# LEWIS FRIEDLAND — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/LEWIS_FRIEDLAND--instructor_e68a4b77f4ba5162228b16e5) ## 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 | ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_e68a4b77f4ba5162228b16e5 ### source legacy ### identity basis name\_only ### identity status unresolved ### name LEWIS FRIEDLAND ### first observed at 2025-04-16 05:20:33.104844+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 17 #### quality 3.24 #### difficulty 3 #### quality count 17 #### difficulty count 17 #### profile id rmp:1174502 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:23:29.518793+00:00 #### courses ##### course 6b5f0206ed8def16b39c8cff ###### review count 5 ###### quality 4 ###### difficulty 3.2 ###### quality count 5 ###### difficulty count 5 ##### course b53a6b9d1b893ffe166e8160 ###### review count 1 ###### quality 2 ###### difficulty 3 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 #### bayesian quality 3.4668571802954573 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/LEWIS\_FRIEDLAND--instructor\_e68a4b77f4ba5162228b16e5 ## history None recorded. ## timeline None recorded. ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:29.518793+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMwNjY1Mzg5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1174502", "instructor_name": "Lewis Friedland", "course_label": "JOURN561", "course_id": "JOURN 561", "course_uid": "course_6b5f0206ed8def16b39c8cff", "review_date": "2018-11-05 23:48:29 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Prof. Friedland is funny guy, and it's clear he's passionate about the material and very knowledgeable. There's a lot of reading for this class (around 100 or so pages a week), but it's manageable if you're interested in the material. Make sure to show up to lecture because he goes through the main points of the readings.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1174502", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:29.518793+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI2OTUzMDk5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1174502", "instructor_name": "Lewis Friedland", "course_label": "J201", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2016-09-03 17:46:37 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Thought this class was pretty good, but there were a ton of dry readings, I often ended up skimming or skipping the weekly readings unless I was required to speak on them. Lectures were interesting, learned a lot about journalism and mass comm. Lots of papers to write and the most important ones were pretty hard to write. Decent course overall.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1174502", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:29.518793+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI2ODc4MzY4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1174502", "instructor_name": "Lewis Friedland", "course_label": "J201", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2016-08-09 18:06:10 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Friedland was really nice when he was outside of class and really helpful about papers and course material. However, he didn't teach J201 with the spunk it could have been taught with. The midterms are harder than expected, but all the material you will be tested on is on the slides he posts on the web. Overall, this is an Easy A.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1174502", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:29.518793+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI2NzAyNDcx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1174502", "instructor_name": "Lewis Friedland", "course_label": "J201", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2016-06-07 13:05:44 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Lew was and alright professor, but his lectures were pretty boring and he was not approachable at all. He acted like everyone in the class was dumb and didn't understand anything. I stopped paying attention completely by the end. However, I had a wonderful TA who made the papers and speeches absolutely painless, so it was a great Com-B.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1174502", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:29.518793+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI2NjI4MjQ0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1174502", "instructor_name": "Lewis Friedland", "course_label": "J201", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2016-05-21 02:17:10 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Kind of disappointed in this class. I was super interested in the topic but feel as if I didn't get what I expected/hoped. Concepts were confusing and hard to understand, as well as lecture slides. Lew was monotone so it was hard to pay attention. This class isn't cake but not hard- you still have to put in work and do good on papers & exams.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1174502", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:29.518793+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI2NTgzODc5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1174502", "instructor_name": "Lewis Friedland", "course_label": "J201", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2016-05-16 00:39:09 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Lew was a pretty good lecturer, but he could stand to be a little less monotone and dry with his delivery. One thing that frustrated me was the inconsistency of the course. Half the time, we had guest lecturers - Professor Friedland could have very well lectured on these topics. This made for a somewhat disorganized course but overall Lew is solid.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1174502", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 } ] ``` ### total 17 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_b53a6b9d1b893ffe166e8160 | JOURN 201 | | course\_6b5f0206ed8def16b39c8cff | JOURN 561 | ### matched true ## social Image false