# MICHAEL BRUCKNER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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## instructor

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### name

MICHAEL BRUCKNER

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### last observed at

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title                      |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------------- |
| 1244 | course\_432c74beba85cb7bdc1287f7 | PHILOS 101 | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY |
| 1242 | course\_432c74beba85cb7bdc1287f7 | PHILOS 101 | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY |
| 1234 | course\_badd2b5c09509247a930e344 | PHILOS 241 | INTRODUCTORY ETHICS        |
| 1232 | course\_badd2b5c09509247a930e344 | PHILOS 241 | INTRODUCTORY ETHICS        |
| 1224 | course\_eea85533574086c8566255b9 | PHILOS 341 | CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES  |
| 1222 | course\_432c74beba85cb7bdc1287f7 | PHILOS 101 | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY |

## timeline

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| 1222 | 1       |
| 1224 | 1       |
| 1232 | 1       |
| 1234 | 1       |
| 1242 | 1       |
| 1244 | 1       |

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    "comment": "Michael is probably one of the kindest professors I've had at UW. You have so many extra credit opportunities and he tries to memorize everyone's names in the first week. If you go to lecture and skim the readings you will have no trouble getting an A. This class was probably the best 4 credit class I could have taken. ",
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    "comment": "Professor Bruckner was very knowledgeable about philosophy. Philosophy 241 was an intermediate course and I took it for humanities credits and I enjoyed taking it with him! Two essays and two quizzes, spaced out, and quizzes are taken with notes. Extremely helpful study slides and other resources. Do the readings bc they help you understand!",
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    "comment": "The lectures itself were pretty boring, and the class was basically graded off two tests and two papers. So long as you show up to the lectures/discussions and take good notes, you should do fine.",
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### courses

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