# Eric Shusta — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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## instructor

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### name

Eric Shusta

### email

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### last observed at

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Dr. Shusta clearly knows what he's talking about, it's just that half of the time you won't know what he's talking about. He dives right into the material. I took this course as an undergrad and if I were to do it again I would wait until I was a grad student to take this class. Solid professor, but this class was hard.",
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    "comment": "The homeworks were very difficult, time consuming, and often felt impossible. However, the homework was much harder than the exams and quizzes. Go to TA's office hours to figure out the homework, study by redoing the homeworks, and you'll nail his class. Not an exuberant guy, but will crack an occasional joke, so savor it while you can.",
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