# Huifang Xu — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### built at

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### departments

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| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

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### name

Huifang Xu

### email

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### difficulty count

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## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Prof Xu is passionate and friendly, but he isn't good at teaching this course. This is a tough subject & requires building up to certain concepts, we didn't get this. I had to watch YouTube videos or look online for help; I could not figure out the concepts he was trying to teach. Tests are overly specific & include things mentioned once in lecture",
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    "comment": "Mineralogy is difficult and while Huifang tries to make it fun and is clearly very interested and knowledgeable in the topic, he is not skilled at teaching the material. It's usually difficult to understand what he's saying and he doesn't explain concepts well. Exams are very difficult, and there are no materials provided for exam preparation. ",
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    "review_date": "2022-05-18 04:11:45 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Overall, the class was okay as the quizzes were relatively easy but the exams can be a little tricky. Great class if you need to take one credit.",
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    "comment": "If you ever need a 1 credit easy A, take geo sci 331! Super easy but also interesting class. Lectures are PDFs, and you have quizzes for your grade. Very easy questions... Definitely would take a class with him again!",
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### courses

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