# BASIL TIKOFF — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/BASIL_TIKOFF--instructor_542f4d667df5376accd331ee) ## 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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He is a very good scientist. However, his assignments are very disconnected and hard to follow, and feedback often contradicts the prompt he gives. He is almost never consistent. Readings are fine, but he is a very subjective, unhelpful, and unclear grader. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/805558", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:52:20.047345+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMzgzNjUy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:805558", "instructor_name": "Basil Tikoff", "course_label": "GEO202", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2024-12-19 18:31:04 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Basil truly wishes the best for all of his students and makes his free time your time. I really enjoyed his course however it is definitely challenging in ways that were unexpected. Definitely not a course you can skip at all, I don't think you could pass unless you had lots of previous knowledge on the subject while skipping. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/805558", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:52:20.047345+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM5ODI3MDcw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:805558", "instructor_name": "Basil Tikoff", "course_label": "GEO202", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2024-10-18 15:27:05 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Basil might be one of the best professors I have ever had. Each course I take now, I hope that he is teaching it. Not only is he able to excellently and clearly articulate difficult spatial problems, he very genuinely cares about his students and their understanding of the topic. 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Always open to feedback or explaining things in a different way.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/805558", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:52:20.047345+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM2MzU2MzMw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:805558", "instructor_name": "Basil Tikoff", "course_label": "ILS153", "course_id": "ILS 153", "course_uid": "course_4cf6092f224e24f3802dc57a", "review_date": "2022-05-17 05:09:12 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I loved Basil, he is so sweet and impressively knowledgeable in so many different areas. I liked the material in this class, but I sometimes found the expectations for assignments to be unclear and there was often an extreme amount of work, which could be frustrating. 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