# DAVID PARKER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

DAVID PARKER

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### last observed at

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#### review count

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#### difficulty

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## timeline

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Awful man, courses rely too much on lectures, and the lectures have irrelevant information.\nHe is very unprofessional, exams might have topics that were literally briefly mentioned during the lectures.\nAlso, he doesnt provide any practice questions for exams, thus, you do not know what to expect on the exams/midterms",
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    "comment": "Lecture heavy class, lots of readings too. His lectures were somewhat interesting but could get boring at times. We had a semester long group project worth 40% of our grade which wasn't the best. This class also had very few assignments so you had to do fairly well on them all or you were screwed.",
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    "comment": "Really enjoyed this class and this prof, but you 100% have to go to lecture as there is basically no info on the slides, meaning if you miss class a lot, you miss a majority of the info. Labs are very easy as he gives you exact instructions (basically free points), and the midterms/final are relatively easy if you go to class and do the readings!",
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    "comment": "Slides had barely any information so you have to go to lecture in order to get the information. Labs are super easy, midterms are easy if you go to class and take notes. The syllabus makes him seem super scary but the class is not bad at all. ",
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