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1 | African Americans Abroad | Laila Amine | 10 | English | + Afro-American Studies | + Sociology | English + Afro-American Studies + Sociology | Yes | Literature Social Science Social Science | African Americans Abroad | |||||
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2 | Art and Artists: Foundations of Contemporary Practice (Option 1) | John Baldacchino | 9 or 10 | Art Department | + Art Department | + Art Department | + Art Department | for students advised by the School of Education | Art Department + Art Department + Art Department + Art Department | Humanities | Art and Artists: Foundations of Contemporary Practice (Option 1) | ||||
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3 | Art and Artists: Foundations of Contemporary Practice (Option 2) | John Baldacchino | 9 or 10 | Art Department | + Art Department | + Art Department | + Art Department | for students advised by the School of Education | Art Department + Art Department + Art Department + Art Department | Humanities | Art and Artists: Foundations of Contemporary Practice (Option 2) | ||||
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4 | Art and Artists: Foundations of Contemporary Practice (Option 3) | John Baldacchino | 9 or 10 | Art Department | + Art Department | + Art Department | + Art Department | for students advised by the School of Education | Art Department + Art Department + Art Department + Art Department | Humanities | Art and Artists: Foundations of Contemporary Practice (Option 3) | ||||
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5 | Biology of Vision | Bikash Pattnaik | 10 | Interdisciplinary Courses (L&S) | + Psychology | + Chemistry | Interdisciplinary Courses L&S + Psychology + Chemistry | Biological Science Social Science Physical Science | Biology of Vision | ||||||
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6 | Children, Marriage, and the Family | Harry Brighouse | 10 | Philosophy | + Sociology | + Educational Psychology | Philosophy + Sociology + Educational Psychology | Humanities or Social Science Social Science Social Science | Children, Marriage, and the Family | ||||||
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7 | Classical Myth and Modern American Culture | Ron Harris | 10 | English | + Integrated Liberal Studies | + Latin | English + Integrated Liberal Studies + Latin | Literature Literature | Yes | Classical Myth and Modern American Culture | |||||
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8 | Climate Crisis Literature | Sarah Wood | 9 | English | + Environmental Studies | + Geography | English + Environmental Studies + Geography | Literature Social Science Social Science | Climate Crisis Literature | ||||||
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9 | The Disability Experience | Susan Smedema | 9 | Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education | + Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education | + Counseling Psychology | Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education + Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education + Counseling Psychology | Yes | Social Science Social Science | Disability Experience | |||||
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10 | Disability, Gender, and Sexuality | Sami Schalk | 9 | Gender and Women’s Studies | + Gender and Women’s Studies | + Civil Society and Community Studies | Gender and Women’s Studies + Gender and Women’s Studies + Civil Society and Community Studies | Yes | Humanities Humanities or Social Science Social Science | Honors Optional | Disability, Gender, and Sexuality | ||||
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11 | Diversity in Special Education | Carlyn Mueller | 10 | Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education | + Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education | + Sociology | Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education + Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education + Sociology | Yes | Social Science | Diversity in Special Education | |||||
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12 | Earth Partnership, Indigenous Arts, and Sciences: Restoration Education and Stewardship | Maria Moreno and Cheryl Bauer-Armstrong | 9 | Interdisciplinary Courses (L&S) | + Environmental Studies | + American Indian Studies | Interdisciplinary Courses L&S + Environmental Studies + American Indian Studies | Yes | Social Science Social Science Social Science | Earth Partnership, Indigenous Arts, and Sciences: Restoration Education and Stewardship | |||||
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13 | Exploring Biology (Option 1) | Cara Theisen | 8 | Integrated Science | + English | + Mathematics | Integrated Science + English + Mathematics | Communication Part A Quantitative Reasoning Part A | Biological Science | Exploring Biology (Option 1) | |||||
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14 | Exploring Biology (Option 2) | Cara Theisen | 9 | Integrated Science | + Anthropology | + Chemistry | Integrated Science + Anthropology + Chemistry | Biological Science Biological Science Physical Science | Honors Optional | Exploring Biology (Option 2) | |||||
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15 | Exploring Biology (Option 3) | Cara Theisen | 9 | Integrated Science | + Interdisciplinary Courses (SOHE) | + Chemistry | Integrated Science + Interdisciplinary Courses SOHE + Chemistry | Biological Science Social Science Physical Science | Exploring Biology (Option 3) | ||||||
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16 | Exploring Biology (Option 4) | Cara Theisen | 9 | Integrated Science | + Gender and Women’s Studies | + Chemistry | Integrated Science + Gender and Women’s Studies + Chemistry | Biological Science Natural Science Physical Science | Exploring Biology (Option 4) | ||||||
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17 | Making Food, Making Meaning | Corrie Norman | 9 | Religious Studies | + Horticulture | + Anthropology | Religious Studies + Horticulture + Anthropology | Yes | Humanities Biological Science Social Science | Honors Optional | Making Food, Making Meaning | ||||
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18 | Game Design | Krista-Lee Malone | 10 | Curriculum and Instruction | + Sociology | + Communication Arts | Curriculum and Instruction + Sociology + Communication Arts | Yes | Social Science Humanities or Social Science | Game Design | |||||
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19 | Gandhi, King, Mandela: Nonviolence in the World | Mou Banerjee | 11 | History Department | + Political Science | + Sociology | History Department + Political Science + Sociology | Yes | Humanities or Social Science Social Science Social Science | Honors Optional Honors Optional | Gandhi, King, Mandela: Nonviolence in the World | ||||
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20 | Global Biodiversity and the Sixth Mass Extinction | Daniel Young | 9 | Entomology | + Entomology | + Chemistry | Entomology + Entomology + Chemistry | Biological Science Physical Science | Honors Optional | Global Biodiversity and the Sixth Mass Extinction | |||||
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21 | Global Food Security: The Real Hunger Games | Jeri Barak | 11 | Plant Pathology | + Plant Pathology | + Plant Pathology | + Chemistry | Plant Pathology + Plant Pathology + Plant Pathology + Chemistry | Biological Science Biological Science Biological Science Physical Science | Honors Optional | Global Food Security: The Real Hunger Games | ||||
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22 | Global Poverty: Cross-Cultural Perspectives | Matthew Turner | 9 | Interdisciplinary Courses (L&S) | + Anthropology | + Nutritional Sciences | Interdisciplinary Courses L&S + Anthropology + Nutritional Sciences | Yes | Social Science Social Science Social Science | Honors Optional | Global Poverty: Cross-Cultural Perspectives | ||||
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23 | Global Reproductive Politics | Emily Callaci | 9 | History Department | + Gender and Women’s Studies | + Sociology | History Department + Gender and Women’s Studies + Sociology | Yes | Humanities or Social Science Natural Science Social Science | Honors Optional | Global Reproductive Politics | ||||
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24 | Globalism, World Regions, and Globalizing Education | Margaret Hawkins | 10 | Curriculum and Instruction | + International Studies | + Anthropology | Curriculum and Instruction + International Studies + Anthropology | Yes | Social Science Social Science | Honors Optional | Globalism, World Regions, and Globalizing Education | ||||
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25 | Harnessing Plant Chemistry for a Sustainable Future | Hiroshi Maeda | 11 | Interdisciplinary Courses (L&S) | + Chemistry | + Community and Environmental Sociology | Interdisciplinary Courses L&S + Chemistry + Community and Environmental Sociology | Biological Science Physical Science Social Science | Harnessing Plant Chemistry for a Sustainable Future | ||||||
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26 | Healthcare and Engineering | Tracy Puccinelli | 10 | Interdisciplinary Courses (Engineering) | + Chemistry | + Religious Studies | for students admitted directly into the College of Engineering | Interdisciplinary Courses Engineering + Chemistry + Religious Studies | Physical Science Humanities or Social Science | Healthcare and Engineering | |||||
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27 | Hispanic Literatures through the Perspective of Gender | Ksenija Bilbija | 9 | Spanish | + Gender and Women’s Studies | + Spanish | + Spanish | Spanish + Gender and Women’s Studies + Spanish + Spanish | Literature Social Science | Honors Optional Honors Optional | Yes | Hispanic Literatures through the Perspective of Gender | |||
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28 | The History of Yoga | Gudrun Buhnemann | 10 | Asian Languages and Cultures | + Anthropology | + Philosophy | Asian Languages and Cultures + Anthropology + Philosophy | Yes | Humanities Social Science Humanities or Social Science | Honors Optional | History of Yoga | ||||
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29 | But Some of Us Are Brave: Introduction to Black Women Writers | Brittney Edmonds | 10 | Afro-American Studies | + Sociology | + Gender and Women’s Studies | Afro-American Studies + Sociology + Gender and Women’s Studies | Yes | Literature Social Science Social Science | But Some of Us Are Brave: Introduction to Black Women Writers | |||||
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30 | Human Memory, Big Data, and the Digital Age | Mark Vareschi | 10 | English | + Philosophy | + Computer Sciences | English + Philosophy + Computer Sciences | Quantitative Reasoning Part B | Literature Humanities or Social Science Natural Science | Honors Optional | Human Memory, Big Data, and the Digital Age | ||||
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31 | Imagining Crime: Criminal Justice in Fact and Fiction | Ralph Grunewald | 11 | English | + Legal Studies | + Sociology | English + Legal Studies + Sociology | Yes | Literature Social Science Social Science | Imagining Crime: Criminal Justice in Fact and Fiction | |||||
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32 | Internet and Society | Rebekah Willett | 9 | Library and Information Studies | + Communication Arts | + Library and Information Studies | Library and Information Studies + Communication Arts + Library and Information Studies | Yes | Social Science Humanities Humanities or Social Science | Internet and Society | |||||
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33 | Laboring for Revolution: An Introduction to the Life, Thought, and Legacy of Karl Marx | Joseph Bowling | 11 | English | + History Department | + Philosophy | English + History Department + Philosophy | Literature Humanities or Social Science Humanities or Social Science | Honors Optional | Laboring for Revolution: An Introduction to the Life, Thought, and Legacy of Karl Marx | |||||
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34 | Law and Disorder in Russia | Kathryn Hendley | 7 or 11 | Political Science | + Political Science | + Slavic Languages | Political Science + Political Science + Slavic Languages | Social Science Social Science | Yes | Law and Disorder in Russia | |||||
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35 | Listening to Land: Indigenous Education, Language, and Foodways | Dan Cornelius and Daniel Hayden | 10 | Educational Policy Studies | + Environmental Studies | + American Indian Studies | Educational Policy Studies + Environmental Studies + American Indian Studies | Yes | Social Science Physical Science Humanities | Yes | Listening to Land: Indigenous Education, Language, and Foodways | ||||
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36 | Make it Count: Measuring Physical Activity Behavior | Morgan Shields | 10 | Kinesiology | + Mathematics | + English | + Kinesiology | Kinesiology + Mathematics + English + Kinesiology | Quantitative Reasoning Part A Communication Part A | Make it Count: Measuring Physical Activity Behavior | |||||
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37 | National Identity in the Global World: the Italian Case | Ernesto Livorni | 11 | Literature in Translation | + History Department | + Political Science | Literature in Translation + History Department + Political Science | Literature Humanities or Social Science Social Science | Honors Optional | National Identity in the Global World: the Italian Case | |||||
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38 | Nursing: Child Development (Option 1) | 8 | Nursing | + Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education | + Educational Psychology | for students advised by the School of Nursing | Nursing + Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education + Educational Psychology | Social Science Social Science | Nursing: Child Development (Option 1) | ||||||
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39 | Nursing: Diversity and Women’s Studies (Option 2) | 9 | Nursing | + Sociology | + Gender and Women’s Studies | for students advised by the School of Nursing | Nursing + Sociology + Gender and Women’s Studies | Yes | Social Science Social Science Natural Science | Nursing: Diversity and Women’s Studies (Option 2) | |||||
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40 | Nursing: Equality in Healthcare (Option 3) | 9 | Nursing | + Sociology | + Religious Studies | for students advised by the School of Nursing | Nursing + Sociology + Religious Studies | Yes | Social Science Social Science Humanities or Social Science | Nursing: Equality in Healthcare (Option 3) | |||||
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41 | Nursing: Global Health (Option 4) | 8 | Nursing | + Nutritional Sciences | + Sociology | for students advised by the School of Nursing | Nursing + Nutritional Sciences + Sociology | Yes | Social Science Social Science Social Science | Nursing: Global Health (Option 4) | |||||
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42 | Nursing: Inclusive Communication (Option 5) | 9 | Nursing | + English | + Sociology | for students advised by the School of Nursing | Nursing + English + Sociology | Yes | Communication Part A | Social Science Social Science | Nursing: Inclusive Communication (Option 5) | ||||
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43 | Observation and Discovery: How Astronomy Shapes our Worldview | James Lattis | 9 | Interdisciplinary Courses (L&S) | + Astronomy | + History of Science | Interdisciplinary Courses L&S + Astronomy + History of Science | Quantitative Reasoning Part B | Social Science or Natural Science Physical Science Humanities | Honors Optional Honors Optional | Observation and Discovery: How Astronomy Shapes our Worldview | ||||
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45 | The Periodic Table of Life | Judith Burstyn | 10 or 11 | Chemistry | + History of Science | + Chemistry | + Chemistry | Chemistry + History of Science + Chemistry + Chemistry | Quantitative Reasoning Part B | Physical Science Humanities Physical Science Physical Science | Honors Optional | Periodic Table of Life | |||
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46 | Pharmacy and You (Option 1) | Denise Walbrandt Pigarelli, Michael Pitterle, Amy Zwaska | 9 | Pharmacy | + Counseling Psychology | + Chemistry | If you are advised outside the School of Pharmacy, please contact amy.zwaska@wisc.edu for approval to enroll. | Pharmacy + Counseling Psychology + Chemistry | Yes | Social Science Physical Science | Pharmacy and You (Option 1) | ||||
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47 | Pharmacy and You (Option 2) | Denise Walbrandt Pigarelli, Michael Pitterle, Amy Zwaska | 9 or 10 | Pharmacy | + Counseling Psychology | + Chemistry | + Chemistry | If you are advised outside the School of Pharmacy, please contact amy.zwaska@wisc.edu for approval to enroll. | Pharmacy + Counseling Psychology + Chemistry + Chemistry | Yes | Quantitative Reasoning Part B | Social Science Physical Science Physical Science | Pharmacy and You (Option 2) | ||
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48 | Philosophy and the Scientific Worldview | Farid Masrour | 9 | Philosophy | + Science and Technology Studies | + Computer Sciences | + Computer Sciences | for students in the College of Letters & Science Honors Program | Philosophy + Science and Technology Studies + Computer Sciences + Computer Sciences | Quantitative Reasoning Part B Quantitative Reasoning Part B | Humanities or Social Science Humanities or Social Science Natural Science Natural Science | Honors Only | Philosophy and the Scientific Worldview | ||
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49 | The Physiology of Human Performance | Gary Diffee | 9 | Kinesiology | + Chemistry | + Kinesiology | Kinesiology + Chemistry + Kinesiology | Physical Science | Physiology of Human Performance | ||||||
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50 | Plants and Human Well-being | Irwin Goldman | 10 | Horticulture | + Horticulture | + Chemistry | + Anthropology | Horticulture + Horticulture + Chemistry + Anthropology | Yes | Biological Science Biological Science Physical Science Social Science | Honors Optional | Plants and Human Well-being | |||
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51 | Rainforests and Coral Reefs | Catherine Woodward | 10 or 11 | Botany | + Chemistry | + Spanish | Botany + Chemistry + Spanish | Biological Science Physical Science | Yes | Rainforests and Coral Reefs | |||||
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52 | Refugee Rights in a Bordered World | Jenna Loyd | 10 | Interdisciplinary Courses (L&S) | + International Studies | + Gender and Women’s Studies | Interdisciplinary Courses L&S + International Studies + Gender and Women’s Studies | Social Science Social Science Social Science | Refugee Rights in a Bordered World | ||||||
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53 | Representing Inequality | Matthew Brown | 10 | African Cultural Studies | + Sociology | + Civil Society and Community Studies | African Cultural Studies + Sociology + Civil Society and Community Studies | Yes | Communication Part B | Literature Social Science Social Science | Representing Inequality | ||||
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54 | Sex, Drugs, and Literature in Latin America | Beatriz Botero | 10 | Integrated Liberal Studies | + Sociology | + Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies | Integrated Liberal Studies + Sociology + Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies | Yes | Literature Social Science Social Science | Sex, Drugs, and Literature in Latin America | |||||
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55 | Soccer in Africa (and the World) | Vlad Dima | 10 | African Cultural Studies | + International Studies | + History Department | African Cultural Studies + International Studies + History Department | Communication Part B | Humanities Social Science Humanities or Social Science | Honors Optional | Soccer in Africa (and the World) | ||||
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56 | Sustainability and Engineering | Katie Kalscheur | 11 | Interdisciplinary Courses (Engineering) | + Mathematics | + Environmental Studies | for students admitted directly into the College of Engineering | Interdisciplinary Courses Engineering + Mathematics + Environmental Studies | Quantitative Reasoning Part A | Social Science | Sustainability and Engineering | ||||
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57 | U.S. LGBTQ+ History in Film | Finn Enke | 9 | History Department | + Gender and Women’s Studies | + Communication Arts | History Department + Gender and Women’s Studies + Communication Arts | Yes | Humanities or Social Science Humanities or Social Science Humanities | Honors Optional | U.S. LGBTQ+ History in Film | ||||
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58 | Virtue in the Greco-Roman World | Leonora Neville | 11 | History Department | + Legal Studies | + Political Science | History Department + Legal Studies + Political Science | Humanities or Social Science Social Science Humanities | Honors Optional | Virtue in the Greco-Roman World | |||||
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59 | War and Forced Displacement | Cindy I-Fen Cheng | 11 | History Department | + Political Science | + Geography | History Department + Political Science + Geography | Communication Part B | Humanities or Social Science Social Science Social Science | Honors Optional Honors Optional | War and Forced Displacement | ||||
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60 | We Are What We Eat: Food and Identity | Erika Anna | 10 | Nutritional Sciences | + Nutritional Sciences | + Chemistry | Nutritional Sciences + Nutritional Sciences + Chemistry | Yes | Social Science Biological Science Physical Science | We Are What We Eat: Food and Identity | |||||
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61 | World of the Vikings | Scott Mellor | 6 or 10 | Literature in Translation | + Folklore Program | + Scandinavian Studies | Literature in Translation + Folklore Program + Scandinavian Studies | Yes | Literature Humanities | Honors Optional | Yes | World of the Vikings | |||
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62 | Yoga in Poetry and Pose | Chris Livanos | 9 | Comparative Literature | + Religious Studies | + Nutritional Sciences | Comparative Literature + Religious Studies + Nutritional Sciences | Literature Humanities or Social Science Social Science | Yoga in Poetry and Pose | ||||||
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