# Easiest courses in Materials Science and Engineering | UW–Madison

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### departments

| subject   | count |
| --------- | ----- |
| AAE       | 90    |
| ABT       | 20    |
| ACCTIS    | 36    |
| ACTSCI    | 14    |
| AFAERO    | 10    |
| AFRICAN   | 87    |
| AFROAMER  | 71    |
| AGROECOL  | 21    |
| AMERIND   | 53    |
| ANAT\&PHY | 7     |
| ANATOMY   | 2     |
| ANESTHES  | 8     |
| ANSCI     | 57    |
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| ARTED     | 10    |
| ARTHIST   | 121   |
| ASIALANG  | 129   |
| ASIAN     | 109   |
| ASIANAM   | 28    |
| ASTRON    | 38    |
| ATMOCN    | 69    |
| BIOCHEM   | 51    |
| BIOCORE   | 10    |
| BIOLOGY   | 14    |
| BIOMDSCI  | 18    |
| BME       | 66    |
| BMI       | 41    |
| BMOLCHEM  | 10    |
| BOTANY    | 69    |
| BSE       | 44    |
| C\&ESOC   | 73    |
| CBE       | 48    |
| CHEM      | 101   |
| CHICLA    | 52    |
| CIVENGR   | 133   |
| CLASSICS  | 47    |
| CNP       | 10    |
| CNSRSCI   | 50    |
| COMARTS   | 137   |
| COMPBIO   | 15    |
| COMPLIT   | 11    |
| COMPSCI   | 138   |
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| EMA       | 53    |
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| FOLKLORE  | 40    |
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| GNS       | 38    |
| GREEK     | 27    |
| HDFS      | 41    |
| HEBR-BIB  | 13    |
| HEBR-MOD  | 10    |
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| HISTSCI   | 56    |
| HONCOL    | 13    |
| ILS       | 43    |
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| INTEGART  | 7     |
| INTEGSCI  | 22    |
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| KINES     | 128   |
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| LANDARC   | 61    |
| LATIN     | 24    |
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| LEGALST   | 48    |
| LINGUIS   | 35    |
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| LITTRANS  | 78    |
| LSC       | 52    |
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| MARKETNG  | 62    |
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| MEDPHYS   | 39    |
| MEDSC-M   | 29    |
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| MILSCI    | 16    |
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| MUSPERF   | 126   |
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| NE        | 44    |
| NEURODPT  | 11    |
| NEUROL    | 7     |
| NEURSURG  | 4     |
| NTP       | 11    |
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| OCCTHER   | 39    |
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| OPHTHALM  | 5     |
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| PATH-BIO  | 29    |
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| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
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| PHYASST   | 37    |
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| PHYTHER   | 37    |
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| PLPATH    | 35    |
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| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
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| S\&APHM   | 17    |
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| SOCWORK   | 87    |
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| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## subject

MS\&E

## collection

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## results

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