# SEAN DINCES — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/SEAN_DINCES) ## 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 | | AMERIND | 53 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 57 | | ANTHRO | 95 | | ART | 125 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 69 | | BIOCHEM | 51 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 69 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 52 | | CIVENGR | 133 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 10 | | CNSRSCI | 50 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 11 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 19 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 40 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 35 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 145 | | EDPOL | 114 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 70 | | EMA | 53 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 206 | | ENTOM | 40 | | ENVIRST | 148 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 67 | | ESL | 16 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 22 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 40 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 63 | | GEN\&WS | 145 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 113 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 82 | | GLE | 48 | | GNS | 38 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 41 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 233 | | HISTSCI | 56 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 22 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 50 | | ISYE | 83 | | ITALIAN | 53 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 88 | | KINES | 128 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 120 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 89 | | LITTRANS | 78 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 62 | | MATH | 153 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 130 | | MEDHIST | 43 | | MEDICINE | 60 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 41 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 59 | | MUSIC | 165 | | MUSPERF | 126 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 4 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 111 | | NUTRSCI | 65 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 14 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 43 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 26 | | PHARMACY | 31 | | PHILOS | 77 | | PHMCOL-M | 11 | | PHMPRAC | 45 | | PHMSCI | 60 | | PHYASST | 37 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 52 | | PLPATH | 35 | | POLISCI | 192 | | POPHLTH | 58 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 101 | | PSYCHIAT | 22 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 102 | | S\&APHM | 17 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 89 | | SOC | 149 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 83 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 94 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 25 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 91 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 5 | | ZOOLOGY | 89 | ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_be1475be64be89e6971000d2 ### source madgrades ### source instructor id 3093867 ### identity basis source\_id ### identity status source\_identified ### name SEAN DINCES ### 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 17 #### quality 4.53 #### difficulty 2.53 #### quality count 17 #### difficulty count 17 #### profile id rmp:1877737 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:06:34.248317+00:00 #### courses ##### course 157e80becbd9124258387622 ###### review count 1 ###### quality 4 ###### difficulty 3 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 ##### course e0b33c5d61fb47b7b7235481 ###### review count 2 ###### quality 4.5 ###### difficulty 1.5 ###### quality count 2 ###### difficulty count 2 #### bayesian quality 4.059559882998159 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### grade statistics #### gpa 3.199 #### graded 432 #### counts * 76 * 158 * 125 * 42 * 21 * 3 * 7 #### sections 11 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/SEAN\_DINCES ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------- | | 1164 | course\_6432520b02cd7934abbfcd3f | HISTORY 682 | SENIOR HONORS THESIS | | 1162 | course\_8778fa7b5b565bca47ade417 | HISTORY 681 | SENIOR HONORS THESIS | | 1154 | course\_f58a2befed3ba544f80bedc5 | HISTORY 283 | INTERMEDIATE HONORS SEMINAR-STUDIES IN HISTORY | | 1154 | course\_da098c752db640aadba91bad | HISTORY 500 | READING SEMINAR IN HISTORY | | 1154 | course\_6432520b02cd7934abbfcd3f | HISTORY 682 | SENIOR HONORS THESIS | | 1152 | course\_157e80becbd9124258387622 | HISTORY 102 | AMERICAN HISTORY, CIVIL WAR ERA TO THE PRESENT | | 1152 | course\_26a5f5c1d5cb3b7f4ebb4a9b | HISTORY 600 | ADVANCED SEMINAR IN HISTORY | | 1152 | course\_8778fa7b5b565bca47ade417 | HISTORY 681 | SENIOR HONORS THESIS | | 1152 | course\_f3c5da1f78bad390731fed93 | HISTORY 999 | INDEPENDENT WORK | | 1144 | course\_e0b33c5d61fb47b7b7235481 | HISTORY 221 | EXPLORATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY (H) | | 1144 | course\_26a5f5c1d5cb3b7f4ebb4a9b | HISTORY 600 | ADVANCED SEMINAR IN HISTORY | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1144 | 2 | | 1152 | 4 | | 1154 | 3 | | 1162 | 1 | | 1164 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:34.248317+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI1MjgzNDM1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1877737", "instructor_name": "Sean Dinces", "course_label": "102 AND 283", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2015-10-22 22:56:05 +0000 UTC", "comment": "This guy is absolutely one of my favorite professors. He teachers you in a way for you to retain the information. His lectures are interesting, and I was actually somewhat excited to go to history class. Exams aren't that bad, either. He's a prof you can relate to. Prof D's the man!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1877737", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:34.248317+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI1MTcyNTMy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1877737", "instructor_name": "Sean Dinces", "course_label": "102", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2015-09-04 16:10:16 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Sean was a good teacher and I learned a lot from his class. A lot of content included are topics that arent usually included in a typical history class that really made it interesting. Sean was really fair and pretty clear in what he expected from students.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1877737", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:34.248317+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI0ODk2NzY5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1877737", "instructor_name": "Sean Dinces", "course_label": "283", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2015-05-24 22:11:16 +0000 UTC", "comment": "he's a real guy.. super relatable but obviously crazy intelligent. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1877737", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:34.248317+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI0ODA4NTcw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1877737", "instructor_name": "Sean Dinces", "course_label": "HISTORY249", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2015-05-12 13:20:09 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Dinces was a pretty cool professor overall. He was very passionate about the course and made the class interesting. His tests and papers were very clear and appropriate too. However, it was sometimes hard to pay attention to him during lecture because he talks a lot rather than putting the material on power points. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1877737", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:34.248317+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI0ODA2MzAz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1877737", "instructor_name": "Sean Dinces", "course_label": "102", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2015-05-12 09:05:18 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He makes you fall in love with history. He knows his stuff and it's so interesting to hear him speak and learn from him. Two midterms, one paper, and a final. I would highly recommend this class to anyone and I would take it again if I could! I always enjoyed going to history class.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1877737", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:34.248317+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI0NTM3NDU4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1877737", "instructor_name": "Sean Dinces", "course_label": "HIST102", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2015-04-02 16:05:44 +0000 UTC", "comment": "he would speed through the powerpoints but all you have to do is copy those down. he gives you 30 terms to study and then chooses 8 at random for the test and you must write about the importance of each. made it a lot easier to study. he is an awesome professor and really gets you into it. i only read for the paper due at the end.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1877737", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 17 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | | course\_157e80becbd9124258387622 | HISTORY 102 | | course\_e0b33c5d61fb47b7b7235481 | HISTORY 221 | ### matched true ## social Image false