# JANET BATZLI — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/JANET_BATZLI--instructor_b449b0ed89780b966fca1cb6) ## 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 313242 ### identity basis source\_id ### identity status source\_identified ### name JANET BATZLI ### 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 20 #### quality 3.75 #### difficulty 4.1 #### quality count 20 #### difficulty count 20 #### profile id rmp:790237 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:34:15.818371+00:00 #### courses ##### course ae7006d9c9d1828e4b1577b8 ###### review count 6 ###### quality 3.83 ###### difficulty 4.17 ###### quality count 6 ###### difficulty count 6 #### bayesian quality 3.7048428917732976 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### grade statistics #### gpa 3.526 #### graded 1786 #### counts * 872 * 206 * 669 * 16 * 20 * 1 * 2 #### sections 131 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url 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PEER MENTORING | | 1182 | course\_ee0b4650451a2be8281bb7a7 | BIOCORE 699 | DIRECTED STUDY | | 1182 | course\_525e597f6d25c073e4ae2843 | ZOOLOGY 698 | DIRECTED STUDY | | 1174 | course\_ab0b263a9e9d35c04bf46fee | BIOCORE 384 | CELLULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY | | 1174 | course\_525e597f6d25c073e4ae2843 | ZOOLOGY 698 | DIRECTED STUDY | | 1172 | course\_ae7006d9c9d1828e4b1577b8 | BIOCORE 382 | EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND GENETICS LABORATORY | | 1172 | course\_eb8f3e289f11b343c4bf0585 | BIOCORE 401 | PEER MENTORING | | 1172 | course\_525e597f6d25c073e4ae2843 | ZOOLOGY 698 | DIRECTED STUDY | | 1164 | course\_ab0b263a9e9d35c04bf46fee | BIOCORE 384 | CELLULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY | | 1162 | course\_ae7006d9c9d1828e4b1577b8 | BIOCORE 382 | EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND GENETICS LABORATORY | | 1162 | course\_ee0b4650451a2be8281bb7a7 | BIOCORE 699 | DIRECTED STUDY | | 1154 | course\_ab0b263a9e9d35c04bf46fee | BIOCORE 384 | CELLULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY | | 1154 | course\_ee0b4650451a2be8281bb7a7 | BIOCORE 699 | 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1224 | 4 | | 1232 | 3 | | 1234 | 2 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:34:15.818371+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3MTExMDk4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:790237", "instructor_name": "Janet Batzli", "course_label": "BIOCORE382", "course_id": "BIOCORE 382", "course_uid": "course_ae7006d9c9d1828e4b1577b8", "review_date": "2022-12-14 04:33:05 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Grading for this course is not clear and often it appears they look for reasons to take points off. 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I honestly never thought her feedback was vague, but it does require a lot of thinking, reasoning, and work on your part.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/790237", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:34:15.818371+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI3NjQ3MjYz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:790237", "instructor_name": "Janet Batzli", "course_label": "BIOCORE382", "course_id": "BIOCORE 382", "course_uid": "course_ae7006d9c9d1828e4b1577b8", "review_date": "2016-12-30 19:17:14 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Batzli clearly loves to work with students and help teach them to think like scientists. She is very kind and accessible and pretty much runs a large part of the Biocore lab program. However, sometimes it seemed like her explanations were a little convoluted and difficult to understand. 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She wasn't a bad teacher by any means, but she was extremely confusing, and ended up making things harder to understand because she tried to be as vague as possible so \"you could find the answer yourself\".", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/790237", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 } ] ``` ### total 20 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | | course\_ae7006d9c9d1828e4b1577b8 | BIOCORE 382 | ### matched true ## social Image false