# STEPHEN VAUGHN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
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### name

STEPHEN VAUGHN

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### last observed at

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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    "comment": "Students were given freedom to conduct their own research project with their interests. It was pretty fun to critique on other students' projects.  Students also had a long time to revise their websites and project papers. Only a final presentation was required, so the second half of this class was pretty easy.",
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    "comment": "I really disliked this class. Professor Vaughn assigns a huge research paper at the beginning of the semester. Each class he makes up a new part of the paper and he changes what he wants every day. If you don't know how to code a website I do not recommend taking this course. Vaughn is irrational in what he expects students to be capable of. ",
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    "comment": "Class is rough. He is super smart, but rather dominating in class, if you have questions or you are not on the same page it won't get straightened out.  Great analysis of the history of new media, little working knowledge of new media.",
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