# VINAY DHARWADKER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/VINAY_DHARWADKER--instructor_d161eea4b226e1d876d31a57) ## 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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His feedback on papers is very insightful. His prompts are great and the papers are enjoyable to write. His course is relatively easy and I would recommend.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/758562", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:00.955892+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMTM1NTg4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:758562", "instructor_name": "Vinay Dharwadker", "course_label": "engl443", "course_id": "ENGL 443", "course_uid": "course_21e250a5bfdbc78986cc712d", "review_date": "2024-12-06 16:07:02 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Dharwadker is amazing. He's so caring, compassionate, and kind. He gives great feedback. Genuinely wants his students to succeed. Very knowledgeable. Great guy, great class. Put in effort (do your best) and you'll be fine. 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Highly recommend any class with him.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/758562", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:00.955892+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM5MzA2ODQ0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:758562", "instructor_name": "Vinay Dharwadker", "course_label": "COMPLIT475", "course_id": "COMPLIT 475", "course_uid": "course_88e48151b86e221a83f108a9", "review_date": "2024-04-30 01:15:33 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Super passionate about the short stories we read. Very knowledgable about current events and the authors. Long lectures and lots of listening but enjoyable class.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/758562", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:00:00.955892+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM5MDQyODcw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:758562", "instructor_name": "Vinay Dharwadker", "course_label": "Engl352", "course_id": "ENGL 352", "course_uid": "course_6da1e1c9e1f1bfe000bf2958", "review_date": "2024-03-12 01:01:16 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Nice but rambles and takes close reading to an extreme. Spends minutes on 3 lines and spends 45 min+ of each class catching up from the last class. Unclear paper instruction. 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Easy A, but don't expect to learn anything.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/758562", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 1 } ] ``` ### total 23 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ------------ | | course\_139e14bad8cb90fbb59531c9 | COMPLIT 350 | | course\_773dba52b591f5149c7ca143 | COMPLIT 358 | | course\_88e48151b86e221a83f108a9 | COMPLIT 475 | | course\_e28809a4d1a913c43f218108 | ENGL 182 | | course\_6da1e1c9e1f1bfe000bf2958 | ENGL 352 | | course\_21e250a5bfdbc78986cc712d | ENGL 443 | | course\_76248f582a06c8dd39bd6f6e | LITTRANS 350 | ### matched true ## social Image false