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Viren Murthy

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Raw average: 2.79/5 from 28 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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EA255 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
This was one of the worst courses I ever took as a history student. The content offered virtually no historical scholarship; instead, it was riddled with the professor's own theories—or "philosophy"—which ultimately amounted to nothing more than crude anti-imperialist rhetoric. It was truly sad.
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EA255 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Excellent and clear lectures! Thought provoking.
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HIS255 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 2/5
Poor lecturer. Talks super slow, says exactly what's on the slides. Will ask questions, disagree with the answer, then say the same thing adding 0 extra details. Misquotes philosophers and thought "I am the state" was Henry VIII (it was louis XIV)
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