# SUSAN BERNSTEIN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/SUSAN_BERNSTEIN) ## 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\_89658c708a2cb682bf2c16b3 ### source madgrades ### source instructor id 2600290 ### identity basis source\_id ### identity status source\_identified ### name SUSAN BERNSTEIN ### 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 14 #### quality 3.57 #### difficulty 3.29 #### quality count 14 #### difficulty count 14 #### profile id rmp:478555 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:04:19.342615+00:00 #### courses #### bayesian quality 3.622756343262703 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### grade statistics #### gpa 3.578 #### graded 96 #### counts * 46 * 24 * 21 * 5 * 0 * 0 * 0 #### sections 16 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/SUSAN\_BERNSTEIN ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------- | | 1184 | course\_e36d4961cf7884312a7e77f9 | ENGL 990 | DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN ENGLISH | | 1182 | course\_e36d4961cf7884312a7e77f9 | ENGL 990 | DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN ENGLISH | | 1174 | course\_1be334a71b2b1317a42fe79c | ENGL 407 | CREATIVE WRITING: NONFICTION WORKSHOP | | 1174 | course\_21e250a5bfdbc78986cc712d | ENGL 443 | OUTSTANDING FIGURE(S) IN LITERATURE SINCE 1800 | | 1174 | course\_e36d4961cf7884312a7e77f9 | ENGL 990 | DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN ENGLISH | | 1172 | course\_e36d4961cf7884312a7e77f9 | ENGL 990 | DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN ENGLISH | | 1164 | course\_b90b55b7bdcd981825fc22bf | ENGL 682 | SENIOR HONORS THESIS IN THE MAJOR | | 1164 | course\_e36d4961cf7884312a7e77f9 | ENGL 990 | DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN ENGLISH | | 1162 | course\_1be334a71b2b1317a42fe79c | ENGL 407 | CREATIVE WRITING: NONFICTION WORKSHOP | | 1162 | course\_c8cf3ae46d22fb7d11acfba2 | ENGL 681 | SENIOR HONORS THESIS IN THE MAJOR | | 1162 | course\_e36d4961cf7884312a7e77f9 | ENGL 990 | DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN ENGLISH | | 1154 | course\_e36d4961cf7884312a7e77f9 | ENGL 990 | DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN ENGLISH | | 1152 | course\_057c5b021705c61788538742 | ENGL 181 | FIRST-YEAR HONORS SEMINAR | | 1152 | course\_e36d4961cf7884312a7e77f9 | ENGL 990 | DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN ENGLISH | | 1092 | course\_80f67b75772ab4943ef48c0d | HISTSCI 350 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE | | 1072 | course\_80f67b75772ab4943ef48c0d | HISTSCI 350 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1072 | 1 | | 1092 | 1 | | 1152 | 2 | | 1154 | 1 | | 1162 | 3 | | 1164 | 2 | | 1172 | 1 | | 1174 | 3 | | 1182 | 1 | | 1184 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:04:19.342615+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI1NTczMzA5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:478555", "instructor_name": "Susan Bernstein", "course_label": "ENG407", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2015-12-07 14:04:45 +0000 UTC", "comment": "While Bernstein is a good person and definitely means well and wants her students to succeed, she turned a class that had amazing potential into one that I dreaded going to and doing work for. Her instructions are often unclear, she pushes her opinions onto students unintentionally, and she assigns more work than necessary. Not the best approach.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/478555", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:04:19.342615+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI0MTg0MzE1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:478555", "instructor_name": "Susan Bernstein", "course_label": "ENGLISH181", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2014-12-24 23:09:22 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Enthusiastic, sweet, and interested in what her students have to say in their essays, but occasionally frustrating and not always open to different ideas. Assigned readings are interesting and reasonable, if a little heavy at times. Expectations aren't always clear but she is very willing to help. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/478555", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:04:19.342615+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIzNzY3MDQ4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:478555", "instructor_name": "Susan Bernstein", "course_label": "ENGLISH181", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2014-11-07 15:40:05 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Just like most other english teachers I've had; slightly out of touch with her students and modern academics in general, belligerently confident in her opinions and regarded everyone else's as unimportant, comments on my papers were very debatable and often contradicted each other. Can't go 5 minutes without reminding us she writes books.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/478555", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:04:19.342615+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIxOTQ5MTYx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:478555", "instructor_name": "Susan Bernstein", "course_label": "ENG468", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2013-07-06 17:21:29 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Bernstein may be a good person, but she is not a good teacher. She is egocentric and has only one way of approaching literature. Her expecations for reading are too high, and she seems to enjoy putting down people's ideas in class. I ended up writing papers just to please her and give her what she wanted to hear. Bad communicator.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/478555", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:04:19.342615+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIxNzk2OTAx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:478555", "instructor_name": "Susan Bernstein", "course_label": "ENG181SEMINAR", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2013-05-20 13:55:54 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Very enthusiastic about literature, seems to really love teaching. Her course stretched me as a writer, took my essay writing to a new level, although the rewriting process was often very stressful. She has high expectations for student writing. Downsides: Could be better at fostering student discussion and focuses on random details sometimes.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/478555", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:04:19.342615+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE5MjMwNDIy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:478555", "instructor_name": "Susan Bernstein", "course_label": "ENG468", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2011-11-14 10:41:43 +0000 UTC", "comment": "She's a hard professor but knows her stuff. She helped me become a better paper writer/English major. She is more than willing to help you. I had a hard time but still managed to get a B in the class. She's not as mean as she seems.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/478555", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 } ] ``` ### total 14 ### page 1 ### courses None recorded. ### matched true ## social Image false