# ROBERT OSTERGREN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

ROBERT OSTERGREN

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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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## reviews

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    "comment": "Really interesting material. He is a good lecturer and a nice guy. Long classes, but they are mostly worth it.  No textbook, and only 2 readings a week.  Shows lots of vacation photos.  Really easy grader. One semester-long journal, and two take home exams.",
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    "comment": "Awesome dude!  No textbook. Extremely easy. And I actually learned! He posts all slides online, don't really need to go to class. And lectures can be very long but they never go for the full time slot. TAKE THIS CLASS",
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    "comment": "One of my favorite professors at UW. He is extremely knowledgeable about the topic and very enthusiastic. He gives study guides for the exams, which are exhaustive, but if you take the time to fill them out and study it, you will do well on the exams. Take his class!!",
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