# KEITH BUSBY — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/KEITH_BUSBY--instructor_fde29565f28ba42fd61465a8) ## 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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timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1072 | 1 | | 1074 | 1 | | 1082 | 4 | | 1084 | 4 | | 1092 | 2 | | 1094 | 4 | | 1102 | 4 | | 1104 | 2 | | 1112 | 2 | | 1114 | 1 | | 1122 | 1 | | 1124 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:26:34.166656+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIzNjY3MDk4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:286941", "instructor_name": "Keith Busby", "course_label": "FRENCH321", "course_id": "FRENCH 321", "course_uid": "course_1ebf8723fbf65a227eab984e", "review_date": "2014-10-17 23:15:16 +0000 UTC", "comment": "This was the worst course I have ever taken. Avoid this professor, he is unhelpful and missed his office hours.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/286941", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:26:34.166656+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE3Nzk0MDI4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:286941", "instructor_name": "Keith Busby", "course_label": "FRENC321", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2010-11-19 17:39:18 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Hilarious. Amusing. Really knows his stuff. Awesomely enthusiastic.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/286941", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:26:34.166656+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE2OTY0NTQy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:286941", "instructor_name": "Keith Busby", "course_label": "FR321", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2010-04-08 09:42:51 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Prof. Busby is pretty awesome. There is a TON of reading, and a lot of the books are pretty difficult, but if you come to class you will get a grasp of what's going on. Notes/books/dictionary can be used on in-class exams and he's a pretty fair grader. I recommend showing up to class and taking notes on what he says-you should be golden.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/286941", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:26:34.166656+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE1NzY0NDM4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:286941", "instructor_name": "Keith Busby", "course_label": "FR321", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2009-05-04 23:27:06 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He's so funny and is easy to get off topic. He makes really boring class material (medieval french) pretty interesting.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/286941", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:26:34.166656+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE0NDQ3MDcz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:286941", "instructor_name": "Keith Busby", "course_label": "FR321", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2008-05-11 14:50:03 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Busby is a little crazy and rambles on for the entire class about who knows what, but he is an easy grader and an amusing old British gent. Notes, dictionary, and books can be used for the exams, only two papers, and the final is take home!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/286941", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:26:34.166656+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTExMzU1Njcx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:286941", "instructor_name": "Keith Busby", "course_label": "FR327", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2006-01-12 20:18:24 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Funny, great guy, smart prof.\r Take his class already.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/286941", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 } ] ``` ### total 10 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_1ebf8723fbf65a227eab984e | FRENCH 321 | ### matched true ## social Image false