# EARLENCE FERNANDES — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/EARLENCE_FERNANDES--instructor_cc0f6a05124902360c74c21a) ## 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\_cc0f6a05124902360c74c21a ### source legacy ### identity basis name\_only ### identity status unresolved ### name EARLENCE FERNANDES ### first observed at 2025-04-16 05:20:33.104844+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 5 #### quality 3.2 #### difficulty 3.4 #### quality count 5 #### difficulty count 5 #### profile id rmp:2580912 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:42:05.685776+00:00 #### courses ##### course a76e77747c5b78e3b42f681c ###### review count 4 ###### quality 3.5 ###### difficulty 3.5 ###### quality count 4 ###### difficulty count 4 ##### course cbc85add50a620f7e0abe663 ###### review count 1 ###### quality 2 ###### difficulty 3 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 #### bayesian quality 3.5677486268372762 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/EARLENCE\_FERNANDES--instructor\_cc0f6a05124902360c74c21a ## history None recorded. ## timeline None recorded. ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:42:05.685776+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM0Njg0MzY5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2580912", "instructor_name": "Earlence Fernandes", "course_label": "CS642", "course_id": "COMPSCI 642", "course_uid": "course_a76e77747c5b78e3b42f681c", "review_date": "2021-05-03 03:05:24 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Above average CS professor. Funny, knowledgeable, a bit condescending, and doesn't just repeat previous years' homework. However, beware OS security. Had to learn re-learn assembly with 3 weeks left. It is THE HARDEST UNIT and he saves it until the end and had over half the endterm on it. Also participation is a bit subjective. HW5 was a blast tho.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2580912", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:42:05.685776+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM0NTExNjIx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2580912", "instructor_name": "Earlence Fernandes", "course_label": "CS642", "course_id": "COMPSCI 642", "course_uid": "course_a76e77747c5b78e3b42f681c", "review_date": "2021-04-06 15:02:47 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I was so excited to take this class (Information Security), but Earlence Fernandes is just NOT a good teacher. He'll spend 10 minute wasting time on something irrelevant, and speed through confusing material. Hard to keep up, and overall not a good speaker. Approximately 100 "uhms" and "ahs" per minute, making it very hard to pay attention.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2580912", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:42:05.685776+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMzNjgzMTUx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2580912", "instructor_name": "Earlence Fernandes", "course_label": "CS642", "course_id": "COMPSCI 642", "course_uid": "course_a76e77747c5b78e3b42f681c", "review_date": "2020-10-07 01:41:39 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Earlence by far exceeded expectations in every aspect: lectures that you didn't mind listening to, enjoyable / valuable homework, and great jokes. By FAR my favorite professor I ever had in UW Madison CS. Took this course during the beginning of COVID so we were 75% in person and 25% online. Transition to online was seamless and I highly recommend.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2580912", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:42:05.685776+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMzNjgzMTQ2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2580912", "instructor_name": "Earlence Fernandes", "course_label": "CS642", "course_id": "COMPSCI 642", "course_uid": "course_a76e77747c5b78e3b42f681c", "review_date": "2020-10-07 01:40:13 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I was expecting the typical boring CS professor that has long drawn out lectures going over mundane and useless terminology, but Earlence was different. He took Information Security and looked at it from a top down view giving you a basic overview of many core topics, keeping it on the high level. There was 5 HW assignments, all fun and simple.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2580912", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:42:05.685776+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMzMDA0NzQ0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2580912", "instructor_name": "Earlence Fernandes", "course_label": "CS839", "course_id": "COMPSCI 839", "course_uid": "course_cbc85add50a620f7e0abe663", "review_date": "2020-03-30 20:59:23 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I personally did not enjoy the course much since the presentations and the paper reading felt async. I did not gain much out of the course.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2580912", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 5 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | | course\_a76e77747c5b78e3b42f681c | COMPSCI 642 | | course\_cbc85add50a620f7e0abe663 | COMPSCI 839 | ### matched true ## social Image false