# ROBERT MATHIEU — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/ROBERT_MATHIEU--instructor_37cf55006972ea2234b4c7f6) ## 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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The class is hard, no doubt, and he expects a lot of you, but the tests and homework were not unfair nor impossible if you paid attention in lecture, read the material, and asked questions. He is not always 100% super nice, but he is kind and truthful and tells it like it is.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2409895", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:09:34.820958+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNDc2NjIy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2409895", "instructor_name": "Robert Mathieu", "course_label": "Inter-LS107", "course_id": "INTER-LS 107", "course_uid": "course_badf676743eeb04da2664094", "review_date": "2026-01-11 22:28:15 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He was a very nice professor, it was a very interesting class to make more sense of Astronomy (as part of the fig). That being said, if you intend on getting a major in Astronomy, do not take the fig, just start taking the classes required to achieve that degree. Reading \"the structure of scientific revolutions\" was not fun, however.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2409895", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:09:34.820958+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyMzk2OTQy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2409895", "instructor_name": "Robert Mathieu", "course_label": "Inter-LS107", "course_id": "INTER-LS 107", "course_uid": "course_badf676743eeb04da2664094", "review_date": "2025-12-25 16:49:28 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Very belittling, do not take this FIG. It would be more beneficial to any students interested in astronomy to just take astronomy courses. Book we read was complex for a freshman level. Does not believe women can succeed in astronomy. (His words not mine). 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If you start off the class poorly, drop it.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2409895", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:09:34.820958+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMjY4MDE3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2409895", "instructor_name": "Robert Mathieu", "course_label": "ASTRON310", "course_id": "ASTRON 310", "course_uid": "course_823245b47a5a05892191de77", "review_date": "2025-05-14 00:50:50 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Honestly he's a great professor and great guy, but the final was worth 40% of the grade with normal grade cutoffs (92+ for an A, 89 for an AB, 82 for a B, etc), and his homework required a lot of thinking and work, making it a lot each week just for it to be worth only 20% of the grade.\nIf you're fine with a lower grade, definitely take him.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2409895", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:09:34.820958+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMjcxNjU3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2409895", "instructor_name": "Robert Mathieu", "course_label": "ASTRON310", "course_id": "ASTRON 310", "course_uid": "course_823245b47a5a05892191de77", "review_date": "2025-05-13 21:51:28 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Prof Mathieu is an awful professor. 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