# Ben Shannon — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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| URBRPL    | 60    |
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## instructor

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### name

Ben Shannon

### email

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### last observed at

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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## courses

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## reviews

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