# Michael Xenos — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

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### name

Michael Xenos

### email

XENOS\@WISC.EDU

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### courses

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## history

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## timeline

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## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "So caring and passionate! 440 was my first LSC class having just declared the certificate and I really enjoyed it. I found his lectures and readings fascinating and enjoyed the way that the project was split up into manageable parts. When I had issues fairly splitting work with group members, Michael was really helpful. He wants you to succeed!",
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    "comment": "Xenos was a very good professor and enthusiastic about the work he does. He is very caring and is responsive to a lot of questions. One thing he likes is hearing from the students and that is one trait I appreciate about his teaching style.",
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    "comment": "Professor Xenos is very likely the best professor I've had at UW. He ACTUALLY cares about his students' success and learning. The content can be tricky to wrap your head around but he does a great job breaking it down and explaining it.",
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    "review_date": "2019-05-01 16:12:13 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "One of the best professor I've ever had here at UW. The course material is fairly easy but if you talk to the professor, he puts his lectures in terms that you personally can understand. If you're willing to stay after class and/or go to his office hours you'll do just fine in this class even if you aren't the best with politics.",
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    "comment": "Professor Xenos is very knowledgeable and respected within the field, but he's not a very good lecturer. His slides have different information than what he says, so you have to choose between listening or writing. His tests are difficult, harshly graded, and require some memorization. All the papers were group projects, which sucked. Hard grader.",
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### courses

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