# Tina Xu — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/TINA_XU) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 52a78527ff09011d88cb04c7d43867d9fbfec2930bf1dd2ec359ebd2844e0b07 ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+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\_a1901643e6418267a7946b79 ### source enrollment ### source instructor id jxu25 ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Tina Xu ### email JXU25\@WISC.EDU ### first observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 13 #### quality 2.38 #### difficulty 2.46 #### quality count 13 #### difficulty count 13 #### profile id rmp:2592851 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:00:40.429510+00:00 #### courses ##### course 5b7e840b49cedb60a91edc99 ###### review count 4 ###### quality 2.5 ###### difficulty 2.5 ###### quality count 4 ###### difficulty count 4 ##### course 465855ee8f77f31be2f79f78 ###### review count 3 ###### quality 2 ###### difficulty 2.33 ###### quality count 3 ###### difficulty count 3 ##### course 4e8831b837f359daa4b2cadc ###### review count 6 ###### quality 2.5 ###### difficulty 2.5 ###### quality count 6 ###### difficulty count 6 #### bayesian quality 3.1555671415433912 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----- | | course\_4e8831b837f359daa4b2cadc | ISYE 412 | FUNDAMENTALS OF INDUSTRIAL DATA ANALYTICS | 3 | 3 | 3.798 | | course\_5b7e840b49cedb60a91edc99 | ISYE 312 | DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS FOR INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS | 3 | 3 | 3.686 | | course\_e8a20e535a6c3679f6eda0e2 | ISYE/ME 512 | INSPECTION, QUALITY CONTROL AND RELIABILITY | 3 | 3 | 3.586 | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/TINA\_XU ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | 1272 | course\_5b7e840b49cedb60a91edc99 | ISYE 312 | DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS FOR INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS | | 1272 | course\_4e8831b837f359daa4b2cadc | ISYE 412 | FUNDAMENTALS OF INDUSTRIAL DATA ANALYTICS | | 1272 | course\_e8a20e535a6c3679f6eda0e2 | ISYE/ME 512 | INSPECTION, QUALITY CONTROL AND RELIABILITY | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1272 | 3 | ## term 1272 ## courses ```json [ { "course_uid": "course_5b7e840b49cedb60a91edc99", "course_id": "ISYE 312", "title": "DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS FOR INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS", "credits_min": 3, "credits_max": 3, "gpa": 3.686, "badges": [], "description": "ISYE 312 teaches data management and analysis fundamentals for industrial engineers, focusing on database strategies, preprocessing, visualization, and modeling with MySQL and R.", "discovery": { "term": "1272", "offered": true, "history": { "counts": [ 341, 85, 67, 25, 8, 0, 0 ], "count": 526, "gpa": 3.6901140684410647, "topShare": 80.98859315589354, "firstTerm": "1224", "lastTerm": "1264" }, "instructors": [ { "course_uid": "course_5b7e840b49cedb60a91edc99", "uid": "instructor_a1901643e6418267a7946b79", "name": "Tina Xu", "quality": 3.1555671415433912, "quality_count": 13, "instructor_url": "/instructors/TINA_XU" } ], "instructorHistory": { "counts": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "count": 0, "gpa": null, "topShare": null }, "courseComparison": { "counts": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "count": 0, "gpa": null, "topShare": null }, "claim": { "citations": [ { "instructor_name": "Tina Xu", "review_date": "2022-11-06 21:55:28 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "2c23e714f54334e116aa5c64", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2592851", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM2Nzg2Mzkx", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2592851", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Tina Xu", "review_date": "2024-05-13 00:39:04 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "d656f9f41d03e3953beabb3b", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2592851", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM5NDQ1OTYy", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2592851", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Tina Xu", "review_date": "2025-05-12 17:20:18 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "f6e60832014a9d24361853a5", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2592851", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMjUzNTkx", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2592851", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Tina Xu", "review_date": "2026-04-16 16:21:44 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "d33f3bdd00c5e4d072a4bc20", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2592851", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyODUxODk0", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2592851", "type": "review" } ], "text": "Tina Xu’s lectures are consistently described as boring and monotone, with slides that are rarely helpful. 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Definitely not by my choice. So so boring. So hard to sit through lectures. Tests were not that hard but very low preparation and guidance was offered beforehand.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2592851", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:40.429510+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMjUzOTk3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2592851", "instructor_name": "Tina Xu", "course_label": "ISYE313", "course_id": "ISYE 313", "course_uid": "course_465855ee8f77f31be2f79f78", "review_date": "2025-05-12 17:45:02 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Prof Xu does not have particularly interesting lectures, and she does not deliver them with much passion. However, they are very organized, and contain all the info you need to complete the HWs and do well on the exams. The HWs are straightforward, the project was mostly graded on completion, and exams were open note. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2592851", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:40.429510+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMjUzNTkx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2592851", "instructor_name": "Tina Xu", "course_label": "ISYE312", "course_id": "ISYE 312", "course_uid": "course_5b7e840b49cedb60a91edc99", "review_date": "2025-05-12 17:20:18 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Nice professor but boring lectures (just reads off slides mostly). Turned in first homework late because I mixed up the time and she was nice and excused it. Graded project and homework easily, but exams were decently hard. Lots of extra credit if you just go to class. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2592851", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:40.429510+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMTM3NDk2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2592851", "instructor_name": "Tina Xu", "course_label": "ISYE313", "course_id": "ISYE 313", "course_uid": "course_465855ee8f77f31be2f79f78", "review_date": "2025-05-02 20:04:37 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Avoid if possible. She reads directly off the slides, cannot answer questions or clarify well, and often tests you on foreign things you have never seen or practiced, including questions with terminology you've never covered. Some exams were super easy, and others were impossible. Honestly hard to prepare for. Would never recommend to anyone.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2592851", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:40.429510+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMzc2MTEx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2592851", "instructor_name": "Tina Xu", "course_label": "ISYE412", "course_id": "ISYE 412", "course_uid": "course_4e8831b837f359daa4b2cadc", "review_date": "2024-12-19 03:48:47 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I really enjoyed ISYE 412 with Tina. Her grading is clear, and the exams are exactly what she outlines they will be. While lectures can be dull and include unnecessary information, Tina is both intelligent and likeable. This course is a very easy A if you actually study for the exams and spend a little bit of time on the HW.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2592851", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:40.429510+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM5NDQ1OTYy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2592851", "instructor_name": "Tina Xu", "course_label": "ISYE312", "course_id": "ISYE 312", "course_uid": "course_5b7e840b49cedb60a91edc99", "review_date": "2024-05-13 00:39:04 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Her lectures are boring and tough to sit through, but the class wasn't that hard. Homework was similar to the problems in class, she offered up to 3% extra credit for going to lecture, and the group project was relatively easy. There was a lack of guidance on preparing for the exams and the group project as the expectations weren't always clear.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2592851", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 } ] ``` ### total 13 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_5b7e840b49cedb60a91edc99 | ISYE 312 | | course\_465855ee8f77f31be2f79f78 | ISYE 313 | | course\_4e8831b837f359daa4b2cadc | ISYE 412 | ### matched true ## social Image true