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MATTHEW BERSHADY

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Raw average: 2.67/5 from 3 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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ASTRO103 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
He was a good lecturer, not a great teacher. The content was very confusing, and if you aren't extremely good at math and other science aspects do not take this class. There are many other astronomy classes that are easier. If you are very science smart and like astronomy he is a good professor, but for everyone else beware
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ASTRON 103
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
If you didn't understand everything that was happening in Interstellar, then you won't pass this class. Thought it would be intro level information on the universe and turned out to be super science heavy and very deep information I was not prepared for. Get ready to read a lot in the textbook and expect difficult multiple choice exams.
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ASTRO103 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
I thought he was a good professor, tests are fair, and he likes to crack jokes. At the end of each lecture he'll have at least one question that will be on the test and gives the answer. If you make every lecture that's around a 1/4 of the questions on the test.
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Classes with MATTHEW BERSHADY

ASTRON 990

Research and Thesis

1–12 credits

ASTRON 990 is a research and thesis course providing advanced mentored reading and research opportunities for graduate students.

No offering record · Fall 2024

Zoe ToddThomas Beatty+17 more

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2024ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2024ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Spring 2024ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2023ASTRON 730Galaxies
Fall 2023ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2023ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2022ASTRON 500Techniques of Modern Observational Astrophysics
Fall 2022ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2022ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2021ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2020ASTRON 500Techniques of Modern Observational Astrophysics
Fall 2020ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2020ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2019ASTRON 730Galaxies
Fall 2019ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2019ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2018ASTRON 500Techniques of Modern Observational Astrophysics
Fall 2018ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2018ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2018ASTRON/PHYSICS 910Seminar in Astrophysics
Fall 2017ASTRON 730Galaxies
Fall 2017ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2017ASTRON 500Techniques of Modern Observational Astrophysics
Spring 2017ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2016ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2016ASTRON/PHYSICS 910Seminar in Astrophysics
Spring 2016ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2015ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2015ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2015ASTRON 500Techniques of Modern Observational Astrophysics
Spring 2015ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2014ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2014ASTRON/PHYSICS 910Seminar in Astrophysics
Spring 2014ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2013ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2013ASTRON 500Techniques of Modern Observational Astrophysics
Spring 2013ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2012ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2012ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2012ASTRON 730Galaxies
Spring 2012ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2011ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2011ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2011ASTRON 500Techniques of Modern Observational Astrophysics
Spring 2011ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2010ASTRON 330Galaxies
Fall 2010ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2010ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Spring 2010ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2009ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2009ASTRON 500Techniques of Modern Observational Astrophysics
Spring 2009ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2008ASTRON 692Senior Thesis
Fall 2008ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2008ASTRON/PHYSICS 910Seminar in Astrophysics
Spring 2008ASTRON 691Senior Thesis
Spring 2008ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2008ASTRON/PHYSICS 910Seminar in Astrophysics
Fall 2007ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2007ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Spring 2007ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2006ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2006ASTRON 990Research and Thesis

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