# Carrie Francis — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/CARRIE_FRANCIS) ## 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\_4136d137748b7c57169bf530 ### source enrollment ### source instructor id cfrancis2 ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Carrie Francis ### email CFRANCIS2\@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 12 #### quality 1.58 #### difficulty 3.67 #### quality count 12 #### difficulty count 12 #### profile id rmp:2959139 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:49:42.086106+00:00 #### courses ##### course 8117ebeaf2f3accae0bb5cb6 ###### review count 1 ###### quality 1 ###### difficulty 5 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 ##### course 36d9c27edb0bc1bf4e9c79a2 ###### review count 7 ###### quality 1.86 ###### difficulty 3.14 ###### quality count 7 ###### difficulty count 7 ##### course 0a6dafcdaeb7c047d94f694f ###### review count 4 ###### quality 1.25 ###### difficulty 4.25 ###### quality count 4 ###### difficulty count 4 #### bayesian quality 2.8798036147166224 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | --------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----- | | course\_0102faba3a6a173105857f06 | PHYSICS 103 | GENERAL PHYSICS | 4 | 4 | 3.046 | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/CARRIE\_FRANCIS ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | --------------- | | 1272 | course\_0102faba3a6a173105857f06 | PHYSICS 103 | GENERAL PHYSICS | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1272 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses ```json [ { "course_uid": "course_0102faba3a6a173105857f06", "course_id": "PHYSICS 103", "title": "GENERAL PHYSICS", "credits_min": 4, "credits_max": 4, "gpa": 3.046, "badges": [ { "id": "grade-outcomes", "label": "Lower grades", "tone": "negative", "evidence": "Spring 2026 · latest released grades before Fall 2026: 2.95 GPA across 456 letter grades, versus 3.62 for UW–Madison (1283 courses). 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Her grading criteria makes no sense and didn't give out the final for regrade requests even though she did that for all midterms and it's a standard practice in the physics department. Also the average for the class was low and she didn't even change the grade cutoffs.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2959139", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:49:42.086106+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxOTA4OTky", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2959139", "instructor_name": "Carrie Francis", "course_label": "PHYSICS109", "course_id": "PHYSICS 109", "course_uid": "course_36d9c27edb0bc1bf4e9c79a2", "review_date": "2025-11-20 00:31:46 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Lectures are poorly arranged and delivered, do not help students understand how to complete test and homework problems in a step-by-step manner. Lectures are misaligned with labs, and all lab equipment, software, programs, manuals, etc. are severely outdated/overcomplicated.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2959139", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:49:42.086106+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxODI3NjIy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2959139", "instructor_name": "Carrie Francis", "course_label": "PHYSICS109", "course_id": "PHYSICS 109", "course_uid": "course_36d9c27edb0bc1bf4e9c79a2", "review_date": "2025-11-08 17:27:14 +0000 UTC", "comment": "She just talks to herself during and lecture and the class is so so boring. No one can grasp the main point of her lecture, making the homework hard to understand so that you can only learn by yourself.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2959139", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:49:42.086106+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxODI1ODg4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2959139", "instructor_name": "Carrie Francis", "course_label": "PHYSICS109", "course_id": "PHYSICS 109", "course_uid": "course_36d9c27edb0bc1bf4e9c79a2", "review_date": "2025-11-08 00:02:50 +0000 UTC", "comment": "so hard to follow lectures, slides dont make sense, doesn't explain concepts well, so difficult if you don't have a background in stem even though the class is meant for non stem majors.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2959139", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:49:42.086106+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwNDMxMzcw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2959139", "instructor_name": "Carrie Francis", "course_label": "PHYSICS109", "course_id": "PHYSICS 109", "course_uid": "course_36d9c27edb0bc1bf4e9c79a2", "review_date": "2024-12-24 18:13:16 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Ugh. Really boring lecturer, especially when paired with the fact that Pupa Gilbert teaches the prior half of the semester. She never did anything to gain the attention of the class and I think a lot of people fell off due to her mediocre teaching style. At least she's nice. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2959139", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:49:42.086106+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMjg2MDA4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2959139", "instructor_name": "Carrie Francis", "course_label": "PHYSICS109", "course_id": "PHYSICS 109", "course_uid": "course_36d9c27edb0bc1bf4e9c79a2", "review_date": "2024-12-14 00:15:29 +0000 UTC", "comment": "She made absolutely no sense the entire second half of the semester. I missed Pupa the entire time. If you can teach yourself the material through labs and YouTube videos, I 100% recommend that over her lectures.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2959139", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 } ] ``` ### total 12 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | | course\_0a6dafcdaeb7c047d94f694f | PHYSICS 104 | | course\_36d9c27edb0bc1bf4e9c79a2 | PHYSICS 109 | | course\_8117ebeaf2f3accae0bb5cb6 | PHYSICS 202 | ### matched true ## social Image true