# JEAN-FRANCOIS HOUDE — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/JEAN-FRANCOIS_HOUDE--instructor_03c6bea7bd478e450c235e45) ## 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 | ## 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Never trust him in anything that he says. Or you will end up compromising your career and grades. As far as possible, avoid him being your teacher or PhD research guide (based on reviews from PhD students at UW Madison). He says something else, does something else. Never true to his words.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1184265", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:33:53.412913+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMxMDQ3NTY2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1184265", "instructor_name": "Jean-Francois Houde", "course_label": "ECON468", "course_id": "ECON 468", "course_uid": "course_70d17d1d3875548d1489cae7", "review_date": "2018-12-16 01:05:10 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Awful lectures, problem sets and exams. Does not do practice problems that relate to homework or exams in class. The things he does talk about he does not explain very well. Makes the exams/problem sets incredibly difficult", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1184265", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:33:53.412913+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE3OTg3MTc4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1184265", "instructor_name": "Jean-Francois Houde", "course_label": "ECON468", "course_id": "ECON 468", "course_uid": "course_70d17d1d3875548d1489cae7", "review_date": "2010-12-18 04:04:42 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Houde is the most disorganized professor I've seen in my life. And it is outrageous to cancel the lecture one hour before the lecture. It seems that he does not like teaching.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1184265", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:33:53.412913+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE1MjM5MjU0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1184265", "instructor_name": "Jean-Francois Houde", "course_label": "ECON410", "course_id": "ECON 410", "course_uid": "course_45144ea1ab61fccd3dc0a3f6", "review_date": "2008-12-18 23:43:51 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Material itself was challenging, but Houde did a good job of taking time to explain it. One very annoying student made class unbearable. I studied the notes a ton to do well. The "D-day" analogy is right on. I would almost break-down in tears during the exam, then find out my 65% was an A!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1184265", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:33:53.412913+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE1MTEwNDU3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1184265", "instructor_name": "Jean-Francois Houde", "course_label": "ECON410", "course_id": "ECON 410", "course_uid": "course_45144ea1ab61fccd3dc0a3f6", "review_date": "2008-12-05 00:05:18 +0000 UTC", "comment": "First exam average was 43/100. Second: 76/100. He curves so that average is a B so he is not sadistic. Exams are like the D-day beach assault, many die but you end up winning. His accent and hand writing make lecture sometimes hard to follow. Pray for a good TA because they are in charge of a large portion of the class. 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The math is very easy, however, and he does a good job of explaining it.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1184265", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 4 } ] ``` ### total 6 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_45144ea1ab61fccd3dc0a3f6 | ECON 410 | | course\_70d17d1d3875548d1489cae7 | ECON 468 | | course\_12749130806ccc7c8b7979e8 | ECON 706 | ### matched true ## social Image false