# Florian Heimerl — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

Florian Heimerl

### email

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## history

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    "comment": "Florian Florain Florian... CS400 as a course is so poorly structured but you managed to make it less of a dumpster fire. The group projects are probably the most uncoordinated efforts by the instructional staff so good luck. Otherwise Florian lectures clearly and was accessible outside of class. He also forgot about TopHat a lot lol",
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    "comment": "Pretty nice teacher, lectures are slow but required via TopHat. 1 multiple choice quiz + 1 short coding assignment + 1 coding project is due every week which honestly was not that bad. Nice opportunity to gain 10 extra credit project points at the start of the semester as well. He is the type of professor I expected going into college, solid.",
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    "comment": "The professor is great&#8212;he explains everything extremely well. The exams are a bit tough for me, though. They tend to include tricky questions that require you to spot hidden traps. You'll walk out of the exam feeling like you absolutely aced it, but it turns out to be an ~80%. Decent enough, but not enough to secure you an A.",
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