stakeholders have vested interest in developing cities revolving around used based building code and not form based urban development. They do not explain how it can be overcome except for few examples that may not be universally scalable. Lastly, the course is an information dump of repetitive ideas from a professor lacking any sense of personality or humor.
By Emily M
•Dec 29, 2022
There was useful information in the course and it was mostly well-organized. Some parts were very repetitive; for example, the video titled More Multimodal Considerations in Week 3 almost entirely repeats information from the previous video about biking, congestion fees, and shared vehicles. Also, the quiz questions are badly proofread and some answers are incorrect (for example, the answers to question 14 and 16 of the quiz for week 4 are incorrect).
By Cate O
•Feb 21, 2025
difficult to follow as concepts are repeated, albeit learned after the quizz, and whatever you type is "correct".
By Magdalena G
•May 18, 2024
It felt repetitive towards the second half. I learned great concepts overall!
By Rashid E
•Nov 29, 2022
Concepts were simple and should have been delivered in a more compact way.
Presentation accompanying voiceover was not content rich.
No presentation slides to download. Major concepts could be captured in a simple (ideally downloadable) table for use during the tests.
I didn't want to progress with the specialization after taking the first course
By Ola Z
•Jan 23, 2023
I expected something more dynamic and more packed with useful and interesting knowledge. I will try to finish this course but not sure if this is going to happen.
Just small improvements like more dynamic and charismatic lecturer would make this course a great experience ;)
By Daniele R
•Oct 29, 2022
With my 2 stars I am not challenging the content of the course, but the form it is developed - very basic and not engaging at all. The lecturer should try to put in the lectures some more passion and involvement.
By Esraa H
•Jul 13, 2023
this is a very specific course with extremely local cases and information that doesn't actually benefit people globally
By Brian S
•Mar 11, 2025
Good content, not good to okay audio, decent graphics
By David I
•May 2, 2023
God awful narration but interesting material