# TIMOTHY YU — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/TIMOTHY_YU--instructor_ce4bf60e2cfa11c4a2f64231) ## 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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I have learnt a lot from the readings assigned. Highly recommend this course and this professor!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1369906", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:01:35.121541+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMTU1NjU3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1369906", "instructor_name": "Timothy YU", "course_label": "AM150", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-05-05 00:20:21 +0000 UTC", "comment": "You can tell prof yu really cares about what he teaches. Lectures are pretty interesting. You definitely have to read a lot for this class and sometimes the deadlines to \"read\" the book are a little short. Stay on top of lecture material and do most of the reading and you should be fine. 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