# FRANZ VOELKER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/FRANZ_VOELKER) ## 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\_d746bef69ee72203c7d5374d ### source legacy ### identity basis name\_only ### identity status unresolved ### name FRANZ VOELKER ### 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 8 #### quality 4.62 #### difficulty 2.12 #### quality count 8 #### difficulty count 8 #### profile id rmp:773268 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:39:03.732078+00:00 #### courses ##### course 607a846def9845ba701eb77d ###### review count 1 ###### quality 5 ###### difficulty 2 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 ##### course a6c76848bc7e89d65eb3f037 ###### review count 1 ###### quality 5 ###### difficulty 2 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 #### bayesian quality 3.9340612739618543 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/FRANZ\_VOELKER ## history None recorded. ## timeline None recorded. ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:39:03.732078+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIwMDkxNjEw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:773268", "instructor_name": "Franz Voelker", "course_label": "FR228", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2012-04-21 11:07:14 +0000 UTC", "comment": "If you're on this site because you get to have M. Voelker as a teacher, I'm so jealous. I would switch around my entire schedule just to be in his class again...and I'm not even a French major. Easily one of the best, if not the best, teachers at this school.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/773268", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:39:03.732078+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE5OTUzNDEz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:773268", "instructor_name": "Franz Voelker", "course_label": "FRENC228", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2012-03-26 21:45:42 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I LOVE FRANZ! Sometimes he's a little spacey, and forgets names, but boy is he a character!!! Oh yeah, and he interrupts a lot too.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/773268", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:39:03.732078+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE0MjQwNDQx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:773268", "instructor_name": "Franz Voelker", "course_label": "FRENC204", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2008-04-03 20:50:36 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Franz is so funny. He is a really cool Swiss guy with an amazing accent. The class isn't hard at all and he does a good job of explaining things we don't know. you will do tons of fun daily activities.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/773268", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:39:03.732078+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE0MjIzMTcy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:773268", "instructor_name": "Franz Voelker", "course_label": "FR204", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2008-03-31 20:33:00 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Excellent T.A.! Very helpful and so so nice! (Funny, too!)", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/773268", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:39:03.732078+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTEyNjQ0ODQz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:773268", "instructor_name": "Franz Voelker", "course_label": "FRENCH204", "course_id": "FRENCH 204", "course_uid": "course_607a846def9845ba701eb77d", "review_date": "2006-12-22 18:14:27 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He grows on you. He's a good-natured person. Take his class, it's good.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/773268", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:39:03.732078+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTEyMzI3NTgz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:773268", "instructor_name": "Franz Voelker", "course_label": "FRENC204", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2006-10-28 15:15:14 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Very nice, funny, and extremley helpful. He gives a little quiz each day on the homework from the night before but they are very easy. Very nice and never makes a student feel uncomfortable if they don't know an answer. There is no teaching of grammer in this class so there is alot of book use, but he will always help after during or before class.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/773268", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 } ] ``` ### total 8 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_a6c76848bc7e89d65eb3f037 | FRENCH 203 | | course\_607a846def9845ba701eb77d | FRENCH 204 | ### matched true ## social Image false