# ALLEN LAUGHON — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/ALLEN_LAUGHON--instructor_c5a9457e06b5bc63a27e6c54) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 85abe9ff8837c2c5a134368dcc4cfc85eb723524b21ddeb3d2e953887d2f0c8f ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+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 | | 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It is what it is. The class is relatively simple/boring, but it is definitely an easy A, just show up. Weekly quizzes with one test at the end. He is one of 3 professors, and arguably the second best of the three. Not very exciting, but you do learn a bit about current issues.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/133459", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:56:32.275392+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI3NjExMDY4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:133459", "instructor_name": "Allen Laughon", "course_label": "GENETICS466", "course_id": "GENETICS 466", "course_uid": "course_2a73ec290c5e665c8b699fbb", "review_date": "2016-12-23 11:38:59 +0000 UTC", "comment": "His lectures can go a bit fast, and he tends to go on tangents that can be really interesting but are usually not relevant to the exam material. 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