# BJORN ERAKER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/BJORN_ERAKER--instructor_cc9a2c7f5e2a4a4a706ac5f2) ## 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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madgrades ### source instructor id 4461496 ### identity basis source\_id ### identity status source\_identified ### name BJORN ERAKER ### first observed at 2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 19 #### quality 3.63 #### difficulty 3.21 #### quality count 19 #### difficulty count 19 #### profile id rmp:1731146 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:51:43.616892+00:00 #### courses #### bayesian quality 3.6452234787418436 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### grade statistics #### gpa 3.334 #### graded 1515 #### counts * 558 * 341 * 370 * 129 * 89 * 15 * 13 #### sections 77 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/BJORN\_ERAKER--instructor\_cc9a2c7f5e2a4a4a706ac5f2 ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | 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