# Hardest courses in Patho-Biological Sciences | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/departments/PATH-BIO/hardest) ## 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 | | AMERIND | 53 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 57 | | ANTHRO | 95 | | ART | 125 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 69 | | BIOCHEM | 51 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 69 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 52 | | CIVENGR | 133 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 10 | | CNSRSCI | 50 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 11 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 19 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 40 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 35 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 145 | | EDPOL | 114 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 70 | | EMA | 53 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 206 | | ENTOM | 40 | | ENVIRST | 148 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 67 | | ESL | 16 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 22 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 40 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 63 | | GEN\&WS | 145 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 113 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 82 | | GLE | 48 | | GNS | 38 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 41 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 233 | | HISTSCI | 56 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 22 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 50 | | ISYE | 83 | | ITALIAN | 53 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 88 | | KINES | 128 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 120 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 89 | | LITTRANS | 78 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 62 | | MATH | 153 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 130 | | MEDHIST | 43 | | MEDICINE | 60 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 41 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 59 | | MUSIC | 165 | | MUSPERF | 126 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 4 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 111 | | NUTRSCI | 65 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 14 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 43 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 26 | | PHARMACY | 31 | | PHILOS | 77 | | PHMCOL-M | 11 | | PHMPRAC | 45 | | PHMSCI | 60 | | PHYASST | 37 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 52 | | PLPATH | 35 | | POLISCI | 192 | | POPHLTH | 58 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 101 | | PSYCHIAT | 22 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 102 | | S\&APHM | 17 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 89 | | SOC | 149 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 83 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 94 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 25 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 91 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 5 | | ZOOLOGY | 89 | ## subject PATH-BIO ## collection hardest ## results ### items ```json [ { "course_uid": "course_0e525b61dc78012c18820c12", "course_id": "MM&I/PATH-BIO 528", "title": "IMMUNOLOGY", "credits_min": 3, "credits_max": 3, "gpa": 3.172, "badges": [], "description": "IMMUNOLOGY covers the development and functions of animal immune responses, focusing on experimental humoral and cellular immunity.", "discovery": { "term": "1272", "offered": true, "history": { "counts": [ 172, 43, 136, 27, 61, 11, 7 ], "count": 457, "gpa": 3.166301969365427, "topShare": 47.04595185995623, "firstTerm": "1232", "lastTerm": "1262" }, "instructors": [ { "course_uid": "course_0e525b61dc78012c18820c12", "uid": "instructor_091c66c3a31a859248524198", "name": "Matt Reynolds", "quality": 4.075645367963169, "quality_count": 9, "instructor_url": "/instructors/MATT_REYNOLDS" } ], "instructorHistory": null, "courseComparison": null, "claim": null, "reviewFiles": [] } }, { "course_uid": "course_55f2e0b9acc7c3438bb264ac", "course_id": "PATH/PATH-BIO 210", "title": "HIV: SEX, SOCIETY AND SCIENCE", "credits_min": 3, "credits_max": 3, "gpa": 3.453, "badges": [ { "id": "lecture-size", "label": "Small lectures", "tone": "neutral", "evidence": "Fall 2026: median 14.5 enrolled students across 2 recorded lecture sections. Small means 30 or fewer; large means 100 or more. 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This describes instructor reviews across courses, not a course rating.", "sources": [ { "label": "Lyric Bartholomay", "href": "/instructors/LYRIC_BARTHOLOMAY" } ] } ], "description": null, "discovery": { "term": "1272", "offered": true, "history": { "counts": [ 155, 1, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "count": 162, "gpa": 3.9598765432098766, "topShare": 96.29629629629629, "firstTerm": "1224", "lastTerm": "1264" }, "instructors": [ { "course_uid": "course_361c092a017cc61461421ef8", "uid": "instructor_40b448259bcda8b777632916", "name": "Lyric Bartholomay", "quality": 4.108043991562356, "quality_count": 19, "instructor_url": "/instructors/LYRIC_BARTHOLOMAY" } ], "instructorHistory": null, "courseComparison": null, "claim": null, "reviewFiles": [] } }, { "course_uid": "course_8886e4b9f8e46bc747870c26", "course_id": "PATH-BIO 660", "title": "VETERINARY NECROPSY ROTATION", "credits_min": 2, "credits_max": 2, "gpa": 4, "badges": [], "description": "A veterinary necropsy rotation providing hands-on experience with necropsy procedures and diagnostic interpretive skills in the veterinary teaching hospital.", "discovery": { "term": "1272", "offered": true, "history": { "counts": [ 247, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "count": 247, "gpa": 4, "topShare": 100, "firstTerm": "1224", "lastTerm": "1264" }, "instructors": [ { "course_uid": "course_8886e4b9f8e46bc747870c26", "uid": "instructor_626fb5576bc5d0abdeea19f2", "name": "Andrea Kerr", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/ANDREA_KERR" }, { "course_uid": "course_8886e4b9f8e46bc747870c26", "uid": "instructor_9fa45fa62c10d2d6633c7a3f", "name": "David Gasper", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/DAVID_GASPER" }, { "course_uid": "course_8886e4b9f8e46bc747870c26", "uid": "instructor_6dfa5e6f39a89e179712d163", "name": "Kimberley Sebastian", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/KIMBERLEY_SEBASTIAN" }, { "course_uid": "course_8886e4b9f8e46bc747870c26", "uid": "instructor_afe1307d0028cc3d588b734d", "name": "Latasha Crawford", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/LATASHA_CRAWFORD" }, { "course_uid": "course_8886e4b9f8e46bc747870c26", "uid": "instructor_234c7bca9d2af6030744221b", "name": "Lorelei Clarke", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/LORELEI_CLARKE" } ], "instructorHistory": null, "courseComparison": null, "claim": null, "reviewFiles": [] } } ] ``` ### total 4 ### page 1 ### kind course ### q ### term 1272 ### availability offered ### filters #### ranking hardest #### subject PATH-BIO