# Jim Williams — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/JIM_WILLIAMS) ## 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\_dd8b7e35a154a11fc5559910 ### source enrollment ### source instructor id jwilliams37 ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Jim Williams ### email JIMW\@CS.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 155 #### quality 2.98 #### difficulty 3.39 #### quality count 155 #### difficulty count 155 #### profile id rmp:2195385 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:28:32.112923+00:00 #### courses ##### course 28c3390ba944d49fd17f7c72 ###### review count 6 ###### quality 3.83 ###### difficulty 3.33 ###### quality count 6 ###### difficulty count 6 ##### course 9b1d5f832c492d1c4a3ce19c ###### review count 127 ###### quality 2.8 ###### difficulty 3.46 ###### quality count 127 ###### difficulty count 127 #### bayesian quality 3.0576783752624683 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | --- | | course\_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1 | COMPSCI 298 | DIRECTED STUDY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE | 1 | 3 | | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/JIM\_WILLIAMS ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------- | | 1272 | course\_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1 | COMPSCI 298 | DIRECTED STUDY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1272 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses ```json [ { "course_uid": "course_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1", "course_id": "COMPSCI 298", "title": "DIRECTED STUDY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE", "credits_min": 1, "credits_max": 3, "gpa": null, "badges": [], "description": "COMPSCI 298 is an undergraduate directed study course in computer sciences.", "discovery": { "term": "1272", "offered": true, "history": { "counts": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "count": 0, "gpa": null, "topShare": null }, "instructors": [ { "course_uid": "course_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1", "uid": "instructor_fae40bcc319ab178a209c988", "name": "Mohit Gupta", "quality": 3.530596333518779, "quality_count": 3, "instructor_url": "/instructors/MOHIT_GUPTA" }, { "course_uid": "course_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1", "uid": "instructor_e87641b3a0d9d630d98447ef", "name": "Michael Gleicher", "quality": 3.4908223334373636, "quality_count": 21, "instructor_url": "/instructors/MICHAEL_GLEICHER" }, { "course_uid": "course_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1", "uid": "instructor_dd8b7e35a154a11fc5559910", "name": "Jim Williams", "quality": 3.0576783752624683, "quality_count": 155, "instructor_url": "/instructors/JIM_WILLIAMS" }, { "course_uid": "course_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1", "uid": "instructor_ec1878010c68dc0e47f34349", "name": "Young Wu", "quality": 2.9116722892784104, "quality_count": 48, "instructor_url": "/instructors/YOUNG_WU" }, { "course_uid": "course_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1", "uid": "instructor_5b07ff954db288ff1052dd87", "name": "Marc Renault", "quality": 2.4714559344198506, "quality_count": 168, "instructor_url": "/instructors/MARC_RENAULT" }, { "course_uid": "course_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1", "uid": "instructor_896263e4e76dc61fe81768d2", "name": "Anthony Gitter", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/ANTHONY_GITTER" }, { "course_uid": "course_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1", "uid": "instructor_5bd2c4ff991baae4194e3e00", "name": "Meena Syamkumar", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/MEENA_SYAMKUMAR" }, { "course_uid": "course_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1", "uid": "instructor_b8b55ebb322997b52025ef8f", "name": "Misha Khodak", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/MISHA_KHODAK" }, { "course_uid": "course_ab3594f7de436ad02e0bd6e1", "uid": "instructor_c7fccaa0a5ee235ceefaed9c", "name": "Ramya Korlakai Vinayak", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/RAMYA_KORLAKAI_VINAYAK" } ], "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": null, "reviewFiles": [] } } ] ``` ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:28:32.112923+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMDU3MDI1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2195385", "instructor_name": "Jim Williams", "course_label": "COMPSCI300", "course_id": "COMPSCI 300", "course_uid": "course_28c3390ba944d49fd17f7c72", "review_date": "2026-05-07 06:13:49 +0000 UTC", "comment": "So far in my 1st year he has the most informational lectures, every other professor lectures feel optional. I like that we get to discuss TopHat answers with the surrounding people as well. More exams than anticipated and the projects varied heavily in time consumption.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2195385", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:28:32.112923+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNDM3Mjk2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2195385", "instructor_name": "Jim Williams", "course_label": "COMPSCI300", "course_id": "COMPSCI 300", "course_uid": "course_28c3390ba944d49fd17f7c72", "review_date": "2026-01-05 04:41:44 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He's a slow lecturer but you can tell he loves teaching cs. He's as enthusiastic as he can be for his age, so a lot of things you might have to learn on your own because he can be very boring in lectures (i did a lot of nyt games to stim and listen). I did most of my learning through the projects and zybook activities rather than the lectures. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2195385", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:28:32.112923+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyMzk2Nzgx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2195385", "instructor_name": "Jim Williams", "course_label": "COMPSCI300", "course_id": "COMPSCI 300", "course_uid": "course_28c3390ba944d49fd17f7c72", "review_date": "2025-12-25 15:35:32 +0000 UTC", "comment": "An extremely organized class with lots of resources and a consistent schedule. He is great at explaining concepts and lectures are very helpful. A large amount of busy work in this course, some of which is quite challenging and or time-consuming. Tests were inconsistent in difficulty. Participation is required through topHat. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2195385", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:28:32.112923+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyMzQ5MzI2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2195385", "instructor_name": "Jim Williams", "course_label": "COMPSCI300", "course_id": "COMPSCI 300", "course_uid": "course_28c3390ba944d49fd17f7c72", "review_date": "2025-12-19 19:13:46 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Was really understanding regarding an injury I had in my right arm and counted it as an unusual circumstance for which pretty much bumped my grade for tophats and my overall from B to AB", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2195385", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:28:32.112923+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxNzIyMDA4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2195385", "instructor_name": "Jim Williams", "course_label": "COMPSCI300", "course_id": "COMPSCI 300", "course_uid": "course_28c3390ba944d49fd17f7c72", "review_date": "2025-10-16 02:56:39 +0000 UTC", "comment": "This class feels very thrown together. One test the multiple choice was really easy and the programming was super hard, the next the programming is super easy and the multiple choice was extremely hard. We take tests on things we have not worked with which is extremely confusing. The class in general is a lot of busy work and not well put together.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2195385", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:28:32.112923+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMzM4Mzc3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2195385", "instructor_name": "Jim Williams", "course_label": "COMPSCI200", "course_id": "COMPSCI 200", "course_uid": "course_9b1d5f832c492d1c4a3ce19c", "review_date": "2025-05-21 15:43:22 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I love this guy. There are so many resources available to study (quizlits, tons of canvas quizzes, and Zybooks). There's also a bunch of extra projects. ALSO i put an online exam into my google calendar wrong and missed the deadline and I told him exactly that and he extended it no questions asked! Super understanding!! ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2195385", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 } ] ``` ### total 155 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | | course\_9b1d5f832c492d1c4a3ce19c | COMPSCI 200 | | course\_28c3390ba944d49fd17f7c72 | COMPSCI 300 | ### matched true ## social Image true