# Thomas Dubois — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

Thomas Dubois

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    "comment": "Probably one of the worst courses you can take in UW Madison for credits. The projects are time consuming and strictly graded. The grading rubrics are unclear and feedbacks are slow. The lectures are completely unrelated to the assignments but he still takes attendance. What's even worse is that my TA made it even tougher. DO NOT TAKE FOLKLORE 100",
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