# DAVID WARD — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/DAVID_WARD--instructor_e5c7bca2becf001e3b68571f) ## 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 | ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_e5c7bca2becf001e3b68571f ### source legacy ### identity basis name\_only ### identity status unresolved ### name DAVID WARD ### first observed at 2025-12-14 04:50:04.653658+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-01-22 01:00:26.555427+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 21 #### quality 3.38 #### difficulty 2.52 #### quality count 21 #### difficulty count 21 #### profile id rmp:450533 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:44:18.405022+00:00 #### courses ##### course 8d01532893372923568e9dbe ###### review count 2 ###### quality 3 ###### difficulty 1.5 ###### quality count 2 ###### difficulty count 2 #### bayesian quality 3.5164320895349253 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/DAVID\_WARD--instructor\_e5c7bca2becf001e3b68571f ## history None recorded. ## timeline None recorded. ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:44:18.405022+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM5OTgxNDk1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:450533", "instructor_name": "David Ward", "course_label": "GB360", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2024-11-19 18:03:18 +0000 UTC", "comment": "David is a great guy and really cares about how everyone is doing. He is super funny and smart, really helped me be a better communicator. Lots of busy work, and definitely need to put in effort to get an A. A lot of how much you'll enjoy this class will depend on the other kids in your class and their participation, but fun class.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/450533", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:44:18.405022+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM5MjgxMDI0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:450533", "instructor_name": "David Ward", "course_label": "GB360", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2024-04-26 21:57:58 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Gave me a poor grade for having medical leave despite doing all of the assignments. He claimed that attending lecture was mandatory to understanding the writing assignments that already had instructions on the canvas page and gave me 0's for late work despite having academic accommodations. Disrespected my mental health", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/450533", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:44:18.405022+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM4NjI0MDg1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:450533", "instructor_name": "David Ward", "course_label": "GB360", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2023-12-12 05:02:31 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Attendance is mandatory. The classes are really boring and you ant use your computer during class. There are two individual presentations that were stressful for me. There is a final huge portfolio worth the majority of the course grade, and it was so stressful and the topic was not intriguing. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/450533", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:44:18.405022+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMzOTUwMDUy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:450533", "instructor_name": "David Ward", "course_label": "GB360", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2020-12-04 16:55:53 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Prof. David was an awesome for GB360. He wanted us to succeed in the course and was so accessible and helpful. I don't think he's a harsh grader at all, the grading criteria is super clear and he gives in-depth feedback, so if you lose points it's on you! There is a ton of work to do but it's a comm class so not surprising. I enjoyed this class!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/450533", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:44:18.405022+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMxNzQxMzk2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:450533", "instructor_name": "David Ward", "course_label": "GENBUS300", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2019-05-02 02:50:39 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Do NOT take GB300 with David Ward. This dude is a harsh grader and is against you all semester. I averaged a 16/20 on the emails because he would take off points for every small thing. For example, I got a point off for the heading at the top of my email for it saying SUBJECT: Apology: ... He said I used double colons. take the other prof, way easy", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/450533", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:44:18.405022+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMwOTkyMTg0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:450533", "instructor_name": "David Ward", "course_label": "GB300", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2018-12-12 16:56:10 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I took GB300 in the summer with Professor Ward. He is a nice professor and loves to talk. We had fewer assignments in the summer (in a shorter amount of time), so I can't attest to the school year, but it's (a lot of) manageable work. Sometimes objectives are unclear, but if you put in time and make an effort, getting a strong grade is possible!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/450533", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 21 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ------------------ | | course\_8d01532893372923568e9dbe | GENBUS/INTLBUS 320 | ### matched true ## social Image false