# ANDREW BOTTOMLEY — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### built at

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### courses

8951

### current instructors

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### departments

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| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
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| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

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### source

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### name

ANDREW BOTTOMLEY

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

6

#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### graded

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### courses

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### instructor url

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id  | title                              |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------- |
| 1162 | course\_391fcb703c547d7e79b0643f | COMARTS 100 | INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMPOSITION |
| 1154 | course\_391fcb703c547d7e79b0643f | COMARTS 100 | INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMPOSITION |
| 1152 | course\_391fcb703c547d7e79b0643f | COMARTS 100 | INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMPOSITION |
| 1104 | course\_391fcb703c547d7e79b0643f | COMARTS 100 | INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMPOSITION |
| 1102 | course\_391fcb703c547d7e79b0643f | COMARTS 100 | INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMPOSITION |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1102 | 1       |
| 1104 | 1       |
| 1152 | 1       |
| 1154 | 1       |
| 1162 | 1       |

## term

1272

## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Andrew really does try and make his classes a lot more fun than him just lecturing at us. With a COM A class though, the class size is already small. Andrew feels as if he's just another student in the class, which is nice compared to the other classes we're used to.",
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    "comment": "Andrew felt like one of my friends throughout class. Very helpful throughout class. Gave good feedback on the outlines to help prepare for the speeches, which helped my grade a lot. He was a fun guy to talk to also. Great teacher to have.",
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    "comment": "Very unclear grader-he docks points on outlines/speeches and doesn't clarify why, and he is extremely critical when grading things too. Expects way too much time commitment from students for being a 100-level class. There is lots of busy work and unnecessary expectations. Also, the book costs $175+ and is extremely unhelpful in class and tests. ",
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    "comment": "He is a stickler for following the EXACT requirements of every assignment, and there are LOTs of them. Hand in your work on time, people! Not a hard class if you just stay on top of assignments and put in at least some effort.",
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### courses

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