# WILLIAM BROCKLISS — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

WILLIAM BROCKLISS

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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    "comment": "Professor Brockliss is amazing. His lectures are super engaging, and he takes the time go over the readings which can be really complex and difficult to understand. The lectures are very collaborative, he frequently asks for our thoughts and ideas on texts and images. The class itself is super interesting as well due to the way he teaches it.",
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    "comment": "This class was really interesting, but way more work than I anticipated. I took this as a schedule filler, and it ended up giving more work than some of the classes towards my major. Prof Brockliss is super knowledgable and makes lectures pretty engaging. I would definitely recommend this class but be aware of the amount of work going into it!",
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