# WALTER GOODMAN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/WALTER_GOODMAN) ## 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 | | 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Classic easy A class, but if you put in a little more you will get SO MUCH more out of it. VERY interesting class. Took for fun and loved it. Walter is available after class and loves questions and chatting. Truly a jem in a sea of terrible teachers. Absolute pleasure and an easy A, win-win. People in class usually suck though.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/323063", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:59:42.404927+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI4NjM2NjI5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:323063", "instructor_name": "Walter Goodman", "course_label": "ENT201", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2017-08-23 22:11:42 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I took Professor Goodman's class during the summer for a requirement and I actually enjoyed it. He goes out of his way to provide extra readings that are short but super interesting and optional. 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