# Frank Pfefferkorn — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

Frank Pfefferkorn

### email

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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## term

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## reviews

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    "comment": "The material throughout this class is too specific instead of covering general topics. When it came to the exam it took him almost 2 months to enter grades. His grading was poor and oddly specific. He took off large amounts of points for the slightest detail when 99% of the rest of the work was right.",
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    "comment": "I would care not to go into specifics",
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    "comment": "This class is not a lot of fun. Frank knows his stuff but it is hard to keep focused and stay on track. These are the longest and most boring PP slides I have seen. Must be around 500 for just half a semester. Also hard grading scale which isn't good for a not curving.",
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