# SOMESH JHA — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/SOMESH_JHA--instructor_bf4a81f6aa7c91dfe31d8633) ## 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 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The final was a trick, it was weird math and didn't include half the topics.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/981721", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:05:21.647929+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM1MjIxMzQw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:981721", "instructor_name": "Somesh Jha", "course_label": "COMPSCI435", "course_id": "COMPSCI/ECE/MATH 435", "course_uid": "course_2e71825a82859020279c78b8", "review_date": "2021-11-10 21:50:18 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Somesh is one of the best professors I have had for a while. He is very engaging with the class, and makes very complex ideas around crypto easy to understand. He gives plenty of time for homework (with there only being 7*) and assigns them only when discussed in lecture, Overall, a very nice guy who loves the material and wants you to love it too.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/981721", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:05:21.647929+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM0NTMyMTkz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:981721", "instructor_name": "Somesh Jha", "course_label": "CS435", "course_id": "COMPSCI/ECE/MATH 435", "course_uid": "course_2e71825a82859020279c78b8", "review_date": "2021-04-11 04:48:58 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Easily the best professor I've ever had. He's engaging and attempts to learn all students' names even in classes with over 100 people. He's both funny and incredibly knowledgeable. Made CS 435 my favorite class I've ever taken and inspired me to go into the software security field.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/981721", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 21 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | -------------------- | | course\_20918224366f6bbd226f8ec0 | COMPSCI 536 | | course\_2e71825a82859020279c78b8 | COMPSCI/ECE/MATH 435 | ### matched true ## social Image false