Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.79 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.47 GPA, 82.1% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).
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Biological Systems Engineering Design Practicum II
BSE 509 is a design practicum where students work on biological systems engineering projects, focusing on problem identification, solution analysis, and selection methodology.
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Kody Habeck
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Historical reviews of Jessica Drewry: Reviewers report that grading appears uncorrelated to effort, with unclear assignment expectations and nitpicking leading to low grades regardless of time invested.
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Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Christopher Choi describe him as unhelpful for senior design projects, noting he avoids questions and provides no clear direction.
JESSICA DREWRY is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KODY HABECK is recorded teaching in 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 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 51 / 50 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews for BSE 509 are uniformly negative, citing poor instruction, unclear expectations, and frustrating grading practices from past instructors.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.79 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.47 GPA, 82.1% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Jessica Drewry: Reviewers report that grading appears uncorrelated to effort, with unclear assignment expectations and nitpicking leading to low grades regardless of time invested.
Historical reviews of Christopher Choi, Jessica Drewry: Students found past instructors condescending, defensive, and lacking empathy, with one reporting dodged questions during senior design projects and another citing multiple mistakes.
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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.
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UW–Madison
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Biological Systems Engineering Design Practicum II
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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