# ME 472: Energy, Sustainability, and Technology | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/courses/ME_472) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 52a78527ff09011d88cb04c7d43867d9fbfec2930bf1dd2ec359ebd2844e0b07 ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | 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}, { "range": "3.2–3.6", "count": 18, "current": false }, { "range": "3.6–4.0", "count": 28, "current": true } ] } } ] ``` ### terms #### 1242 ##### term 1242 ##### gpa 3.59375 ##### count 16 ##### departments | subject | comparison | | ------- | ---------- | | ME | | #### 1252 ##### term 1252 ##### gpa 3.45 ##### count 10 ##### departments | subject | comparison | | ------- | ---------- | | ME | | #### 1264 ##### term 1264 ##### gpa 3.7916666666666665 ##### count 36 ##### university ###### size 1283 ###### gpa Percentile 61 ###### count Percentile 11 ###### median Count 66 ###### histogram | range | count | current | | ------- | ----- | ------- | | 0.0–0.4 | 0 | false | | 0.4–0.8 | 0 | false | | 0.8–1.2 | 0 | false | | 1.2–1.6 | 0 | false | | 1.6–2.0 | 0 | false | | 2.0–2.4 | 1 | false | | 2.4–2.8 | 20 | false | | 2.8–3.2 | 130 | false | | 3.2–3.6 | 343 | false | | 3.6–4.0 | 789 | true | ##### departments ```json [ { "subject": "ME", "comparison": { "size": 25, "gpaPercentile": 67, 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