# MICHAEL TOPPING — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### built at

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### current instructors

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### departments

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| SRMED     | 21    |
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| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

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### source

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### name

MICHAEL TOPPING

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

4

#### quality

5

#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### sections

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### courses

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### instructor url

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title               |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------- |
| 1242 | course\_eb97963ac46895311ec0acd6 | SOC 170    | POPULATION PROBLEMS |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
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## term

1272

## courses

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## reviews

### items

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    "comment": "Michael is so nice and so much fun even if you are not a soc major!  He tells so many stories about topics or just life in general which makes it so much easier to understand. he also gives extensions to the two writing assignments if you ask!!! I got a one-week extension when I had tests in other classes which helped a ton! ",
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    "comment": "Best professor ever, 2 tests (open note) and 2 writing assignments. He is hilarious and makes the class so much fun, I would really recommend taking him!",
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    "comment": "Professor Topping is absolutely hilarious!!! He makes class so much fun and covers really cool topics well. You have an online quiz each lecture but its only 3 points and its on the stuff you read for the class so its easy to get done, other than that you have 2 exams, open note and 2 essays you need to get done",
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    "comment": "So much fun! This is my first class in college ever and I think that he really understands that this is a new experience for so many and tries to make it engaging whether you're interested in sociology or not. I would def take again if he taught another class I need ",
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