Fall 2026

Introduction to Art

ART 100 introduces art through historical, theoretical, and critical perspectives to develop visual literacy and understanding of creative processes.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Abbey UffelmanChelsea SouthardDhante Bunbury +8 more

Summary

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Historical reviews of Fikriye Ozmeral, Jeff Chelf, Kaylyn Gerenz, Kyle Herrera, Matthew Mauk: Workload varies by instructor, ranging from low-effort creative projects and short writings to closed-book quizzes and extensive writing assignments with slow grading.

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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Not open to students declared in Art BS, Art BFA, or Art Education BS

    • Not open to students declared in Art BS, Art BFA, or Art Education BS
    not eligible with
ART 100 used by

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    • Not open to students declared in Art BS, Art BFA, or Art Education BS

Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 95.6% A/AB (n=474 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=572 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.90 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=511 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Heather Schatz is the current instructor, but no reviews exist for her teaching. Historical reviews for Michael Velliquette praise his helpfulness and fair structure, while Elizabeth Sheeler receives conflicting reports regarding grading professionalism and student support.

ELIZABETH SHEELER is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FIKRIYE OZMERAL is recorded teaching in Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HEATHER SCHATZ is recorded teaching in 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.

JEFFREY CHELF is recorded teaching in Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KAYLYN GERENZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KYLE HERRERA is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MATTHEW MAUK is recorded teaching in 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.

MICHAEL VELLIQUETTE is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, 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, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PRAVEEN MARIPELLY is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023. 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 001Classroom Instruction212 / 2348
LEC 002Classroom Instruction157 / 2348
LEC 003Classroom Instruction161 / 1808
DIS 301Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 302Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 303Classroom Instruction18 / 182
DIS 304Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 305Classroom Instruction18 / 182
DIS 306Classroom Instruction17 / 181
DIS 307Classroom Instruction17 / 181
DIS 308Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 309Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 310Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 311Classroom Instruction16 / 181
DIS 312Classroom Instruction17 / 183
DIS 313Classroom Instruction17 / 182
DIS 314Classroom Instruction17 / 181
DIS 315Classroom Instruction18 / 181
DIS 316Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 317Classroom Instruction18 / 181
DIS 318Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 319Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 320Classroom Instruction18 / 182
DIS 321Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 322Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 323Classroom Instruction18 / 181
DIS 324Classroom Instruction17 / 182
DIS 325Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 326Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 327Classroom Instruction18 / 183
DIS 328Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 329Classroom Instruction16 / 182
DIS 330Classroom Instruction18 / 180

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews describe ART 100 as an easy, engaging introductory course suitable for non-art majors, with many instructors praised for being supportive and fair.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 95.6% A/AB (n=474 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=572 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.90 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=511 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Fikriye Ozmeral, Jeff Chelf, Kaylyn Gerenz, Kyle Herrera, Matthew Mauk: Workload varies by instructor, ranging from low-effort creative projects and short writings to closed-book quizzes and extensive writing assignments with slow grading.

Some students report negative experiences including unrealistic grading, lack of constructive feedback, and unprofessional communication from certain historical instructors.

Topics

  • Art perspectives: historical, theoretical, critical, conceptual, formal, and experiential
  • Art media developments
  • Art movements, trends, and styles in world cultures

Skills

  • Visual literacy and formal language development
  • Sophisticated observational skills
  • Understanding artistic creative processes

Grades

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Fall 2026 · Projected

Before grades are released

– average GPA

Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

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 · 0.02 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Fall 2026

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

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.

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.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
ART 100 · Fall 2026

Introduction to Art

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Student reviews

Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.

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Madgrades

Grade history

Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
LLM outputs across runs
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Model & dataset provenance 
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