# BRIANA BURTON — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/BRIANA_BURTON--instructor_967b485fb93dfbf3a28f763a) ## 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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Feedback was a little slow.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2204133", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:51:02.741843+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI5NDIzNjI5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2204133", "instructor_name": "Briana Burton", "course_label": "MICRO470", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2018-01-09 19:01:50 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Dr. Burton is a professor who definitely cares about the success of students. She's pretty accessible outside of class and gives good feedback. Her lectures are engaging and class participation is graded. Overall though, this was a very difficult class and requires a lot of time and commitment. 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You'll work hard in this class for sure!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2204133", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 } ] ``` ### total 6 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ------------ | | course\_50097f4cc0aabc7da8a401b4 | MICROBIO 470 | ### matched true ## social Image false