# THOMAS CRAVENS — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/THOMAS_CRAVENS) ## 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 | ## 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timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1072 | 3 | | 1074 | 4 | | 1082 | 4 | | 1084 | 3 | | 1092 | 1 | | 1094 | 2 | | 1102 | 4 | | 1104 | 3 | | 1112 | 2 | | 1114 | 3 | | 1122 | 2 | | 1124 | 3 | | 1132 | 4 | | 1134 | 3 | | 1142 | 2 | | 1144 | 3 | | 1152 | 1 | | 1154 | 1 | | 1172 | 2 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:02:11.737257+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIyOTg1MzI1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:822811", "instructor_name": "Thomas Cravens", "course_label": "SPANISH429", "course_id": "FRENCH/ITALIAN/PORTUG/SPANISH 429", "course_uid": "course_48c6fa72b96d83c89696b4f3", "review_date": "2014-04-03 12:43:31 +0000 UTC", "comment": "DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Cravens certainly has a passion for linguistics... But his instruction is entirely arbitrary. Exams are entirely unpredictable. He gives review sheets. Sometimes exams are based completely off of them. Sometimes they do not even relate. You will not learn anything & your grade is a complete roll of the dice. DO NOT TAKE.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/822811", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:02:11.737257+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIyOTcwMzE1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:822811", "instructor_name": "Thomas Cravens", "course_label": "SPANISH429", "course_id": "FRENCH/ITALIAN/PORTUG/SPANISH 429", "course_uid": "course_48c6fa72b96d83c89696b4f3", "review_date": "2014-03-31 17:11:52 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Cravens clearly has an impressive knowledge of linguistics, but he utterly fails to communicate effectively. His lectures are all over the place and are clearly not directed at linguistic beginners. That said, exams are reasonable, and texts are unnecessary. All told, would not recommend.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/822811", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:02:11.737257+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIxMTIxNTEx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:822811", "instructor_name": "Thomas Cravens", "course_label": "ITAL429", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2012-12-19 02:15:16 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Cravens obviously knows everything there is to know about the subject of romance language linguistics and is as nice a guy as they come. But that being said, this was without a doubt the worst class I've taken at UW. I didn't learn a thing, he has absolutely no command or structure of the class, and arbitrarily grades things. AVOID!!!!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/822811", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:02:11.737257+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE5MzMyMTQ5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:822811", "instructor_name": "Thomas Cravens", "course_label": "IT340", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2011-11-29 17:05:41 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Prof. Cravens is brilliant when it comes to romance linguistics. The class isn't so much learning new facts as it is questioning what you think you knew about italian, and he facilitates. That said, having some experience in linguistics is very helpful to follow along in class because terms get thrown around a lot. Very interesting class overall,", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/822811", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:02:11.737257+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE4MjQzNTA3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:822811", "instructor_name": "Thomas Cravens", "course_label": "LING301", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2011-02-27 03:39:50 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I studied Linguistics with Dr. Cravens at Loyola College from 1988-1990. He was by far one of the best professors I have ever had. He inspired me to better appreciate not only language but also culture, and 20 years later, I still consider him to have been one of the most impactful people in my adult life.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/822811", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:02:11.737257+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE1ODEzNzk1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:822811", "instructor_name": "Thomas Cravens", "course_label": "SPAN429", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2009-05-11 18:28:11 +0000 UTC", "comment": "This class is really easy. Just show up, pay attention, and you'll do well. He wants you to do well, so there are no tricks. JUST SHOW UP! Don't waste your money on the textbooks--you don't need them. I regret buying them.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/822811", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 1 } ] ``` ### total 11 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | | course\_48c6fa72b96d83c89696b4f3 | FRENCH/ITALIAN/PORTUG/SPANISH 429 | ### matched true ## social Image false