# Cara Theisen — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### departments

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## instructor

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### name

Cara Theisen

### email

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## history

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## timeline

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## term

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Although I got A, it took me too much time due to overwhelming workload! All the assignments are nonsense for a non-bio student. I spent more time on this course than my 4-credit major course.",
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    "comment": "Do not take a class with her unless your life depends on it. You will hate your life all semester, so little work for 2 credits, and you didn't even learn anything. Learned more in high school than I did here. I beg of you, do not take this class or anything with her. They think it's some huge thing because it's a FIG, but it's not. ",
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    "comment": "The professor is not the problem with this class---the class is the problem. It's a two hour long lecture every week in which less than half the time is spent on actual biology, which itself is less than high school level and irrelevant. The content itself is easy but there this an insane amount of busywork; should be a 3 credit class, not 2.",
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    "comment": "This class is such a waste of time. Information was middle school caliber and there is so much pointless homework. It is a super easy A if you are willing to sit through the two hour lectures once a week and complete basic assignments. Peer leaders are great though!",
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