Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.49 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.68 GPA, 87.8% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.38 GPA, 64.8% A/AB (n=54 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Prokaryotic Molecular Biology
Covers the molecular basis of bacterial physiology and genetics, focusing on mechanisms like transcription, translation, and gene regulation.
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Briana Burton
Summary
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Historical reviews of Katrina Forest: Exams are open book but very hard, forcing students to understand material inside out and problem-solve on the fly.
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Prerequisites
Course map(BIOCHEM 501 or 507) and (MICROBIO 470,GENETICS 466 or 468) or graduate/professional standing
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- MICROBIO 470
- take one
- graduate/professional standing
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Professors
Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Katrina Forest describe her as passionate, though her open-book exams are difficult and require deep problem-solving skills. Students warn that the course can be overwhelming without a strong background in prokaryotic systems.
BRIANA BURTON is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KATRINA FOREST is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014. 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
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 8 / 80 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 7 / 80 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 7 / 80 | 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 Dr. Forest's course as good but demanding, requiring strong problem-solving skills and a solid background in prokaryotic systems to avoid feeling overwhelmed by difficult open-book exams.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.49 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.68 GPA, 87.8% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.38 GPA, 64.8% A/AB (n=54 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Katrina Forest: Exams are open book but very hard, forcing students to understand material inside out and problem-solve on the fly.
Historical reviews of Katrina Forest: The class is considered good, but students without a great background in prokaryotic systems may find the content overwhelming.
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Grades
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 · 0.13 GPA average error.
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1320 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
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Selected offering source records
Prokaryotic Molecular Biology
Recorded 2026-09-07Prokaryotic Molecular Biology
Recorded 2026-09-07Prokaryotic Molecular Biology
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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