# COLIN DEWEY — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/COLIN_DEWEY--instructor_70d2730249bcab4feb326a13) ## 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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| 2 | | 1124 | 2 | | 1132 | 2 | | 1134 | 3 | | 1142 | 1 | | 1144 | 2 | | 1152 | 2 | | 1154 | 3 | | 1162 | 3 | | 1172 | 3 | | 1174 | 2 | | 1182 | 1 | | 1184 | 1 | | 1192 | 3 | | 1194 | 3 | | 1202 | 4 | | 1204 | 2 | | 1212 | 1 | | 1222 | 3 | | 1224 | 1 | | 1232 | 2 | | 1234 | 1 | | 1242 | 2 | | 1244 | 1 | | 1252 | 2 | | 1254 | 1 | | 1262 | 3 | | 1264 | 4 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:47:48.856710+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMzgyODMy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1495154", "instructor_name": "Colin Dewey", "course_label": "BMI576", "course_id": "BMI/COMPSCI 576", "course_uid": "course_b6dd4ed7259057188cd63bb9", "review_date": "2024-12-19 17:39:37 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Colin is a solid professor with a well-organized course. However, I likely wouldn't take 576 again. It was a flipped format with monotone pre-recorded lectures, tedious homeworks, and long but not unfair exams. The resources for you to succeed are readily available, though, so the effort you put in will likely match your grade. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1495154", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:47:48.856710+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMDY4MDc5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1495154", "instructor_name": "Colin Dewey", "course_label": "BMI576", "course_id": "BMI/COMPSCI 576", "course_uid": "course_b6dd4ed7259057188cd63bb9", "review_date": "2024-12-02 19:57:15 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Even as a CS major, some of the algorithms are difficult to understand. You need to put a LOT of time into watching the monotone lectures, but the content itself seems like it is useful and applicable to the real world. The HWs are hard so start early, but the exams were simplified handwritten versions of the HW and notebook problems.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1495154", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:47:48.856710+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM5ODQxOTg0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1495154", "instructor_name": "Colin Dewey", "course_label": "BMI576", "course_id": "BMI/COMPSCI 576", "course_uid": "course_b6dd4ed7259057188cd63bb9", "review_date": "2024-10-23 01:10:00 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Prof. Dewey's class is extremely organized and information is displayed well with sufficient office hours offered. My only complaint is that the lectures are extremely monotone and boring. I struggle so much to get through the 20 minute pre-recorded lecture (full of crucial information) so much that I had to come write this review. HARD homework", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1495154", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:47:48.856710+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM4NTg2ODYx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1495154", "instructor_name": "Colin Dewey", "course_label": "BMI576", "course_id": "BMI/COMPSCI 576", "course_uid": "course_b6dd4ed7259057188cd63bb9", "review_date": "2023-12-09 08:01:21 +0000 UTC", "comment": "If you enjoy paying $20 for yet another unnecessary cloud-based homework service where the assignments are the most tedious, annoying exercises ever (executing steps of computational algorithms by hand multiple times), then this is the professor for you. Exams are more of the same but with the added stress of a time limit. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1495154", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:47:48.856710+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM4MzgzNzMy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1495154", "instructor_name": "Colin Dewey", "course_label": "BMI576", "course_id": "BMI/COMPSCI 576", "course_uid": "course_b6dd4ed7259057188cd63bb9", "review_date": "2023-11-13 21:48:19 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor speaks (and generally conducts himself) pedantically and condescendingly. Gave incorrect and ambiguous information about exams, including, but not limited to, length, format, and content. Would advise to avoid his class. Low averages on the exams.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1495154", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:47:48.856710+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM4MzQzNTQ4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1495154", "instructor_name": "Colin Dewey", "course_label": "BMI576", "course_id": "BMI/COMPSCI 576", "course_uid": "course_b6dd4ed7259057188cd63bb9", "review_date": "2023-11-05 20:24:20 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Dewey provides no feedback on work, and then has difficult exams. Apathetic to students performance, and unhelpful when asked questions. Comparable difficulty to Algorithms, but for no reason.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1495154", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 } ] ``` ### total 21 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | --------------- | | course\_b6dd4ed7259057188cd63bb9 | BMI/COMPSCI 576 | | course\_e5d8835c4b835f15cea1e278 | BMI/COMPSCI 776 | ### matched true ## social Image false