# ELENA D'ONGHIA — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/ELENA_DONGHIA--instructor_882c02db5060685f21bfe156) ## 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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madgrades ### source instructor id 4957940 ### identity basis source\_id ### identity status source\_identified ### name ELENA D'ONGHIA ### first observed at 2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 18 #### quality 3.61 #### difficulty 2.11 #### quality count 18 #### difficulty count 18 #### profile id rmp:1769146 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:41:50.920180+00:00 #### courses ##### course b03fdb5958a0637edd67f8b8 ###### review count 2 ###### quality 4 ###### difficulty 1 ###### quality count 2 ###### difficulty count 2 ##### course c472fbe6869ad1d63da6ac46 ###### review count 1 ###### quality 4 ###### difficulty 3 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 #### bayesian quality 3.6361504123929453 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### grade statistics #### gpa 3.49 #### graded 1733 #### counts * 982 * 317 * 183 * 102 * 80 * 46 * 23 #### 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1244 | 3 | | 1252 | 4 | | 1254 | 2 | | 1262 | 3 | | 1264 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:41:50.920180+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMzM3MzM0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1769146", "instructor_name": "Elena D''Onghia", "course_label": "ASTRON200", "course_id": "ASTRON 200", "course_uid": "course_b03fdb5958a0637edd67f8b8", "review_date": "2026-07-31 20:19:58 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Very sweet and passionate professor. 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