# TIMOTHY IDOWU — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

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### importer version

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### observed at

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### built at

2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+00:00

### courses

8951

### current instructors

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### limited

false

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### term

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### departments

| subject   | count |
| --------- | ----- |
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| ABT       | 20    |
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| ACTSCI    | 14    |
| AFAERO    | 10    |
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| ANATOMY   | 2     |
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| ASIANAM   | 28    |
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| BIOCHEM   | 51    |
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| BIOLOGY   | 14    |
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| C\&ESOC   | 73    |
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| CHEM      | 101   |
| CHICLA    | 52    |
| CIVENGR   | 133   |
| CLASSICS  | 47    |
| CNP       | 10    |
| CNSRSCI   | 50    |
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| COMPBIO   | 15    |
| COMPLIT   | 11    |
| COMPSCI   | 138   |
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| CRB       | 19    |
| CS\&D     | 71    |
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| DERM      | 8     |
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| DYSCI     | 35    |
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| ECON      | 145   |
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| GNS       | 38    |
| GREEK     | 27    |
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| HEBR-BIB  | 13    |
| HEBR-MOD  | 10    |
| HISTORY   | 233   |
| HISTSCI   | 56    |
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| ILS       | 43    |
| INFOSYS   | 9     |
| INTEGART  | 7     |
| INTEGSCI  | 22    |
| INTER-AG  | 18    |
| INTER-HE  | 11    |
| INTER-LS  | 22    |
| INTEREGR  | 16    |
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| MEDSC-M   | 29    |
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| MM\&I     | 22    |
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| MS\&E     | 59    |
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| MUSPERF   | 126   |
| NAVSCI    | 20    |
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| NEURODPT  | 11    |
| NEUROL    | 7     |
| NEURSURG  | 4     |
| NTP       | 11    |
| NURSING   | 111   |
| NUTRSCI   | 65    |
| OBS\&GYN  | 18    |
| OCCTHER   | 39    |
| ONCOLOGY  | 14    |
| OPHTHALM  | 5     |
| OTM       | 43    |
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| PATH-BIO  | 29    |
| PEDIAT    | 26    |
| PHARMACY  | 31    |
| PHILOS    | 77    |
| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
| PHMPRAC   | 45    |
| PHMSCI    | 60    |
| PHYASST   | 37    |
| PHYSICS   | 88    |
| PHYSIOL   | 3     |
| PHYTHER   | 37    |
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| 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

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### source

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### source instructor id

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### identity basis

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### identity status

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### name

TIMOTHY IDOWU

### first observed at

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### last observed at

2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

5

#### quality

3

#### difficulty

2

#### quality count

5

#### difficulty count

5

#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### match basis

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#### observed at

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#### courses

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#### prior weight

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### current

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### courses

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### revision

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### instructor url

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## history

None recorded.

## timeline

None recorded.

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "comment": "Super easy. Guarantees 1/3 of the class an A. Heavy accent though, but smart and genuinely kind guy.",
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    "review_date": "2016-04-04 11:11:53 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Lectures literally from the textbook. Gives good examples but can be a little condescending if you don't understand. Overall smart guy.",
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    "review_date": "2016-02-21 21:26:05 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "He was quite clear at his lecture notes. Do all your homework to get familiar with the materials. His tests were unexpectedly tough sometimes (he didn't  even realize it until we looked miserable taking the test). But don't worry, the curves was great. It could boost you up even your tests scores look terrible.",
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    "review_date": "2016-02-11 18:44:42 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "The class was interesting and pretty easy. I wish he'd be more clear in lecture though. There's lots of self-learning. However, he is much more helpful and clear during his office hours, which I highly recommend attending.",
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    "comment": "Not helpful by any means. Lectures are not necessary to attend because he just reads straight out of the textbook. Never clear what is going on in this class. Gets off track very easily, failed to sufficiently teach most subjects. Highly recommend staying away from this professor.",
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### page

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### courses

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