{"schema_version":1,"url":"https://uwcourses.com/instructors/ERIC_HOFFMAN--instructor_d7cb934884fffb74b5889054","title":"Eric Hoffman — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison","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":"AAE","count":90},{"subject":"ABT","count":20},{"subject":"ACCTIS","count":36},{"subject":"ACTSCI","count":14},{"subject":"AFAERO","count":10},{"subject":"AFRICAN","count":87},{"subject":"AFROAMER","count":71},{"subject":"AGROECOL","count":21},{"subject":"AMERIND","count":53},{"subject":"ANAT&PHY","count":7},{"subject":"ANATOMY","count":2},{"subject":"ANESTHES","count":8},{"subject":"ANSCI","count":57},{"subject":"ANTHRO","count":95},{"subject":"ART","count":125},{"subject":"ARTED","count":10},{"subject":"ARTHIST","count":121},{"subject":"ASIALANG","count":129},{"subject":"ASIAN","count":109},{"subject":"ASIANAM","count":28},{"subject":"ASTRON","count":38},{"subject":"ATMOCN","count":69},{"subject":"BIOCHEM","count":51},{"subject":"BIOCORE","count":10},{"subject":"BIOLOGY","count":14},{"subject":"BIOMDSCI","count":18},{"subject":"BME","count":66},{"subject":"BMI","count":41},{"subject":"BMOLCHEM","count":10},{"subject":"BOTANY","count":69},{"subject":"BSE","count":44},{"subject":"C&ESOC","count":73},{"subject":"CBE","count":48},{"subject":"CHEM","count":101},{"subject":"CHICLA","count":52},{"subject":"CIVENGR","count":133},{"subject":"CLASSICS","count":47},{"subject":"CNP","count":10},{"subject":"CNSRSCI","count":50},{"subject":"COMARTS","count":137},{"subject":"COMPBIO","count":15},{"subject":"COMPLIT","count":11},{"subject":"COMPSCI","count":138},{"subject":"COUNPSY","count":78},{"subject":"CRB","count":19},{"subject":"CS&D","count":71},{"subject":"CSCS","count":40},{"subject":"CURRIC","count":193},{"subject":"DANCE","count":93},{"subject":"DERM","count":8},{"subject":"DS","count":88},{"subject":"DYSCI","count":35},{"subject":"ECE","count":155},{"subject":"ECON","count":145},{"subject":"EDPOL","count":114},{"subject":"EDPSYCH","count":97},{"subject":"ELPA","count":70},{"subject":"EMA","count":53},{"subject":"EMERMED","count":17},{"subject":"ENGL","count":206},{"subject":"ENTOM","count":40},{"subject":"ENVIRST","count":148},{"subject":"EP","count":15},{"subject":"EPD","count":67},{"subject":"ESL","count":16},{"subject":"F&WECOL","count":60},{"subject":"FAMMED","count":22},{"subject":"FINANCE","count":50},{"subject":"FOLKLORE","count":40},{"subject":"FOODSCI","count":43},{"subject":"FRENCH","count":63},{"subject":"GEN&WS","count":145},{"subject":"GENBUS","count":72},{"subject":"GENECSLR","count":17},{"subject":"GENETICS","count":60},{"subject":"GEOG","count":113},{"subject":"GEOSCI","count":83},{"subject":"GERMAN","count":82},{"subject":"GLE","count":48},{"subject":"GNS","count":38},{"subject":"GREEK","count":27},{"subject":"HDFS","count":41},{"subject":"HEBR-BIB","count":13},{"subject":"HEBR-MOD","count":10},{"subject":"HISTORY","count":233},{"subject":"HISTSCI","count":56},{"subject":"HONCOL","count":13},{"subject":"ILS","count":43},{"subject":"INFOSYS","count":9},{"subject":"INTEGART","count":7},{"subject":"INTEGSCI","count":22},{"subject":"INTER-AG","count":18},{"subject":"INTER-HE","count":11},{"subject":"INTER-LS","count":22},{"subject":"INTEREGR","count":16},{"subject":"INTLBUS","count":21},{"subject":"INTLST","count":50},{"subject":"ISYE","count":83},{"subject":"ITALIAN","count":53},{"subject":"JEWISH","count":56},{"subject":"JOURN","count":88},{"subject":"KINES","count":128},{"subject":"LACIS","count":26},{"subject":"LANDARC","count":61},{"subject":"LATIN","count":24},{"subject":"LAW","count":120},{"subject":"LEGALST","count":48},{"subject":"LINGUIS","count":35},{"subject":"LIS","count":89},{"subject":"LITTRANS","count":78},{"subject":"LSC","count":52},{"subject":"M&ENVTOX","count":7},{"subject":"MARKETNG","count":62},{"subject":"MATH","count":153},{"subject":"MDGENET","count":8},{"subject":"ME","count":130},{"subject":"MEDHIST","count":43},{"subject":"MEDICINE","count":60},{"subject":"MEDIEVAL","count":32},{"subject":"MEDPHYS","count":39},{"subject":"MEDSC-M","count":29},{"subject":"MEDSC-V","count":41},{"subject":"MHR","count":68},{"subject":"MICROBIO","count":45},{"subject":"MILSCI","count":16},{"subject":"MM&I","count":22},{"subject":"MOLBIOL","count":6},{"subject":"MS&E","count":59},{"subject":"MUSIC","count":165},{"subject":"MUSPERF","count":126},{"subject":"NAVSCI","count":20},{"subject":"NE","count":44},{"subject":"NEURODPT","count":11},{"subject":"NEUROL","count":7},{"subject":"NEURSURG","count":4},{"subject":"NTP","count":11},{"subject":"NURSING","count":111},{"subject":"NUTRSCI","count":65},{"subject":"OBS&GYN","count":18},{"subject":"OCCTHER","count":39},{"subject":"ONCOLOGY","count":14},{"subject":"OPHTHALM","count":5},{"subject":"OTM","count":43},{"subject":"PATH","count":34},{"subject":"PATH-BIO","count":29},{"subject":"PEDIAT","count":26},{"subject":"PHARMACY","count":31},{"subject":"PHILOS","count":77},{"subject":"PHMCOL-M","count":11},{"subject":"PHMPRAC","count":45},{"subject":"PHMSCI","count":60},{"subject":"PHYASST","count":37},{"subject":"PHYSICS","count":88},{"subject":"PHYSIOL","count":3},{"subject":"PHYTHER","count":37},{"subject":"PLANTSCI","count":52},{"subject":"PLPATH","count":35},{"subject":"POLISCI","count":192},{"subject":"POPHLTH","count":58},{"subject":"PORTUG","count":33},{"subject":"PSYCH","count":101},{"subject":"PSYCHIAT","count":22},{"subject":"PUBAFFR","count":54},{"subject":"PUBLHLTH","count":23},{"subject":"RADIOL","count":11},{"subject":"REALEST","count":41},{"subject":"RELIGST","count":90},{"subject":"RHABMED","count":9},{"subject":"RMI","count":24},{"subject":"RP&SE","count":102},{"subject":"S&APHM","count":17},{"subject":"SCANDST","count":73},{"subject":"SLAVIC","count":89},{"subject":"SOC","count":149},{"subject":"SOCWORK","count":87},{"subject":"SOILSCI","count":46},{"subject":"SPANISH","count":83},{"subject":"SRMED","count":21},{"subject":"STAT","count":94},{"subject":"STDYABRD","count":52},{"subject":"STS","count":8},{"subject":"SURGERY","count":25},{"subject":"SURGSCI","count":33},{"subject":"THEATRE","count":91},{"subject":"URBRPL","count":60},{"subject":"UROLOGY","count":5},{"subject":"ZOOLOGY","count":89}],"deployed_at":null,"site_commit":null},"data":{"instructor":{"instructor_uid":"instructor_d7cb934884fffb74b5889054","source":"legacy","source_instructor_id":null,"identity_basis":"name_only","identity_status":"unresolved","name":"Eric Hoffman","email":"ERICHOFFMAN@WISC.EDU","first_observed_at":"2025-04-16 05:20:33.104844+00:00","last_observed_at":"2025-11-16 05:32:31.273726+00:00","ratings":{"review_count":42,"quality":4.52,"difficulty":2.9,"quality_count":42,"difficulty_count":42,"profile_id":"rmp:1803736","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1803736","match_basis":"exact_name","observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:40:42.650831+00:00","courses":{"course_42330966f01392dae105b4e1":{"review_count":28,"quality":4.89,"difficulty":3.11,"quality_count":28,"difficulty_count":28},"course_883e87fcd87d80e877bb98ab":{"review_count":9,"quality":4.11,"difficulty":2.78,"quality_count":9,"difficulty_count":9},"course_9eb7166a49d161bca95d729f":{"review_count":2,"quality":3,"difficulty":3,"quality_count":2,"difficulty_count":2},"course_45a9d9a05cba4d5b592ac7a3":{"review_count":2,"quality":4,"difficulty":1,"quality_count":2,"difficulty_count":2}},"bayesian_quality":4.242479285015031,"prior_mean":3.6596857835465957,"prior_weight":20},"current":false,"courses":[],"revision":"e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349","instructor_url":"/instructors/ERIC_HOFFMAN--instructor_d7cb934884fffb74b5889054"},"history":[],"timeline":[],"term":"1272","courses":[],"reviews":{"items":[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:40:42.650831+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQzMzI0MjMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1803736","instructor_name":"Eric Hoffman","course_label":"ECE551","course_id":"ECE 551","course_uid":"course_42330966f01392dae105b4e1","review_date":"2026-07-26 01:57:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Hoffman is a knowledgeable instructor who explains Verilog and synthesis clearly. His videos are organized, and he's always willing to help when students have questions. Overall, a great professor for learning digital design.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1803736","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":5},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:40:42.650831+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNTgxOTA2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1803736","instructor_name":"Eric Hoffman","course_label":"ECE551","course_id":"ECE 551","course_uid":"course_42330966f01392dae105b4e1","review_date":"2026-02-04 15:14:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great professor. He's extremely knowledgeable about his field and very good at teaching his students. He taught 551 really well. Great guy too, fun to be around.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1803736","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":3},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:40:42.650831+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMjI4MDQ2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1803736","instructor_name":"Eric Hoffman","course_label":"ECE352","course_id":"COMPSCI/ECE 352","course_uid":"course_883e87fcd87d80e877bb98ab","review_date":"2025-12-13 14:19:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor doesnt even teach in class. All he does is ask us to look at video and not do anythinv by himself. As a result the quality of class is really bad and not learning anything. Also he has always found to be chatting with people casually while ignoring the needs of students. He also likes to target a few students where according to them grade","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1803736","quality_rating":1,"difficulty_rating":3},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:40:42.650831+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjc3Mjgx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1803736","instructor_name":"Eric Hoffman","course_label":"ECE352","course_id":"COMPSCI/ECE 352","course_uid":"course_883e87fcd87d80e877bb98ab","review_date":"2025-05-14 05:24:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"Funny guy and great at what he does. One of the best in ECE","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1803736","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":3},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:40:42.650831+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjU2MTkx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1803736","instructor_name":"Eric Hoffman","course_label":"ECE352","course_id":"COMPSCI/ECE 352","course_uid":"course_883e87fcd87d80e877bb98ab","review_date":"2025-05-12 19:57:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"genuinely such a kind and funny professor. if you have the opportunity to take hoffman in any class do it, you will not regret hearing his dry and witty comments that actually make topics fun to learn. put in the effort and he will reciprocate your energy by giving you his time to answer all of your questions. cannot recommend him enough :)","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1803736","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":2},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:40:42.650831+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjI4ODg4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1803736","instructor_name":"Eric Hoffman","course_label":"ECE352","course_id":"COMPSCI/ECE 352","course_uid":"course_883e87fcd87d80e877bb98ab","review_date":"2025-05-09 19:09:30 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is super nice and caring. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1803736","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":3}],"total":42,"page":1,"courses":[{"course_uid":"course_9eb7166a49d161bca95d729f","course_id":"COMPSCI/ECE 252"},{"course_uid":"course_883e87fcd87d80e877bb98ab","course_id":"COMPSCI/ECE 352"},{"course_uid":"course_45a9d9a05cba4d5b592ac7a3","course_id":"COMPSCI/ECE 552"},{"course_uid":"course_42330966f01392dae105b4e1","course_id":"ECE 551"}],"matched":true},"socialImage":false}}