# Hardest courses in Agricultural and Applied Economics | UW–Madison

[View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/departments/AAE/hardest?term=1274)

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### departments

| subject   | count |
| --------- | ----- |
| AAE       | 90    |
| ABT       | 20    |
| ACCTIS    | 36    |
| ACTSCI    | 14    |
| AFAERO    | 10    |
| AFRICAN   | 87    |
| AFROAMER  | 70    |
| AGROECOL  | 21    |
| AMERIND   | 54    |
| ANAT\&PHY | 7     |
| ANATOMY   | 2     |
| ANESTHES  | 8     |
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| ANTHRO    | 93    |
| ART       | 124   |
| ARTED     | 10    |
| ARTHIST   | 121   |
| ASIALANG  | 129   |
| ASIAN     | 109   |
| ASIANAM   | 28    |
| ASTRON    | 38    |
| ATMOCN    | 70    |
| BIOCHEM   | 52    |
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| BIOLOGY   | 14    |
| BIOMDSCI  | 18    |
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| C\&ESOC   | 73    |
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| COMPLIT   | 10    |
| COMPSCI   | 138   |
| COUNPSY   | 78    |
| CRB       | 14    |
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| CURRIC    | 193   |
| DANCE     | 93    |
| DERM      | 8     |
| DS        | 88    |
| DYSCI     | 33    |
| ECE       | 155   |
| ECON      | 144   |
| EDPOL     | 115   |
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| HEBR-MOD  | 10    |
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| INTEGART  | 7     |
| INTEGSCI  | 22    |
| INTER-AG  | 18    |
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| INTER-LS  | 21    |
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| ITALIAN   | 55    |
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| PSYCHIAT  | 21    |
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| RADIOL    | 11    |
| REALEST   | 41    |
| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
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| STAT      | 91    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 24    |
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| THEATRE   | 88    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 6     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 90    |

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| family                 | value                                  | label                                                        |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| breadth                | biological-science                     | Breadth - Biological Science                                 |
| breadth                | biological-science-or-social-science   | Breadth - Biological Science or Social Science               |
| breadth                | humanities                             | Breadth - Humanities                                         |
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| breadth                | natural-science                        | Breadth - Natural Science                                    |
| breadth                | physical-science                       | Breadth - Physical Science                                   |
| breadth                | social-science                         | Breadth - Social Science                                     |
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| catalog-level          | advanced                               | Level - Advanced                                             |
| catalog-level          | elementary                             | Level - Elementary                                           |
| catalog-level          | intermediate                           | Level - Intermediate                                         |
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| communication          | b                                      | Comm QR - Communication B                                    |
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| core-gened             | communication-and-literacy             | Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy                        |
| core-gened             | humanities-and-arts                    | Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts                               |
| core-gened             | mathematics-and-quantitative-reasoning | Core GenEd - Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning            |
| core-gened             | natural-science-and-wellness           | Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness                      |
| core-gened             | natural-science-and-wellness-lab       | Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab                |
| core-gened             | social-and-behavioral-science          | Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science                     |
| ethnic-studies         | yes                                    | Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies                                   |
| frgn-lang              | 1st-semester-language                  | Frgn Lang - 1st semester language                            |
| frgn-lang              | 2nd-semester-language                  | Frgn Lang - 2nd semester language                            |
| frgn-lang              | 3rd-semester-language                  | Frgn Lang - 3rd semester language                            |
| frgn-lang              | 4th-semester-language                  | Frgn Lang - 4th semester language                            |
| frgn-lang              | 5th-semester-language                  | Frgn Lang - 5th + semester language                          |
| graduate-credit        | yes                                    | Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement |
| honors                 | accelerated-honors                     | Honors - Accelerated Honors (!)                              |
| honors                 | honors-only-courses-h                  | Honors - Honors Only Courses (H)                             |
| honors                 | honors-optional                        | Honors - Honors Optional (%)                                 |
| liberal-arts           | l-and-s-liberal-arts-and-science       | L\&S Credit - L\&S Liberal Arts and Science                  |
| quantitative-reasoning | a                                      | Comm QR - Quantitative Reasoning A                           |
| quantitative-reasoning | b                                      | Comm QR - Quantitative Reasoning B                           |
| workplace              | workplace-experience                   | Workplace - Workplace Experience                             |

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