# SANFORD KLEIN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/SANFORD_KLEIN) ## 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 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | 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| 4 | | 1142 | 4 | | 1144 | 3 | | 1152 | 4 | | 1154 | 4 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:07:28.300172+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI4Njc4Mjgw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:974845", "instructor_name": "Sanford Klein", "course_label": "ME461", "course_id": "ME 461", "course_uid": "course_0eecfc7657e6fe746c6ffbd3", "review_date": "2017-09-15 23:05:43 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He is one of the best instructor", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/974845", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:07:28.300172+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI0NzQ5MTQx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:974845", "instructor_name": "Sanford Klein", "course_label": "ME461", "course_id": "ME 461", "course_uid": "course_0eecfc7657e6fe746c6ffbd3", "review_date": "2015-05-05 21:44:54 +0000 UTC", 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