# Leah Rineck — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/LEAH_RINECK) ## 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\_42e1aa20c9f8900e5b5df18e ### source enrollment ### source instructor id lrineck ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Leah Rineck ### email LRINECK\@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 12 #### quality 2.33 #### difficulty 3.33 #### quality count 12 #### difficulty count 12 #### profile id rmp:2746922 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:23:47.134882+00:00 #### courses ##### course 6c15cc3b45a4c19a3ad6a2cd ###### review count 4 ###### quality 2.25 ###### difficulty 2.75 ###### quality count 4 ###### difficulty count 4 ##### course c9bdf631650ccfb896fcfc26 ###### review count 8 ###### quality 2.38 ###### difficulty 3.62 ###### quality count 8 ###### difficulty count 8 #### bayesian quality 3.1610536147166224 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | --- | | course\_663c33025162a8b95c22d58e | INTEREGR 150 | DIRECTED STUDIES IN ENGINEERING FOUNDATION COURSES | 0 | 0 | | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/LEAH\_RINECK ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | | 1272 | course\_663c33025162a8b95c22d58e | INTEREGR 150 | DIRECTED STUDIES IN ENGINEERING FOUNDATION COURSES | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1272 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses ```json [ { "course_uid": "course_663c33025162a8b95c22d58e", "course_id": "INTEREGR 150", "title": "DIRECTED STUDIES IN ENGINEERING FOUNDATION COURSES", "credits_min": 0, "credits_max": 0, "gpa": null, "badges": [], "description": "Directed study offering group discussion and problem-solving coaching to enhance understanding of physics and its applications to engineering.", "discovery": { "term": "1272", "offered": true, "history": { "counts": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "count": 0, "gpa": null, "topShare": null }, "instructors": [ { "course_uid": "course_663c33025162a8b95c22d58e", "uid": "instructor_42e1aa20c9f8900e5b5df18e", "name": "Leah Rineck", "quality": 3.1610536147166224, "quality_count": 12, "instructor_url": "/instructors/LEAH_RINECK" }, { "course_uid": "course_663c33025162a8b95c22d58e", "uid": "instructor_7d72a3c517f4710aa3b1ea55", "name": "Dane Mattila", "quality": null, "quality_count": null, "instructor_url": "/instructors/DANE_MATTILA" } ], "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": [ "/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/reviews/course_663c33025162a8b95c22d58e-0.json" ] } } ] ``` ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:47.134882+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyOTc0NDI3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2746922", "instructor_name": "Leah Rineck", "course_label": "MATH213", "course_id": "MATH 213", "course_uid": "course_6c15cc3b45a4c19a3ad6a2cd", "review_date": "2026-04-29 21:54:38 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Leah was disorganized. Never felt like she actually came prepared to teach. When she did, she always was hostile towards me. She got a doctorate in education math but, doesn't understand how people learn math. Seems more like a participation trophy but, entitled herself as if she's above everyone but, can't even do calc 3 but, somehow is doing math", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2746922", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:47.134882+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3Mzc0NjI4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2746922", "instructor_name": "Leah Rineck", "course_label": "MATH141", "course_id": "MATH 141", "course_uid": "course_c9bdf631650ccfb896fcfc26", "review_date": "2023-01-24 22:38:05 +0000 UTC", "comment": "MATH 171: Leah is a nice person and pretty helpful if you go to office hours but her lectures are basically useless. The PDFs she provides are organized at least but she just does the math without really explaining anything.\n\nMAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT REGRADE REQUESTS. I didn't until the final but I was able to raise my grade by a letter just from that.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2746922", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:47.134882+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3Mjc4NTU0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2746922", "instructor_name": "Leah Rineck", "course_label": "MATH141", "course_id": "MATH 141", "course_uid": "course_c9bdf631650ccfb896fcfc26", "review_date": "2023-01-03 20:48:20 +0000 UTC", "comment": "MATH 171: I would not recommended this professor. The tests are worth 84% of your grade, and the lectures are hardly helpful. \\If you can get any other professor, try to do so. I will say that she was kind and accessible out of class, I just wish that the lectures weren't such a waste of time.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2746922", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:47.134882+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3MjUwMTg2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2746922", "instructor_name": "Leah Rineck", "course_label": "MATH141", "course_id": "MATH 141", "course_uid": "course_c9bdf631650ccfb896fcfc26", "review_date": "2022-12-27 17:59:57 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I had Leah for Math 171. She genuinely has no idea how to teach. There was never a time in lecture where she didn't messed up simple calculations and wouldn't have to be corrected by her students. She was rude to her students at times and would make remarks when we would ask her questions. Good luck with her as her tests are 84% of your grade. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2746922", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:47.134882+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3MjIyMzEy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2746922", "instructor_name": "Leah Rineck", "course_label": "MATH141", "course_id": "MATH 141", "course_uid": "course_c9bdf631650ccfb896fcfc26", "review_date": "2022-12-22 05:27:08 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Leah is an ineffective teacher. I took math 171 and struggled the entire time. Her lectures were extremely hard to follow and most of the time it sounded like she had no idea what she was teaching. Oftentimes students in the class had to correct her because she would skip a step or not calculate correctly. I DO NOT RECOMMEND LEAH ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2746922", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:47.134882+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3MTI5MTU5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2746922", "instructor_name": "Leah Rineck", "course_label": "MATH141", "course_id": "MATH 141", "course_uid": "course_c9bdf631650ccfb896fcfc26", "review_date": "2022-12-15 02:27:10 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I had Leah for Math 171. MATH 171 was very challenging, it was all new material for me and I did not fully understand it even after attending office hours, tutoring, etc. Leah is a very caring and nice professor, but did not properly explain the material as expected. Khan Academy YouTube videos were my best help.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2746922", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 5 } ] ``` ### total 12 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_c9bdf631650ccfb896fcfc26 | MATH 141 | | course\_6c15cc3b45a4c19a3ad6a2cd | MATH 213 | ### matched true ## social Image true