# KATJA FAVRETTO — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

twangodev/uwcourses

### schema version

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### importer version

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### observed at

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### built at

2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+00:00

### courses

8951

### current instructors

5754

### limited

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### term

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### departments

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## instructor

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### source

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### identity basis

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### identity status

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### name

KATJA FAVRETTO

### first observed at

2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00

### last observed at

2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

5

#### quality

4.8

#### difficulty

1.6

#### quality count

5

#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### observed at

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#### courses

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###### review count

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#### prior weight

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### grade statistics

#### gpa

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#### graded

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#### counts

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#### sections

16

### current

false

### courses

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### revision

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### instructor url

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id  | title                                   |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------- |
| 1144 | course\_a0de00440cd1d6cba6902e05 | POLISCI 359 | AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY                 |
| 1144 | course\_ae7ab29f514957b78bd2ca5f | POLISCI 601 | PROSEMINAR: TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE |
| 1142 | course\_f8ee06982dc170ac32b403c3 | POLISCI 367 | HUMANS, ANIMALS & MACHINES              |
| 1142 | course\_24e76eb183fbc83d9799f677 | POLISCI 960 | SEMINAR-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS         |
| 1134 | course\_7ec657587a1e055f0d63b593 | POLISCI 945 | SEMINAR-NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS       |
| 1124 | course\_a0de00440cd1d6cba6902e05 | POLISCI 359 | AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY                 |
| 1124 | course\_f7900007678b45e8c7e1cb2e | POLISCI 692 | SENIOR THESIS                           |
| 1122 | course\_f8ee06982dc170ac32b403c3 | POLISCI 367 | HUMANS, ANIMALS & MACHINES              |
| 1122 | course\_c13f34b3a95c2900552c090f | POLISCI 691 | SENIOR THESIS                           |
| 1122 | course\_7ec657587a1e055f0d63b593 | POLISCI 945 | SEMINAR-NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS       |
| 1114 | course\_f8ee06982dc170ac32b403c3 | POLISCI 367 | HUMANS, ANIMALS & MACHINES              |
| 1112 | course\_a0de00440cd1d6cba6902e05 | POLISCI 359 | AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY                 |
| 1112 | course\_24e76eb183fbc83d9799f677 | POLISCI 960 | SEMINAR-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS         |
| 1104 | course\_a0de00440cd1d6cba6902e05 | POLISCI 359 | AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY                 |
| 1104 | course\_24e76eb183fbc83d9799f677 | POLISCI 960 | SEMINAR-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS         |
| 1102 | course\_cad402a99b92ef16cfa9ecd2 | POLISCI 401 | SELECTED TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE    |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1102 | 1       |
| 1104 | 2       |
| 1112 | 2       |
| 1114 | 1       |
| 1122 | 3       |
| 1124 | 2       |
| 1134 | 1       |
| 1142 | 2       |
| 1144 | 2       |

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "comment": "Professor Favretto's class is really straightforward and fun to attend. She uses events to describe concepts and her lectures are very easy to follow. While she is an easy grader, I have never been so excited and motivated to attend a government class and do the work. Highly recommend.",
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    "review_date": "2018-11-25 19:41:12 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "A class in which the class lecture pertains to the test, who would've thought college could be so straightforward?",
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    "review_date": "2017-02-21 23:15:49 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "I love Professor Favretto! She definitely knows her stuff and her lectures are very engaging. Also her tests and papers are not hard, and if you attend class and go to office hours she will be more than happy to help. Overall great! I took one class with her and loved her so much I took another.",
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    "review_date": "2014-05-30 20:39:44 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "She is a good professor and definitely is informed on the subjects. Although her lectures were very similar to the texts, she did throw in extra information and make the information less dry. Tests are not hard as long as your are doing the readings, however the readings are somewhat long.",
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    "comment": "Fun lectures and Favretto obviously knows her material. Two complaints would be a lack of organization in lectures which have led to wasted time and effort and the fact that when she asks questions and doesn't quite get the answer she wanted throws her off and causes her to stumble. Overall class is good and I enjoy going.",
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```

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### page

1

### courses

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| -------------------------------- | ----------- |
| course\_a0de00440cd1d6cba6902e05 | POLISCI 359 |

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