# DAVID SORKIN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/DAVID_SORKIN--instructor_7a3fb6c349589bf0c425a3fd) ## 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 | | 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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He cares deeply for his students and is willing to work with you to help you to get an A. Workload is a bit on the heavy side, but papers are about an esoteric knowledge of what the writer is saying, and not little nitpicky details.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/91980", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:44:25.426375+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE3MTQzODAz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:91980", "instructor_name": "David Sorkin", "course_label": "HIST529", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2010-05-07 02:20:52 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He's honestly one of the best professors I've encountered at this school. He cares deeply for his students and is willing to work with you to help you to get an A. 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Fair grader, will let you rewrite and his class prepares you well for the essays", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/91980", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:44:25.426375+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE2NjIwNzY5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:91980", "instructor_name": "David Sorkin", "course_label": "HIST220", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2009-12-22 01:39:11 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Interesting class. Sorkin wants you to do well and will help you get an A. Go to class and take notes and the papers are a breeze.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/91980", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:44:25.426375+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE0MDI4Mzcx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:91980", "instructor_name": "David Sorkin", "course_label": "HIST220", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2008-01-22 00:40:40 +0000 UTC", "comment": "For this subject there could be no better professor. I learned so much in this class, and if you're interested in this subject I highly reccomend Sorkin. I'm not sure but it might not be as great a class for someone not that interested in history. A lot of writing but allows rewrites. One of the best professors I've ever had.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/91980", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:44:25.426375+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTEzODQ5NzI2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:91980", "instructor_name": "David Sorkin", "course_label": "HIST220", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2007-12-16 21:15:04 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Very knowledgable on the material, wanted to make lecture fun and interesting. An all around nice man. The class has a lot of reading, a lot of which is necessary to use as support in the papers but if you're interested in the subject matter it's not bad. It was my favorite class of the semester.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/91980", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 8 ### page 1 ### courses None recorded. ### matched true ## social Image false