# Amy Wagner — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/AMY_WAGNER) ## 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 | ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_cf45951856a178b206f36b55 ### source enrollment ### source instructor id alwagne1 ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Amy Wagner ### email AMY.WAGNER\@WISC.EDU ### first observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 10 #### quality 4.5 #### difficulty 2.1 #### quality count 10 #### difficulty count 10 #### profile id rmp:2523409 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:55:51.083833+00:00 #### courses ##### course a11055fc6ae711bdc933bf4e ###### review count 4 ###### quality 5 ###### difficulty 2.25 ###### quality count 4 ###### difficulty count 4 ##### course a072e557ffebf8877670ca10 ###### review count 5 ###### quality 4 ###### difficulty 1.6 ###### quality count 5 ###### difficulty count 5 ##### course 7cecde7d9bf45f25249b6c22 ###### review count 1 ###### quality 5 ###### difficulty 4 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 #### bayesian quality 3.939790522364397 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----- | | course\_a11055fc6ae711bdc933bf4e | HDFS 464 | PLAY-DEVELOPMENT AND ROLE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN | 3 | 3 | 3.866 | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/AMY\_WAGNER ## 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She is so responsive to what the class needs. She's always checking in with the class to see if the plan for that day is working for them. She's super knowledgeable and clearly cares about what she's teaching. Her lectures make me genuinely excited to come to class. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2523409", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:55:51.083833+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM2ODgzODE4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2523409", "instructor_name": "Amy Wagner", "course_label": "HDFS464", "course_id": "HDFS 464", "course_uid": "course_a11055fc6ae711bdc933bf4e", "review_date": "2022-11-23 01:58:02 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Amy is incredible. She is very connected with all of her students and very passionate about the class material. She really changed my perspective on many topics and I learned so much about development on such a fascinating way. Would highly recommend to anyone, especially those going into educational or therapeutic fields. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2523409", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:55:51.083833+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM1NTI2NTk0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2523409", "instructor_name": "Amy Wagner", "course_label": "EDPSYCH320", "course_id": "EDPSYCH 320", "course_uid": "course_7cecde7d9bf45f25249b6c22", "review_date": "2021-12-14 23:43:45 +0000 UTC", "comment": "She was hilarious and always found great ways to connect our lessons to real life. Lots of studying necessary but an amazing teacher that I would absolutely take again.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2523409", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 } ] ``` ### total 10 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | | course\_7cecde7d9bf45f25249b6c22 | EDPSYCH 320 | | course\_a11055fc6ae711bdc933bf4e | HDFS 464 | | course\_a072e557ffebf8877670ca10 | HDFS 501 | ### matched true ## social Image true