# Hardest courses in Public Affairs and Public Policy | UW–Madison

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### departments

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| CNP       | 10    |
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| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
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| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## subject

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