Fall 2026

Digital Photography for Non-art Majors

ART 176 introduces digital photography tools, techniques, and concepts for non-art majors, covering the workflow from capture to publication.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Dani HughesEli AndersonMark Almanza

Summary

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Historical reviews of FATEMEH FANI: Students report unclear due dates, assignments missing from the syllabus, and strict penalties for lateness, creating a stressful workload management experience.

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Prerequisites

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Not open to students declared in Art BS or Art BFA

    • declared in Art BS or Art BFA
    not eligible with
ART 176 used by

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  • Not eligible with
    • declared in Art BS or Art BFA

Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of FATEMEH FANI: Fatemeh Fani is described as critical of attendance and unprofessional, with students reporting humiliation for lateness and ignored health accommodations. While she provided solid photography critiques, reviewers found the environment discouraging and rigid regarding artistic choices and equipment use.

DANI HUGHES is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FATEMEH FANI is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

MARK ALMANZA is recorded teaching in 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 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 001Classroom Instruction15 / 162
LAB 003Classroom Instruction16 / 161
LAB 004Classroom Instruction16 / 160
LAB 002Classroom Instruction15 / 161
LAB 006Classroom Instruction13 / 163

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of FATEMEH FANI: Recent reviews for Fatieme Fani describe a frustrating and unprofessional environment with strict attendance policies and lack of empathy, though one student noted learning photography fundamentals despite the discomfort.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 97.3% A/AB (n=74 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 91.6% A/AB (n=83 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 92.8% A/AB (n=69 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of FATEMEH FANI: Students report unclear due dates, assignments missing from the syllabus, and strict penalties for lateness, creating a stressful workload management experience.

Historical reviews of FATEMEH FANI: Reviewers cite demeaning public discussions of late work, rigid mandates on editing software, and a lack of creative freedom as major frustrations.

Topics

  • Composition and image capture
  • Digital manipulation and enhancement
  • Print and online publication

Skills

  • Fundamental digital photography skills
  • Digital photography workflow including composition, capture, manipulation, and publication

Grades

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Fall 2026 · Projected

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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 · 0.08 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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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

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Selected offering source records
ART 176 · Fall 2026

Digital Photography for Non-Art Majors

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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