# WALTER STERN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/WALTER_STERN--instructor_7fffc25f32badf0996cb2e17) ## 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 | | 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Lectures and readings are interesting and discussions are engaging, try to get into his discussion section if you can! Not too much work outside of class, and the work felt like it enhanced learning, not just busywork.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2328945", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 14 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------------- | | course\_24b239c52340dd768594439e | EDPOL 600 | | course\_3e08898f5bbe37fa566f8971 | EDPOL/HISTORY 143 | | course\_7ee6ba9cbe4548a50ef23d2e | EDPOL/HISTORY 412 | ### matched true ## social Image false