# Ilhan Demiralp — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/ILHAN_DEMIRALP) ## 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 | ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_be67ae09f5d9786f4875d091 ### source enrollment ### source instructor id idemiralp ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Ilhan Demiralp ### email IDEMIRALP\@WISC.EDU ### first observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 4 #### quality 4.5 #### difficulty 2.5 #### quality count 4 #### difficulty count 4 #### profile id rmp:2801648 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:35:50.880229+00:00 #### courses ##### course e4adc02b0ffa8d8ef30f0bcd ###### review count 1 ###### quality 3 ###### difficulty 4 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 ##### course ad4d4970816277a713b7cfd6 ###### review count 3 ###### quality 5 ###### difficulty 2 ###### quality count 3 ###### difficulty count 3 #### bayesian quality 3.7997381529554963 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----- | | course\_ad4d4970816277a713b7cfd6 | FINANCE 305 | FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY | 3 | 3 | 3.331 | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/ILHAN\_DEMIRALP ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | 1272 | course\_ad4d4970816277a713b7cfd6 | FINANCE 305 | FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1272 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses ```json [ { "course_uid": "course_ad4d4970816277a713b7cfd6", "course_id": "FINANCE 305", "title": "FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY", "credits_min": 3, "credits_max": 3, "gpa": 3.331, "badges": [], "description": "FINANCE 305 analyzes the U.S. financial system, its impact on economic activity and policy, and risk pricing.", "discovery": { "term": "1272", "offered": true, "history": { "counts": [ 851, 628, 424, 152, 96, 23, 3 ], "count": 2177, "gpa": 3.4308681672025725, "topShare": 67.93752870923288, "firstTerm": "1224", "lastTerm": "1264" }, "instructors": [ { "course_uid": "course_ad4d4970816277a713b7cfd6", "uid": "instructor_be67ae09f5d9786f4875d091", "name": "Ilhan Demiralp", "quality": 3.7997381529554963, "quality_count": 4, "instructor_url": "/instructors/ILHAN_DEMIRALP" }, { "course_uid": "course_ad4d4970816277a713b7cfd6", "uid": "instructor_05549c06c4f8e87b33ee2ff6", "name": "Dmitry Orlov", "quality": 3.4894746990623196, "quality_count": 11, "instructor_url": "/instructors/DMITRY_ORLOV" }, { "course_uid": "course_ad4d4970816277a713b7cfd6", "uid": "instructor_fb06ef14b86a18cc8e0a65ee", "name": "Simon Brown", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/SIMON_BROWN" } ], "instructorHistory": { "counts": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "count": 0, "gpa": null, "topShare": null }, "courseComparison": { "counts": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "count": 0, "gpa": null, "topShare": null }, "claim": { "citations": [ { "instructor_name": "Ilhan Demiralp", "review_date": "2024-12-12 18:43:57 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "0d05433ca75458a11663b2d0", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2801648", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMjUzMTQy", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2801648", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Ilhan Demiralp", "review_date": "2024-12-17 21:25:46 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "c7bf0dbf37bc40eb015abf09", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2801648", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMzUwMTk0", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2801648", "type": "review" } ], "text": "Ilhan Demiralp is praised for teaching material with direct examples that closely resemble homework and exams, making assessments fair and straightforward. 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Exams were extremely fair and straightforward, and even though they were short answer/math that required showing your work, he graded them promptly.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2801648", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:35:50.880229+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMjUzMTQy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2801648", "instructor_name": "Ilhan Demiralp", "course_label": "Finance305", "course_id": "FINANCE 305", "course_uid": "course_ad4d4970816277a713b7cfd6", "review_date": "2024-12-12 18:43:57 +0000 UTC", "comment": "One of the best professors I've had at UW! His exams were extremely fair and straightforward, almost exactly the same problems you do in lecture. You do have to attend lecture though since they are not recorded. As long as you attend the lectures, you will be completely fine on the exams. I found this class easier than Finance 300. 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