# Irwin Goldman — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

Irwin Goldman

### email

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### last observed at

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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    "comment": "Irwin was fantastic; he is the best of the 381 professors. His evolution unit was captivating and he made me excited to go to lecture, and his exam content of evolution was not too difficult. He did spend multiple lectures talking about Darwin and his life which is not very relevant to the course or exam but he still made it interesting",
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    "comment": "Super nice guy! Definitely is passionate about what he teaches the only downside in my class was the exams were all short answer and pretty hard. We also couldn't see our overall grade the whole semester.",
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