Fall 2026

Introductory Financial Accounting

Introductory Financial Accounting examines GAAP for financial statement preparation and introduces analysis of financial data for decision-making.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Joanna Wangerin3.0/5Andrew EdwardsonCathryn Leighton +12 more

Summary

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Historical reviews of Terry Warfield: Grades depend mostly on exams, though homework and assignments like Wiley Plus and In the News are also required components of the workload.

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Prerequisites

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Not open to students with credit forACCT I S 300

ACCTIS 100 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026

Joanna Wangerin

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Raw average: 2.69/5 from 49 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.17 GPA, 54.7% A/AB (n=481 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.19 GPA, 56.5% A/AB (n=503 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.17 GPA, 51.3% A/AB (n=495 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Joanna Wangerin is the current instructor, but reviews focus on historical staff. Erika Proehl was praised for engaging section teaching, while Terry Warfield's lectures were criticized for lacking recorded content and having difficult exams.

ERIKA PROEHL is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOANNA WANGERIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TERRY WARFIELD is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 002Classroom Instruction270 / 27115
LEC 001Classroom Instruction262 / 2633
LEC 100Online Only42 / 500
DIS 301Classroom Instruction40 / 401
DIS 302Classroom Instruction40 / 401
DIS 303Classroom Instruction37 / 370
DIS 304Classroom Instruction41 / 410
DIS 305Classroom Instruction30 / 300
DIS 306Classroom Instruction36 / 371
DIS 307Classroom Instruction38 / 380
DIS 308Classroom Instruction40 / 401
DIS 309Classroom Instruction43 / 4312
DIS 310Classroom Instruction30 / 301
DIS 311Classroom Instruction42 / 420
DIS 312Classroom Instruction37 / 370
DIS 313Classroom Instruction38 / 381
DIS 314Classroom Instruction40 / 400

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Student experience

the class

The course relies heavily on exams, with some students finding them difficult and noting a lack of recorded lectures or discussion sections under historical instructor Terry Warfield.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.17 GPA, 54.7% A/AB (n=481 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.19 GPA, 56.5% A/AB (n=503 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.17 GPA, 51.3% A/AB (n=495 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Terry Warfield: Grades depend mostly on exams, though homework and assignments like Wiley Plus and In the News are also required components of the workload.

Historical reviews of Erika Proehl: Students value engaging TA-led sections, with one reviewer noting they learned more from TA Erika Proehl than from the primary lecturer.

Topics

  • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
  • Financial Statements
  • Financial Data Analysis

Skills

  • Measurement and reporting of financial information
  • Analysis and interpretation of financial accounting data

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

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1283 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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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ACCTIS 100 · Fall 2026

Introductory Financial Accounting

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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