# Brian Street — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/BRIAN_STREET) ## 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 | ## 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Sped through lectures, topics were introduced once and the next time they showed up were on an exam. He was nice and responsive. Take advtg of EVERY SINGLE PROBLEM you have available before the tests (3 inc final). I'm a math person and the course was really hard. You need to study WAY more than you think you do!!!!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1574143", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:51:04.942102+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM1NzU4NDUw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1574143", "instructor_name": "Brian Street", "course_label": "MATH234", "course_id": "MATH 234", "course_uid": "course_8634dde81cc95f6c58014087", "review_date": "2022-01-16 03:57:17 +0000 UTC", "comment": "An great professor! Therere three exams during a semester, which take up 84% of the grade. Although it seems difficult, the programs in the tests are similar to the homework and he will give us review problems before midterms. And there are also a lot of practice exams in canvas, which is useful. If you do the practice, this will be an easy course", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1574143", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:51:04.942102+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM1NzM1NDg2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1574143", "instructor_name": "Brian Street", "course_label": "MATH234", "course_id": "MATH 234", "course_uid": "course_8634dde81cc95f6c58014087", "review_date": "2022-01-11 16:30:56 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Exams are a large part of the grade (3 exams, 28% each), but exam content is straightforward and well-covered in lecture. Weekly quizzes. Professor Street talks and writes quickly, so it can be easy to get lost, but the lectures overall were very helpful. He closely follows the textbook, so textbook examples were useful while preparing for exams.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1574143", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:51:04.942102+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM1NjQzMjkx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1574143", "instructor_name": "Brian Street", "course_label": "MATH234", "course_id": "MATH 234", "course_uid": "course_8634dde81cc95f6c58014087", "review_date": "2021-12-23 19:14:30 +0000 UTC", "comment": "3 tests at 28% each make up majority of your grade, so luckily Brian does a great job of preparing you, giving problems and topic lists of almost everything exactly that will be on the exam. Focus on understanding every lecture problem example, rather than the tedious worksheet and homework problems, and do every practice test available, easy A.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1574143", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:51:04.942102+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM1NjM1MTgy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1574143", "instructor_name": "Brian Street", "course_label": "MATH234", "course_id": "MATH 234", "course_uid": "course_8634dde81cc95f6c58014087", "review_date": "2021-12-22 21:05:45 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He is one of the most egocentric and arrogant people on this planet. I was 1% off from passing this class and he gave no sympathy. 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