Global Health: Economics, Natural Systems, and Policy

AAE 352 explores the intersection of global health, natural systems, and policy through an economic lens.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Joel FergusonMolin Qin

Summary

1 / 7

Historical reviews of Daniel Phaneuf: Students report tons of heavy readings and short pop quizzes that impact grades significantly, with some finding the Excel components terrible and quiz answers ambiguous.

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A

  • Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A
AAE 352

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  • Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A

Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Daniel Phaneuf: Daniel Phaneuf is described as accessible and kind, though his lectures are frequently called dry or boring. Reviews disagree on difficulty; some find the course easy with fair grading, while others cite heavy readings, mandatory pop quizzes, and confusing exam questions as significant hurdles.

DANIEL PHANEUF is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
DIS 301Classroom Instruction16 / 250
LEC 001Classroom Instruction92 / 1002
DIS 302Classroom Instruction25 / 250
DIS 303Classroom Instruction26 / 252
DIS 304Classroom Instruction25 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Daniel Phaneuf: Daniel Phaneuf’s AAE 352 course features dry lectures and heavy reading loads, but reviews disagree on difficulty; some find exams easy while others struggle with ambiguous quiz questions and strict attendance policies.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.20 GPA, 58.0% A/AB (n=81 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.24 GPA, 58.4% A/AB (n=89 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.26 GPA, 59.3% A/AB (n=81 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Daniel Phaneuf: Students report tons of heavy readings and short pop quizzes that impact grades significantly, with some finding the Excel components terrible and quiz answers ambiguous.

Historical reviews of Daniel Phaneuf: Reviewers describe Phaneuf as accessible, kind, and fair, noting that attending class is practically mandatory for participation points despite not being technically required.

Topics

  • Interactions between human and natural systems
  • Decision-making under resource scarcity
  • Environmental threats and planetary health
  • Health and environmental policy evaluation

Skills

  • Applying economic and social science reasoning to health challenges
  • Evaluating health and environmental policies
  • Understanding causes and consequences of health discrepancies

Grades

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About this comparison

1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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UW–Madison

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AAE 352 · Fall 2026

Global Health: Economics, Natural Systems, and Policy

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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