# BLERINA GKOTSE — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### name

BLERINA GKOTSE

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### last observed at

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### ratings

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### graded

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id  | title                                   |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------- |
| 1264 | course\_e0f984e8747ee9ccaba16d75 | COMPSCI 540 | INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
| 1262 | course\_e0f984e8747ee9ccaba16d75 | COMPSCI 540 | INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
| 1254 | course\_e0f984e8747ee9ccaba16d75 | COMPSCI 540 | INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
| 1252 | course\_28c3390ba944d49fd17f7c72 | COMPSCI 300 | PROGRAMMING II                          |
| 1244 | course\_e0f984e8747ee9ccaba16d75 | COMPSCI 540 | INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1244 | 1       |
| 1252 | 1       |
| 1254 | 1       |
| 1262 | 1       |
| 1264 | 1       |

## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Lectures are not good -- slides are jam packed with content which is hard to read and understand (like incredibly complicated formulas which aren't even necessary to know). On the bright side though the exams are about a 3.75/5 on the easy scale (5/5 being very easy) and HW is very easy -- so a very easy CS elective and paired well with 577",
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