# Eric Kruger — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/ERIC_KRUGER) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 52a78527ff09011d88cb04c7d43867d9fbfec2930bf1dd2ec359ebd2844e0b07 ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+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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", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/994781", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:40:41.153581+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIwMzA3Mzc1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:994781", "instructor_name": "Eric Kruger", "course_label": "BIO152", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2012-05-18 01:17:22 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He was a great prof and really knew what he was talking about. He went over everything that you needed to know and made it really clear. His lectures were the most enjoyable of this class. His exam was fair and covered everything we went over in lecture.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/994781", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:40:41.153581+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIwMDYzMjIw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:994781", "instructor_name": "Eric Kruger", "course_label": "BIO152", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2012-04-17 10:48:00 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Dr. Kruger was a great professor for the plant section of Bio 152! He really emphasizes what you need to know and takes time going through what might be more complicated. His exam was probably the most fair exam I've ever taken at this university, so if you study the power points and discussion materials you should be fine! Great prof", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/994781", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:40:41.153581+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIwMDQxODI1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:994781", "instructor_name": "Eric Kruger", "course_label": "BIO152", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2012-04-12 21:26:56 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Kruger taught the plant physiology section of Bio152 and was extremely enthusiastic about it. His lecture slides are very useful for learning, and best of all, focused more on the more interesting parts of plant physiology. Test is not too difficult.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/994781", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:40:41.153581+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE4MzA4Nzg1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:994781", "instructor_name": "Eric Kruger", "course_label": "BIO152", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2011-03-24 16:36:21 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I thought Eric really did a great job teaching plant physiology. Although some people might find him a bit arrogant at times, to me I thought he truly wanted students to understand/learn the material. Also I found the exam very straightforward, exactly on things we talked about in lecture, and pretty easy. I think you should definitely take him.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/994781", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 } ] ``` ### total 11 ### page 1 ### courses None recorded. ### matched true ## social Image true