# JOHN SURDYK — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/JOHN_SURDYK--instructor_78e7025201cf493e40ec7915) ## 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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1244 | 3 | | 1252 | 2 | | 1254 | 3 | | 1262 | 1 | | 1264 | 2 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:30:58.886667+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMjgyOTIx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1863387", "instructor_name": "John Surdyk", "course_label": "MHR320", "course_id": "MHR 320", "course_uid": "course_1081c80605b3bec6d97ec841", "review_date": "2024-12-13 21:53:58 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Dr. Surdyk was very passionate about Entrepreneurship and Business, which made it easy to listen to him. 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I would take another class with him if given the chance.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1863387", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:30:58.886667+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI3NTg2MTk2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1863387", "instructor_name": "John Surdyk", "course_label": "MHR320", "course_id": "MHR 320", "course_uid": "course_1081c80605b3bec6d97ec841", "review_date": "2016-12-20 21:58:25 +0000 UTC", "comment": "John is one of my favorite professors thus far! He's quite strange but this is actually what makes the class so enjoyable. The material is dry but John's quirkiness is hilarious. I would not recommend the textbook since his two quizzes are only from the slides (very easy). Additionally, I would suggest doing his extra credit oppurtunities!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1863387", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:30:58.886667+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI1ODA2Njc3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1863387", "instructor_name": "John Surdyk", "course_label": "MHR320", "course_id": "MHR 320", "course_uid": "course_1081c80605b3bec6d97ec841", "review_date": "2015-12-22 21:13:09 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Overall I'd recommend this course. Although the class should have moved faster (it was really a 2credit workload) the readings were interesting and Surdyk was fun to listen and talk to. Your grades will mostly be participation and group projects, and as long as you work at it you should get an A. 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