Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.61 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.57 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Basic Graphic Design
Basic Graphic Design introduces fundamental principles, emphasizing formal, conceptual, and technical aspects of the field.
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Historical reviews of Dennis Miller, Henrique Nardi: Reviewers report heavy workloads, strict attendance policies, and extremely difficult quizzes that heavily impact final grades, with some noting unclear rubrics and rapid assignment turnarounds.
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Prerequisites
Course map(ART 102 or 107) and declared in Art , Art Education, Certificate in Art Studio, or Certificate in Graphic Design; or declared in Art MFA or Design + Innovation MS
“Used by” includes alternatives; linked courses may have other requirements. This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
Professors
Fall 2026No course-specific feedback yet.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Dennis Miller, Jane Venes, and Henrique Nardi show mixed experiences. Miller was rigorous but supportive, though some found his attitude inappropriate. Venes was knowledgeable but criticized for stifling creativity and poor organization. Nardi received praise for fairness and feedback, but also complaints about difficulty and communication.
BRAD KNUTSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DENNIS MILLER is recorded teaching in Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
HENRIQUE NARDI is recorded teaching in 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.
JANE VENES is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAB 002 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 5 |
| LAB 001 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
| LAB 003 | Classroom Instruction | 11 / 15 | 0 |
| LAB 004 | Classroom Instruction | 10 / 15 | 0 |
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 346 as a demanding course with significant workload and difficult assessments, though some instructors provided supportive feedback and flexibility.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 96.1% A/AB (n=51 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=55 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Dennis Miller, Henrique Nardi: Reviewers report heavy workloads, strict attendance policies, and extremely difficult quizzes that heavily impact final grades, with some noting unclear rubrics and rapid assignment turnarounds.
Some students found historical instructors like Dennis Miller and Henrique Nardi to be passionate, fair, and accessible, offering helpful reminders and opportunities for project resubmission.
Topics
Skills
Grades
Fall 2026 · Projected
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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.
5 earlier forecasts · 0.27 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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Catalog observation history
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Selected offering source records
Basic Graphic Design
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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Model & dataset provenance
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