Spring 2027

Colloquium in Art

Prominent artists, curators critics present their work through lectures and visual presentations.

offering recorded1 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Elaine Scheer

In Elaine Scheer’s past class, a student reported that attending artist talks and writing reflections were the main tasks, and that make-up assignments existed if a talk was missed.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe the work and contributions of various artists and scholars, gaining an broad understanding of contemporary art practices and theories.

  • Demonstrate engagement with course content through written reflections that connect artists' work to their own interests and practices.

  • Evaluate the artistic concepts and processes presented by visiting artists, offering thoughtful critiques and questions, and reflecting on how these concepts relate to their own artistic development.

  • Demonstrate an advanced understanding of diverse artistic practices and their implications for contemporary art.

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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ART 508

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ELAINE SCHEER is recorded teaching in 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, 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.

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

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1000
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Elaine Scheer

Elaine Scheer’s past class featured diverse, interesting artist talks, and she provided comments on reflections that made a student feel connected in a large class.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=108 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.87 GPA, 92.2% A/AB (n=64 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Elaine Scheer

In Elaine Scheer’s past class, a student reported that attending artist talks and writing reflections were the main tasks, and that make-up assignments existed if a talk was missed.

Past student reviews · Elaine Scheer

A past student considered the class easy, saying that attending talks and writing reflections could earn an easy A.

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · 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 · 0.05 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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letter grades

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About this comparison

1280 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 508 · Spring 2027

Colloquium in Art

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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    "course_id": "ART 508",
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    "term_id": "1274",
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

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Model & dataset provenance 
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