# Monika Thadhani — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/MONIKA_THADHANI) ## 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 | | 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id mthadhani ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Monika Thadhani ### email MTHADHANI\@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 2 #### quality 5 #### difficulty 1.5 #### quality count 2 #### difficulty count 2 #### profile id rmp:3126386 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:16:30.834318+00:00 #### courses #### bayesian quality 3.781532530496905 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----- | | course\_0bd3b8d0298a76a3f5a3c7a5 | DS 623 | INTERIOR DESIGN IV | 4 | 4 | 3.683 | | course\_632ac931d6043b8be2943916 | DS 622 | INTERIOR DESIGN III | 4 | 4 | 3.666 | | 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