# Yayi Fu — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/YAYI_FU) ## 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\_948f1e684e42d306e22c5629 ### source enrollment ### source instructor id fu38 ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Yayi Fu ### email FU38\@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 17 #### quality 2.29 #### difficulty 3.41 #### quality count 17 #### difficulty count 17 #### profile id rmp:3041657 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 15:58:01.953760+00:00 #### courses ##### course 364c50303ed83d1234b4ea51 ###### review count 4 ###### quality 3.25 ###### difficulty 3 ###### quality count 4 ###### difficulty count 4 ##### course 4aa5bbed0c86993f5f0dc832 ###### review count 7 ###### quality 2.43 ###### difficulty 3.29 ###### quality count 7 ###### difficulty count 7 ##### course eec4aae06b946a73f1878be4 ###### review count 6 ###### quality 1.5 ###### difficulty 3.83 ###### quality count 6 ###### difficulty count 6 #### bayesian quality 3.0303706938089707 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ---- | | course\_4aa5bbed0c86993f5f0dc832 | MATH 421 | THE THEORY OF SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS | 3 | 3 | 3.12 | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/YAYI\_FU ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------- | | 1272 | course\_4aa5bbed0c86993f5f0dc832 | MATH 421 | THE THEORY OF SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1272 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses ```json [ { "course_uid": "course_4aa5bbed0c86993f5f0dc832", "course_id": "MATH 421", "title": "THE THEORY OF SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS", "credits_min": 3, "credits_max": 3, "gpa": 3.12, "badges": [ { "id": "grade-outcomes", "label": "Lower grades", "tone": "negative", "evidence": "Spring 2026 · latest released grades before Fall 2026: 2.99 GPA across 88 letter grades, versus 3.62 for UW–Madison (1283 courses). 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Reviewers describe her exams as memorization-focused and disconnected from homework, with one noting contradictions between textbook and lecture proofs." }, "reviewFiles": [ "/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/reviews/course_4aa5bbed0c86993f5f0dc832-0.json" ] } } ] ``` ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:58:01.953760+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMzAwNzA3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3041657", "instructor_name": "Yayi Fu", "course_label": "Math521", "course_id": "MATH 521", "course_uid": "course_364c50303ed83d1234b4ea51", "review_date": "2026-07-13 16:58:33 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Yes, she essentially just copies the textbook and isn't super engaging. However, you will still learn the material. She is very fair in grading and expectations and makes it easy to do well in the class if you try at all. She does cover a lot of material. Any complaints about accents or how quiet she is are untrue; she is completely understandable.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3041657", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:58:01.953760+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMDg0MDkz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3041657", "instructor_name": "Yayi Fu", "course_label": "Math521", "course_id": "MATH 521", "course_uid": "course_364c50303ed83d1234b4ea51", "review_date": "2026-05-10 04:56:32 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I believe you will either love or hate this course. If you are taking 521 with her, I would advise taking 421 or 375-6 before. She covers a massive amount of material, which can get very overwhelming. That said, I learned analysis at such a deep level from taking her course. The exams are straightforward enough if you prepare properly.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3041657", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:58:01.953760+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMDg0MDI1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3041657", "instructor_name": "Yayi Fu", "course_label": "Math521", "course_id": "MATH 521", "course_uid": "course_364c50303ed83d1234b4ea51", "review_date": "2026-05-10 04:38:14 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Lectures are indeed quite boring, but she is extremely fair. For midterms, all exam questions are taken verbatim from the review exercises in her notes (and she tells you this, so getting nearly 100% on both midterms is very feasible). Final is harder, worth 40% of your grade, but is doable.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3041657", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:58:01.953760+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNzA2OTg0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3041657", "instructor_name": "Yayi Fu", "course_label": "Math521", "course_id": "MATH 521", "course_uid": "course_364c50303ed83d1234b4ea51", "review_date": "2026-03-17 16:23:31 +0000 UTC", "comment": "The lectures are just bad. She goes very fast and reads straight out of her notes. Exams are odd, a lot of reproducing proofs from class/notes, but also then easier to study for. She does a decent job picking reasonably easy problems and grades generously, but definitely plan to supplement lectures with her notes and other texts.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3041657", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:58:01.953760+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNTQ1NzI3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3041657", "instructor_name": "Yayi Fu", "course_label": "Math421", "course_id": "MATH 421", "course_uid": "course_4aa5bbed0c86993f5f0dc832", "review_date": "2026-01-24 23:52:03 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Worst instructor ever, only read her notes on lecture as a reading software does. HW and exam are not relavent, HW super difficult no one can finish without using ChatGPT, exams are all about proof theorems in the notes, which became writing and memorizing for almost everyone, if every instructor teach like her, UWMadison math department are done ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3041657", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:58:01.953760+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMzIzNjA4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3041657", "instructor_name": "Yayi Fu", "course_label": "Math340", "course_id": "MATH 340", "course_uid": "course_eec4aae06b946a73f1878be4", "review_date": "2025-05-19 19:41:05 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Yayi Fu's math 340 was the most miserable experience thus far in my schooling. She does not have any original thoughts during class, she just very quietly speedruns the material on the TV while reading the 1:1 text from the textbook as if she's being held at gunpoint. By the end of the semester our lecture dwindled from ~150 to ~15.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3041657", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 } ] ``` ### total 17 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_eec4aae06b946a73f1878be4 | MATH 340 | | course\_4aa5bbed0c86993f5f0dc832 | MATH 421 | | course\_364c50303ed83d1234b4ea51 | MATH 521 | ### matched true ## social Image true