# MARK ERIKSSON — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/MARK_ERIKSSON--instructor_c1cb288f6e4aeffa9e5c2a0a) ## 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 | | 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Terrible professor.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/337292", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:20:38.427623+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMzNzQ5NDE3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:337292", "instructor_name": "Mark Eriksson", "course_label": "PHYSICS415", "course_id": "PHYSICS 415", "course_uid": "course_d1341e0b9824e63e21c5b17b", "review_date": "2020-10-29 20:40:21 +0000 UTC", "comment": "It pains me very much to give Mark this rating because I know he'd be a great professor in person. He cares deeply about his students' understanding. However, in this online format, his lectures solely consisted of him reading off lecture slides, which makes it very hard to learn the material. 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