# JONATHAN RENSHON — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/JONATHAN_RENSHON--instructor_89e89e8201e3c76fb1d50cd0) ## Dataset ### search projection #### version 1 #### 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 ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 8 ### projection id 7eb94c60c31fe3d8ae732986b7f3d069e1345ae92fd6239119e63b9d2461969d ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-10-01T19:10:41.241229+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 | ### designations None recorded. ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_89e89e8201e3c76fb1d50cd0 ### source madgrades ### source instructor id 5141179 ### identity basis source\_id ### identity status source\_identified ### name JONATHAN RENSHON ### 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 15 #### quality 2.87 #### difficulty 3.47 #### quality count 15 #### difficulty count 15 #### profile id rmp:2016825 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:30:39.811773+00:00 #### courses ##### course 734c4b488732ae039c8cccdf ###### review count 1 ###### quality 2 ###### difficulty 3 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 #### bayesian quality 3.3212490191694832 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### grade statistics #### gpa 3.297 #### graded 674 #### counts * 206 * 229 * 109 * 77 * 28 * 21 * 4 #### sections 35 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/JONATHAN\_RENSHON--instructor\_89e89e8201e3c76fb1d50cd0 ## 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timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1142 | 1 | | 1154 | 1 | | 1162 | 2 | | 1164 | 1 | | 1174 | 1 | | 1184 | 2 | | 1192 | 1 | | 1194 | 2 | | 1202 | 2 | | 1222 | 3 | | 1224 | 3 | | 1232 | 4 | | 1234 | 3 | | 1244 | 1 | | 1252 | 1 | | 1254 | 2 | | 1262 | 4 | | 1264 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:30:39.811773+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMTExOTg4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2016825", "instructor_name": "Jonathan Renshon", "course_label": "PS170", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-05-26 23:04:42 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Not worth your time. Final consists of things we went over once. He had to re tally my grade because they screwed it up. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2016825", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:30:39.811773+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMjgzMzgw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2016825", "instructor_name": "Jonathan Renshon", "course_label": "PS170", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-05-14 19:51:22 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Renschon is a great lecturer and always connects the material to interesting concepts and ideas. Although the class can be challenging, Renschon was very receptive to feedback and implemented many extra credit opportunities throughout the semester. My only criticism is that the readings were often redundant or completely unnecessary.\n", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2016825", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:30:39.811773+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMTQwNjAx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2016825", "instructor_name": "Jonathan Renshon", "course_label": "PS170", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-05-03 00:50:40 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I did not love PS170 lectures were quite boring and there were lots of readings (like 80 pages a week) He also chooses not to put the grades tab on canvas so if you want to know your grade you have to personally ask. The class also had flipped lectures pretty often that he just reused online lectures from summer for which was a bit annoying. 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I would never take this class again.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2016825", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:30:39.811773+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMDM3ODkx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2016825", "instructor_name": "Jonathan Renshon", "course_label": "PS170", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-04-24 22:37:26 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I've switched majors so I've taken research methods in both SOC and JOURN (both 600 level), but PS170 was so much harder. Horrible explanation of topics, makes artificial/incorrect distinctions that don't aid understanding, incoherent grading (not salty 94 final), can't imagine the impression of the PS dept. freshmen are getting from this class", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2016825", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:30:39.811773+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3MjQwMDg2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2016825", "instructor_name": "Jonathan Renshon", "course_label": "PS170", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2022-12-24 22:09:38 +0000 UTC", "comment": "You'll be fine in this class if you took statistics before because this class uses statistical concepts w/o the math, however, you'd be fine without prior stats. The lectures were fine, all the information you need for the assignments and the exams is provided in the slides that he presents and posts. Attendance is mandatory, he accepts late work.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2016825", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 15 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | | course\_734c4b488732ae039c8cccdf | POLISCI 206 | ### matched true ## social Image false