# STEPHEN WRIGHT — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/STEPHEN_WRIGHT--instructor_4774e825ddfeb1206af6b54a) ## 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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In a class full of math and CS PhD students, the average grade is about a B.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1895834", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:04:47.624880+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMwMTA0MjAw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1895834", "instructor_name": "Stephen Wright", "course_label": "CS726", "course_id": "COMPSCI/ISYE/MATH/STAT 726", "course_uid": "course_639b02029dbf953b9704cd63", "review_date": "2018-05-14 18:44:02 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Stephen is a good teacher and certainly is respected by every student. He has written several books and usually lectures from them, which makes it easier to catch up if you missed lectures. The assignments were graded in an insanely harsh way, though, and the professor doesn't seem eager to answer questions during office hours.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1895834", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:04:47.624880+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI5NjI5NjU5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1895834", "instructor_name": "Stephen Wright", "course_label": "CS525", "course_id": "COMPSCI/ISYE/MATH/STAT 525", "course_uid": "course_a04e8d794b24e3b81b984774", "review_date": "2018-03-07 11:28:48 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Prof jbr is very forthright and a real joy to work with. 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