# DAVID COMBS — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### built at

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### courses

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### current instructors

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### departments

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| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

### instructor uid

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### source

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### identity basis

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### identity status

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### name

DAVID COMBS

### first observed at

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### last observed at

2026-01-22 01:00:26.555427+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### courses

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###### difficulty

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## history

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## timeline

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## term

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## courses

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## reviews

### items

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    "review_date": "2019-01-21 04:18:03 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Dr. Combs is a wonderful person who is very passionate about what he teaches. I wish he was lecturing more and took at least a little more control over labs. The TAs seemed very unprepared and so the labs were chaotic and hard to do. This class is extremely hard if you don't study a lot, care about the subject, and have previous experience",
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    "review_date": "2018-12-12 20:37:47 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "An absolutely wonderful professor that I will miss having. Dr. Combs is good at what he does. He knows that it is better to have an expert speak on subjects he is unfamiliar with and organized the Fall 2018 class very well. The only downside was the harsh grading by TAs of lab reports as well as their specific, unrelated questions.",
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    "review_date": "2018-09-11 19:39:51 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Dr. Combs is by far my favorite professor in the animal science/dairy science department. He is SUPER caring about ALL of students. He is super flexible and easy going. He is very knowledgeable and a good lecturer.",
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    "review_date": "2018-04-13 11:06:44 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Really good professor knows his stuff, usually had other lecturers come in. Definitely willing to help you out. The TAs were god awful. If you have an agriculture background at all you should get an A/AB.",
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    "comment": "David Combs is a great instructor, the problem is that he doesn't instruct very much. Lectures are usually taught by other professors that don't really want to be there. The best part of this class is the labs, they are a lot of fun but make sure to be very detailed on the lab worksheets. Quizzes are from lab material and tests from lecture.",
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### courses

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| course\_41f98d76088bbd875d578e96 | ANSCI/DYSCI 101 |

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