# VERNON BARGER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### built at

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

## instructor

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### name

VERNON BARGER

### first observed at

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### last observed at

2026-01-22 01:00:26.555427+00:00

### 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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#### profile id

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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

### items

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    "comment": "Professor Barger is the nicest guy and cares a lot about students actually retaining something from the class rather than the grades, etc. The class isn't necessarily an easy A, but if you go to the lectures and pay attention you'll be fine. This was my favorite class this semester - would defs recommend!",
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    "comment": "While the material was very simple, the presentation was very disorganized. This prof. may know his stuff, but he can't teach it to save his life. Lectures and tests are his stream of consciousness, and he frequently fails to explain what he is talking about and sometimes contradicts himself. A good class with a poor professor.",
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    "comment": "I got an A in the class pretty easy, it's not like most physics classes and focuses on concepts. Concepts that may be relevant to life someday. I highly recommend his class. It's also not the end of the world to miss lecture. All notes are online.",
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