# BART KASTERMANS — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### name

BART KASTERMANS

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### last observed at

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### ratings

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#### quality

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title                            |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------------------- |
| 1094 | course\_d40f8fc026bbaa0624e35da5 | MATH 873   | ADVANCED TOPICS IN FOUNDATIONS   |
| 1092 | course\_fa53f4954bab469b5d4c4fe3 | MATH 341   | LINEAR ALGEBRA                   |
| 1092 | course\_89be3dddc9b1e93ca75157d0 | MATH 773   | COMPUTABILITY THEORY             |
| 1084 | course\_3464c11254a81dbe86277318 | MATH 112   | COLLEGE ALGEBRA                  |
| 1084 | course\_dc3b8c6a00e91bb2d66da1ba | MATH 699   | DIRECTED STUDY                   |
| 1082 | course\_6bc496e4640fd08f71e1b041 | MATH 222   | CALCULUS AND ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 2 |
| 1082 | course\_bdcdafe99c9aab1eafa8371d | MATH 770   | FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS       |
| 1074 | course\_54b7cd594705dc9dc85ee694 | MATH 771   | SET THEORY                       |
| 1072 | course\_fa53f4954bab469b5d4c4fe3 | MATH 341   | LINEAR ALGEBRA                   |
| 1072 | course\_d40f8fc026bbaa0624e35da5 | MATH 873   | ADVANCED TOPICS IN FOUNDATIONS   |

## timeline

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| ---- | ------- |
| 1072 | 2       |
| 1074 | 1       |
| 1082 | 2       |
| 1084 | 2       |
| 1092 | 2       |
| 1094 | 1       |

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

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    "comment": "Very hard class but he made us understand the material.  This class should be required because it is so helpful.  Good teacher but gives hard exams.",
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    "comment": "Although this is not an easy class, Bart was a good professor. Do homework and he takes questions for exams directly from worksheets and lecture examples. Reminds me of Professor laskee from Saved by the Bell",
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    "comment": "Great professor. His lectures are always exciting, as his excitement in proving a new theorem just bubbles over. Extremely funny guy. He is also very helpful during his office hours, taking the time to slowly explain concepts. Exams are a little tough but they are fair. Just work hard, and ask a lot of good questions though and you'll do fine.",
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    "comment": "Very good teacher. Very helpful, stays after class to clear up any questions anyone might have. His tests are quite fair. Very funny guy. I'd say the TA makes all the difference though so get a good TA.",
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### courses

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