# AMANDA SPIEWAK — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

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### importer version

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### built at

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### current instructors

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### limited

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### term

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### departments

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## instructor

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### source

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### identity status

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### name

AMANDA SPIEWAK

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### observed at

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#### courses

##### course 34903ee31ae592cff4822461

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###### quality count

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#### graded

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#### counts

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#### sections

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### current

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### courses

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### instructor url

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title                |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------- |
| 1234 | course\_daf4a0053696c0e96c07064d | CHEM 345   | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II |
| 1232 | course\_34903ee31ae592cff4822461 | CHEM 343   | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I  |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1232 | 1       |
| 1234 | 1       |

## term

1272

## courses

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## reviews

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### courses

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