# MARK KORANDA — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title                        |
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| 1222 | course\_4659324d93459bdfdda706a3 | PSYCH 601  | CURRENT TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY |
| 1212 | course\_1177b5ab16c01f6a0eef7a2b | PSYCH 225  | RESEARCH METHODS             |

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| 1222 | 1       |

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    "comment": "I learned SO much in his class. I think everyone writing the bad reviews just didn't understand his teaching philosophy/didn't want to do the work required to get anything meaningful out of it. He is very intelligent and sometimes has a hard time communicating what he means. The class is easy, the textbook is fascinating. Recommend! HIGHLY!! :)",
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    "comment": "Professor Koranda was the absolute worst teacher I've ever had. He expects you to know everything and treats students as if we are grad students. He lectures at you instead of teaching you. He does NOT share his lecture slides and you CANNOT miss any classes or you will be lost and so far behind. Your entire grade is based on extremely hard exams. ",
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    "comment": "I think Mark is the worst professor I have had while at UW. His lectures are so scattered, he often has to backtrack and rephrase his own ideas, and he contradicts the information in the textbook. Lectures are either exactly what the textbook say or completely unrelated. His exams are much more in depth than what was covered in lecture. DO NOT TAKE",
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