# MARK LOUDEN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/MARK_LOUDEN--instructor_4ace3bdb7d97c783acc7a47b) ## 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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He has many community ties and the course covers essentially everything you need to or would ever want to know about the Amish. Readings were fairly short and interesting, and there were 10 500-word essays throughout the semester. He does cold-call, but I think it's fair.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/53176", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:20:35.339677+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyMzM2NjM1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:53176", "instructor_name": "Mark Louden", "course_label": "GERM650", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-12-18 22:40:41 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I love this professor. Go to his office hours, and he will help you. He does a lot of cold calling, but it's a great way of keeping students engaged. A lot of his lectures involve a lot of participation, and it's a great way to get students to interact with course content. 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