# PAUL BARFORD — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

PAUL BARFORD

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    "comment": "Fairly big class, but Prof. Barford makes it feel like a discussion and the focus is on understanding the material. Really interesting, and Barford is so willing to go into in depth explanations during lecture. Extremely nontechnical course, tests are easy if you just listen/engage in lecture (do not skip class), plus 3 month-long Python projects. ",
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    "comment": "Gas professor. Definitely the best CS professor I've had.",
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