Spring 2027

Independent Study

Independent Study is a directed course to pursue knowledge beyond the curriculum. Students apply coursework to real biomedical applications and create literature reviews and publications.

offering recorded1–8 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Richard Chappell3.8/5Mark Craven3.7/5Vikas Singh3.6/5 +20 more

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2018: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply concepts learned in coursework to real biomedical applications

  • Read and effectively analyze scientific literature

  • Develop critical, analytical, and independent thinking skills

  • Create literature reviews and publications

Source: UW Guide

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Professors

Spring 2027
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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 3 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Vikas Singh

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Raw average: 3.58/5 from 12 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Raw average: 3.00/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Colin Dewey

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Raw average: 3.43/5 from 21 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 2.67/5 from 3 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Yin Li

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANDREAS VELTEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ANOOP MAYAMPURATH is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ANTHONY GITTER is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

COLIN DEWEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DAIFENG WANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

GUANHUA CHEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HUY DINH is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

IRENE ONG is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, 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.

JUAN CAICEDO is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KYUNGMANN KIM is recorded teaching in Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARK CRAVEN is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 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.

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

QIONGSHI LU is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RICHARD CHAPPELL is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SUSHMITA ROY is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

VIKAS SINGH is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YEONHEE PARK is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YIN LI is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ZHENGZHENG TANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2026. 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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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2018: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

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Topics

  • Directed study beyond standard curriculum
  • Real biomedical applications
  • Scientific literature analysis
  • Literature reviews and publications

Skills

  • Applying coursework concepts to real biomedical applications
  • Reading and analyzing scientific literature
  • Developing critical, analytical, and independent thinking
  • Creating literature reviews and publications

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2022— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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BMI 699 · Spring 2027

Independent Study

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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