Raw average: 3.25/5 from 4 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.
For this course: 4.0/5 raw quality · 3.0/5 difficulty · 3
reviews
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Christopher Choi provides a textbook that helps students master SolidWorks, though lectures are less helpful for problem sets. He requires mandatory meetings for a small grade portion and offers helpful office hours. Reviews note that while content is easy, exams are hard but curved.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.23 GPA, 54.3% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.46 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.38 GPA, 57.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades).
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
CHRISTOPHER CHOI is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. 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 2026
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Section
Mode
Enrolled / capacity
Waitlist
LAB 001
Online Only
55 / 55
0
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Meeting source records
No records available.
Student experience
the class
Christopher Choi is praised for respecting student time and providing helpful resources, though one reviewer found his lectures less useful for problem-solving.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.23 GPA, 54.3% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.46 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.38 GPA, 57.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Students should expect 3-6 hours of weekly work, with exams described as hard but curved, and all assignments completed online.
Reviewers found the textbook helpful for learning SolidWorks and office hours useful, but noted that lectures focused on real-world significance rather than problem sets.
Topics
Two- and three-dimensional drawing presentation
Parametric solid modeling
Part design
Survey data and surface construction
Orthographic drawings, dimensioning rules, and drawing standards
Assemblies
Animation
Skills
Computer aided design concepts and techniques
Two- and three-dimensional drawing presentation
Methods of graphic communication
Design synthesis
Parametric solid modeling
Part design
Survey data and surface construction
Orthographic drawings, dimensioning, assemblies, and animation
Grades
Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A27.5%27.5%
AB30.0%30.0%
B32.5%32.5%
BC10.0%10.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
Grades over time
Through Fall 2025
More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data
Where this course fits relative to
Latest available grades · Fall 2025 · all course levels
3.383.38GPA
Higher than 2020% of other courses
in this group.
Course GPAs · red marks this course’s range
4040letter grades
More recorded grades than 2121% of other courses in this group.
Typical course in this group: 70.070.0 letter grades.
About this comparison
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
Catalog & offerings
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.