# AARON GOLDSMITH — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### name

AARON GOLDSMITH

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id       | title                                                           |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1194 | course\_858c09056ac5ed119a96d808 | HISTSCI/MATH 473 | HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS                                          |
| 1194 | course\_c9bdf631650ccfb896fcfc26 | MATH 141         | QUANTITATIVE REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING                      |
| 1192 | course\_c9bdf631650ccfb896fcfc26 | MATH 141         | QUANTITATIVE REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING                      |
| 1192 | course\_fa53f4954bab469b5d4c4fe3 | MATH 341         | LINEAR ALGEBRA                                                  |
| 1192 | course\_1b76508145789f8fbc49d1fa | STAT 311         | INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND METHODS OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS I |
| 1184 | course\_6c15cc3b45a4c19a3ad6a2cd | MATH 213         | SURVEY OF CALCULUS 2                                            |
| 1184 | course\_fa53f4954bab469b5d4c4fe3 | MATH 341         | LINEAR ALGEBRA                                                  |
| 1184 | course\_3b14f667f980624c1f5bde67 | MATH 461         | COLLEGE GEOMETRY I                                              |
| 1174 | course\_6c15cc3b45a4c19a3ad6a2cd | MATH 213         | SURVEY OF CALCULUS 2                                            |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1174 | 1       |
| 1184 | 3       |
| 1192 | 3       |
| 1194 | 2       |

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

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