# JACOB THEBAULT-SPIEKER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### departments

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| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
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### name

JACOB THEBAULT-SPIEKER

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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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## reviews

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    "comment": "Can't really speak too much on the lectures as they are hardly valuable for the projects, but are probably pretty good if you have a genuine interest in HCI. Very, very easy 500 level CS class and is a great GPA booster. I took it in FA24 though so not sure if this has changed. Recommend.",
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### courses

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