# MARK FEDENIA — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/MARK_FEDENIA--instructor_a7f04f46ec57105cf0e1e7c8) ## 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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madgrades ### source instructor id 655582 ### identity basis source\_id ### identity status source\_identified ### name MARK FEDENIA ### first observed at 2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 16 #### quality 2.38 #### difficulty 3.38 #### quality count 16 #### difficulty count 16 #### profile id rmp:1079052 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:20:38.019363+00:00 #### courses #### bayesian quality 3.0909365464147753 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### grade statistics #### gpa 3.563 #### graded 2025 #### counts * 976 * 560 * 311 * 141 * 29 * 7 * 1 #### sections 73 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/MARK\_FEDENIA--instructor\_a7f04f46ec57105cf0e1e7c8 ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | 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1124 | course\_3cef669cc3409d43b58226bd | FINANCE 990 | FINANCE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PHD THESIS | | 1122 | course\_faf7d9a69fa9fc71c5c85438 | FINANCE 365 | CONTEMPORARY TOPICS | | 1114 | course\_6c0af1fab5f5a733992691b1 | ECON/FINANCE 320 | INVESTMENT THEORY | | 1112 | course\_faf7d9a69fa9fc71c5c85438 | FINANCE 365 | CONTEMPORARY TOPICS | | 1104 | course\_6c0af1fab5f5a733992691b1 | ECON/FINANCE 320 | INVESTMENT THEORY | | 1102 | course\_faf7d9a69fa9fc71c5c85438 | FINANCE 365 | CONTEMPORARY TOPICS | | 1094 | course\_6c0af1fab5f5a733992691b1 | ECON/FINANCE 320 | INVESTMENT THEORY | | 1082 | course\_6c0af1fab5f5a733992691b1 | ECON/FINANCE 320 | INVESTMENT THEORY | | 1074 | course\_4bedf0890d22d828d18f1777 | FINANCE 536 | APPLIED EQUITY MARKETS RESEARCH 2 | | 1074 | course\_c5f7ea18f3ed427ea4c02b7e | FINANCE 765 | CONTEMPORARY TOPICS | | 1072 | course\_4bce0a2d3784a9399f49f4cf | FINANCE 535 | APPLIED EQUITY MARKETS RESEARCH 1 | | 1072 | course\_c5f7ea18f3ed427ea4c02b7e | FINANCE 765 | CONTEMPORARY TOPICS | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1072 | 2 | | 1074 | 2 | | 1082 | 1 | | 1094 | 1 | | 1102 | 1 | | 1104 | 1 | | 1112 | 1 | | 1114 | 1 | | 1122 | 1 | | 1124 | 2 | | 1132 | 1 | | 1134 | 2 | | 1144 | 1 | | 1152 | 1 | | 1154 | 3 | | 1162 | 1 | | 1164 | 2 | | 1172 | 1 | | 1174 | 3 | | 1182 | 1 | | 1184 | 1 | | 1192 | 1 | | 1194 | 3 | | 1204 | 1 | | 1224 | 1 | | 1234 | 2 | | 1244 | 1 | | 1254 | 2 | | 1262 | 1 | | 1264 | 3 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:20:38.019363+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3NjU4MDUy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1079052", "instructor_name": "Mark Fedenia", "course_label": "FIN320", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2023-04-18 21:20:33 +0000 UTC", "comment": "No office hours. Answer your questions by email only in less than 15 words. Essay questions in exams. All you need to do is memorize. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1079052", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:20:38.019363+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3NjU2MjY2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1079052", "instructor_name": "Mark Fedenia", "course_label": "FIN320", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2023-04-18 18:51:48 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Nice guy, but you can tell he is just taking it easy on doing his job. Participation graded, but only goes over complex Python code in class no one understands and doesn't explain it. Tests are almost every week with essay questions given beforehand, but you teach yourself the concepts from Textbook and most aren't even in it. Don't learn anything.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1079052", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:20:38.019363+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3NjE4ODEx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1079052", "instructor_name": "Mark Fedenia", "course_label": "FIN320", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2023-04-12 17:31:05 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Worst class I have taken at the b school. The McGraw hill homework coupled with the python notebooks in class make for a horrible combo. The exams are equally bad, for they are memorized essays. Nothing is learned, only temporarily remembered to regurgitate in a test you know the questions to ahead of time. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1079052", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:20:38.019363+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3NjA4NTYy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1079052", "instructor_name": "Mark Fedenia", "course_label": "FIN320", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2023-04-11 16:53:26 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Only showed up to lectures for participation credit. Otherwise, I am on my computer doing other work, same as everybody else. Learned nothing from him. Not a good teacher. The class is pretty easy though as you can't be surprised on the midterms, he gives all the questions all you have to do is memorize the answers. This class is a joke", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1079052", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:20:38.019363+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3NTkwMDk0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1079052", "instructor_name": "Mark Fedenia", "course_label": "FIN320", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2023-04-06 15:18:01 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Most useless class I've taken. Every lecture goes through Google CoLab notebooks and python coding that is difficult to follow and also not taught explicitly. I didn't sign up for a coding class, I'm not interested in that. For exams, he gives you the questions before but it isn't as nice as it sounds because you have to teach yourself everything.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1079052", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:20:38.019363+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM3NTg3OTIw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1079052", "instructor_name": "Mark Fedenia", "course_label": "FIN320", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2023-04-06 00:13:44 +0000 UTC", "comment": "The whole lecture is going over Python code instead of teaching anything. Because nothing is taught, students are forced to try to teach themselves the test concepts through the textbook (though a majority of the questions cannot even be answered with the book). Exams every 2 weeks (graded harshly), despite nothing being taught in class.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1079052", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 } ] ``` ### total 16 ### page 1 ### courses None recorded. ### matched true ## social Image false