Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.49 GPA, 66.9% A/AB (n=142 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.72 GPA, 81.1% A/AB (n=164 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.35 GPA, 61.0% A/AB (n=136 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fall 2026
Introductory Ecology
Introductory Ecology covers organism-environment relationships, population dynamics, community organization, and human-environment action programs.
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Adrian Treves
Summary
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Historical reviews of Tony Ives: Tests carry the most weight, so students emphasize completing all extra credit to boost their final grade. Quizzes are short but tricky, requiring careful attention to lecture material and readings.
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Prerequisites
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Professors
Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Adrian Treves is the current instructor, but all provided reviews concern historical instructor Tony Ives. Ives is described as passionate and knowledgeable, often using travel stories and an 'organism of the day' to engage students. However, some students found his lecture style disjointed or his exams poorly worded and tricky.
ADRIAN TREVES is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ANTHONY IVES is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, 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
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Online (some classroom) | 32 / 180 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Online (some classroom) | 34 / 180 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Online (some classroom) | 36 / 180 | 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 for Tony Ives describe him as passionate and enthusiastic, with engaging lectures that inspire students. The course is generally well-regarded for its straightforward material and instructor's genuine care for ecology.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.01 GPA, 41.0% A/AB (n=61 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.35 GPA, 61.0% A/AB (n=136 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.05 GPA, 44.7% A/AB (n=76 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Tony Ives: Tests carry the most weight, so students emphasize completing all extra credit to boost their final grade. Quizzes are short but tricky, requiring careful attention to lecture material and readings.
Historical reviews of Tony Ives: Lectures are posted online, allowing students to skip class, though in-person discussions are noted as helpful. Some find the 'organism of the day' segment engaging, while others criticize the testing style as poorly worded.
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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.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.30 GPA average error.
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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
Introductory Ecology
Recorded 2026-09-07Introductory Ecology
Recorded 2026-09-07Introductory Ecology
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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