Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.54 GPA, 75.2% A/AB (n=121 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.46 GPA, 69.3% A/AB (n=176 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.44 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=57 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fall 2026
Financial Reporting I
Examines financial reporting theory and techniques for measuring assets and determining income with an emphasis on analysis.
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Historical reviews of Daniel Wangerin, Fabio Gaertner, Joanna Wangerin, Ruyun (Ivy) Feng: Reviewers consistently describe the class as tough or hard regardless of the instructor. Students are expected to read the textbook and reach out for help, as exams can be difficult and may not match practice materials.
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Prerequisites
Course mapACCT I S 100 or (ACCT I S 300 and declared in the Certificate in Accounting Fundamentals)
- ACCTIS 100
- ACCTIS 300
- declared in the Certificate in Accounting Fundamentals
“Used by” includes alternatives; linked courses may have other requirements. This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
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- Any of
- ACCTIS 100
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- ACCTIS 300
- declared in the Certificate in Accounting Fundamentals
Professors
Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.49 GPA, 76.2% A/AB (n=80 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.25 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.38 GPA, 64.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.41 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=130 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Daniel Wangerin: Daniel Wangerin is described as approachable, knowledgeable, and helpful with difficult material. Reviewers note his genuine nature and ability to explain accounting concepts clearly, making the tough content of ACCTIS 301 more manageable for students.
DAIN DONELSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DAN KELLY is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DANIEL WANGERIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
FABIO GAERTNER is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JOANNA WANGERIN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KRISTEN FUHREMANN is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2017, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LOGAN STEELE is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
RUYUN FENG is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. 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 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 44 / 45 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 47 / 47 | 6 |
| LEC 003 | Classroom Instruction | 47 / 47 | 10 |
| LEC 004 | Classroom Instruction | 47 / 47 | 0 |
| LEC 005 | Classroom Instruction | 46 / 47 | 2 |
| LEC 006 | Classroom Instruction | 46 / 46 | 0 |
| LEC 007 | Classroom Instruction | 44 / 47 | 0 |
| LEC 008 | Classroom Instruction | 47 / 47 | 0 |
| LEC 009 | Classroom Instruction | 46 / 47 | 2 |
| LEC 010 | Classroom Instruction | 47 / 47 | 3 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews praise instructors for making the class relevant, fun, and accessible while explaining difficult concepts well. One review notes that the class requires significant work regardless of the professor.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.51 GPA, 74.9% A/AB (n=259 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.44 GPA, 69.7% A/AB (n=346 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.46 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=266 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Daniel Wangerin, Fabio Gaertner, Joanna Wangerin, Ruyun (Ivy) Feng: Reviewers consistently describe the class as tough or hard regardless of the instructor. Students are expected to read the textbook and reach out for help, as exams can be difficult and may not match practice materials.
Historical reviews of Daniel Wangerin, Fabio Gaertner, Joanna Wangerin, Ruyun (Ivy) Feng: Students value professors who are approachable, care about grades, and provide helpful review sessions or detailed problem walk-throughs. Some find lectures distracting or exams mismatched with practice, requiring proactive effort to understand the material.
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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.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.06 GPA average error.
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Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
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UW–Madison
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Financial Reporting I
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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