# Louis Oliphant — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/LOUIS_OLIPHANT) ## 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\_402c5e1526ed25ff5ab4777d ### source enrollment ### source instructor id ltoliphant ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Louis Oliphant ### email LTOLIPHANT\@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 42 #### quality 3.83 #### difficulty 3.52 #### quality count 42 #### difficulty count 42 #### profile id rmp:2965334 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:22:44.180256+00:00 #### courses ##### course 834bc468ca49d8090d0f211f ###### review count 20 ###### quality 4.1 ###### difficulty 3 ###### quality count 20 ###### difficulty count 20 ##### course 79e5479d9eb1286e8642b399 ###### review count 22 ###### quality 3.59 ###### difficulty 4 ###### quality count 22 ###### difficulty count 22 #### bayesian quality 3.7750599301763215 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ----- | | course\_37a551eb9007bebe6a41c6b3 | COMPSCI 368 | LEARNING A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE | 1 | 1 | | | course\_87400c0728797946c5cef14c | COMPSCI 639 | UNDERGRADUATE ELECTIVE TOPICS IN COMPUTING | 3 | 4 | 3.585 | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/LOUIS\_OLIPHANT ## 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reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:22:44.180256+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMzAwNjg3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2965334", "instructor_name": "Louis Oliphant", "course_label": "cs220", "course_id": "COMPSCI 220", "course_uid": "course_834bc468ca49d8090d0f211f", "review_date": "2026-07-13 16:51:14 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He was a good professor, made lecture interesting but also taught pretty well. Some of the last topics seemed a little less well explained. No attendance for class, but yes for labs. Easy work, but it grows and by the end of the semester there is a lot of it. Class is an easy A if you try, but you will spend awhile on the assignments.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2965334", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:22:44.180256+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMDcxNjI2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2965334", "instructor_name": "Louis Oliphant", "course_label": "cs220", "course_id": "COMPSCI 220", "course_uid": "course_834bc468ca49d8090d0f211f", "review_date": "2026-05-08 17:01:33 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Great professor who breaks down concepts well and helps you learn while coding alongside him in lecture. Weekly projects make up a big part of your grade, but there are a lot of resources available to make sure you get 100% on every one. Labs were mandatory but mostly unhelpful.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2965334", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:22:44.180256+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyOTE3MjM0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2965334", "instructor_name": "Louis Oliphant", "course_label": "cs220", "course_id": "COMPSCI 220", "course_uid": "course_834bc468ca49d8090d0f211f", "review_date": "2026-04-23 20:45:33 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Lectures are not mandatory, but can be helpful to attend; Louis is an above average lecturer, and lectures are engaging. Labs are mandatory, but don't help learning. Projects are how most of learning is done. Weekly quizzes and exams are mostly easy, but can be annoying to solve. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2965334", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:22:44.180256+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNjcxNzE2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2965334", "instructor_name": "Louis Oliphant", "course_label": "cs537", "course_id": "COMPSCI 537", "course_uid": "course_79e5479d9eb1286e8642b399", "review_date": "2026-03-05 23:54:41 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Good lecturer, funny guy who broke down concepts in easy to understand blocks. The projects took a ton of time and the exams were pretty difficult, but overall a very interesting class.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2965334", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:22:44.180256+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyMzcxMTI5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2965334", "instructor_name": "Louis Oliphant", "course_label": "cs537", "course_id": "COMPSCI 537", "course_uid": "course_79e5479d9eb1286e8642b399", "review_date": "2025-12-22 01:19:48 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Nice person and good lecturer. Tests are really heavy, but maybe its cs537's tradition since I found Shivaram's exams are also difficult.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2965334", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:22:44.180256+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxNzg5NjQ4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2965334", "instructor_name": "Louis Oliphant", "course_label": "cs537", "course_id": "COMPSCI 537", "course_uid": "course_79e5479d9eb1286e8642b399", "review_date": "2025-11-02 23:28:13 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Most of the course Settings are disgusting, but here you can enjoy the 5fz super long quiz, the midterm exam with 65 multiple-choice questions in one and a half hours, and vague exam answers", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2965334", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 } ] ``` ### total 42 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | | course\_834bc468ca49d8090d0f211f | COMPSCI 220 | | course\_79e5479d9eb1286e8642b399 | COMPSCI 537 | ### matched true ## social Image true