# Vijay Limaye — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/VIJAY_LIMAYE) ## 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\_cbafbb30f079c5dc7417a1e8 ### source enrollment ### source instructor id vlimaye ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Vijay Limaye ### email VLIMAYE\@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 26 #### quality 1.19 #### difficulty 4.88 #### quality count 26 #### difficulty count 26 #### profile id rmp:3133998 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:00:01.930558+00:00 #### courses ##### course 4fc200fc2d67eb05bf16a3de ###### review count 3 ###### quality 1.33 ###### difficulty 4.33 ###### quality count 3 ###### difficulty count 3 #### bayesian quality 2.2637764276289545 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ----- | | course\_7baea4a90b2fafbbe42de16a | ENVIRST/POPHLTH 502 | AIR POLLUTION AND HUMAN HEALTH | 3 | 3 | 3.596 | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/VIJAY\_LIMAYE ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------ | | 1272 | course\_7baea4a90b2fafbbe42de16a | ENVIRST/POPHLTH 502 | AIR POLLUTION AND HUMAN HEALTH | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1272 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses ```json [ { "course_uid": "course_7baea4a90b2fafbbe42de16a", "course_id": "ENVIRST/POPHLTH 502", "title": "AIR POLLUTION AND HUMAN HEALTH", "credits_min": 3, "credits_max": 3, "gpa": 3.596, "badges": [ { "id": "grade-outcomes", "label": "Lower grades", "tone": "negative", "evidence": "Fall 2025 · latest released grades before Fall 2026: 3.23 GPA across 94 letter grades, versus 3.63 for UW–Madison (1320 courses). 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Enrollment at scan time, not capacity or typical historical attendance.", "sources": [ { "label": "Sections and enrollment", "href": "/courses/ENVIRST_POPHLTH_502#schedule" } ] } ], "description": "Covers toxicologic and epidemiologic studies of air pollutants, including lung physiology, pollution sources, and regulatory controls.", "discovery": { "term": "1272", "offered": true, "history": { "counts": [ 298, 105, 84, 5, 12, 2, 0 ], "count": 506, "gpa": 3.656126482213439, "topShare": 79.64426877470355, "firstTerm": "1232", "lastTerm": "1262" }, "instructors": [ { "course_uid": "course_7baea4a90b2fafbbe42de16a", "uid": "instructor_cbafbb30f079c5dc7417a1e8", "name": "Vijay Limaye", "quality": 2.2637764276289545, "quality_count": 26, "instructor_url": "/instructors/VIJAY_LIMAYE" } ], "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": [ { "course_id": "ENVIRST/POPHLTH 502", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "section_number": 1, "source_course_id": "5002ce42-e789-3631-97bc-11dca56a5673", "source_record": { "entity_id": "5002ce42-e789-3631-97bc-11dca56a5673", "file": "tables/observations.parquet", "kind": "grades", "source": "madgrades" }, "table": "section_grades_latest", "term_id": "1262", "type": "grade" } ], "text": "Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.23 GPA, 61.7% A/AB (n=94 letter grades)." }, "reviewFiles": [] } } ] ``` ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:01.930558+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMDQ3NTIw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3133998", "instructor_name": "Vijay Limaye", "course_label": "ENVIRST471", "course_id": "ENVIRST/POPHLTH 471", "course_uid": "course_4fc200fc2d67eb05bf16a3de", "review_date": "2026-05-06 17:54:24 +0000 UTC", "comment": "This professor is a tough grader, the class is based on only a few assignments/exams. Grades tend to take a long time to be returned, which makes it harder to know how you're doing.Whenever he taught, the lectures were honestly pretty boring and hard to stay engaged in, but the guest lectures were actually really interesting and much more engaging.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3133998", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:01.930558+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMDM0NTEy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3133998", "instructor_name": "Vijay Limaye", "course_label": "ENVIRST471", "course_id": "ENVIRST/POPHLTH 471", "course_uid": "course_4fc200fc2d67eb05bf16a3de", "review_date": "2026-05-05 19:11:53 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Its never really him teaching. The guest speakers are great but its never him teaching. His test and exams are very specific from readings and lectures. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3133998", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:01.930558+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyOTQzOTY4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3133998", "instructor_name": "Vijay Limaye", "course_label": "ENVIRST471", "course_id": "ENVIRST/POPHLTH 471", "course_uid": "course_4fc200fc2d67eb05bf16a3de", "review_date": "2026-04-27 17:34:06 +0000 UTC", "comment": "This is my first Rate My Review as a senior with a 4.0 (double STEM major) because of this professor. The content is important and interesting, with great guest speakers, BUT the quizzes and exams are in place to trick you not test your knowledge. Tested on specific, not emphasized, statistics and questions worded to trick you. Would NOT recommend.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3133998", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:01.930558+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyOTA1NTE5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3133998", "instructor_name": "Vijay Limaye", "course_label": "IES-502", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2026-04-22 22:13:40 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Lectures are incredibly repetitive, you go over the same information over and over each class. The material covered is also very elementary, you don't really go into the science of how and why air pollutants effect you. You just learn that they do affect you. Didn't learn much!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3133998", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:01.930558+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyMjkwMjM3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3133998", "instructor_name": "Vijay Limaye", "course_label": "IES-502", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-12-16 20:14:26 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Worked on group essays all semester, he made the draft due date before Thanksgiving, then sent feedback 10 days later saying he was short on time. After only getting 4 comments, he messed up our scheduled office hour meeting and didn't offer to reschedule so we never got feedback. Basically made it impossible to make changes for the final version.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3133998", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:01.930558+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyMjg5ODk1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3133998", "instructor_name": "Vijay Limaye", "course_label": "IES-502", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-12-16 20:03:16 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I never felt like the professor actually cared about us learning the material. Extremely hard cumulative exams with random specifics from lectures instead of overall concepts and definitions, as well as a horrible study guide and more, just made it feel like he wanted us to struggle and wouldn't do anything to see that we actually learned. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3133998", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 } ] ``` ### total 26 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ------------------- | | course\_4fc200fc2d67eb05bf16a3de | ENVIRST/POPHLTH 471 | ### matched true ## social Image true