Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.20 GPA, 53.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.60 GPA, 76.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.34 GPA, 67.6% A/AB (n=34 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fall 2026
Solar Energy Technology
CBE/ME 567 covers radiant energy transfer, solar exchanger energy balances, and the theory, economics, and practice of solar energy applications.
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Arganthael Berson
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Historical reviews of Sanford Klein: Homeworks are described as extremely long, tedious, and time-consuming due to debugging EES software, while exams are fast-paced with insufficient time.
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Prerequisites
Course map(M E 364,CBE 326, or concurrent enrollment), or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
- ME 364 · prior_or_concurrent
- CBE 326 · prior_or_concurrent
- graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
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Prerequisite text tree
- Any of
- ME 364 · prior_or_concurrent
- CBE 326 · prior_or_concurrent
- graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
Professors
Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
No reviews exist for current instructor Arganthael Berson. Historical reviews for Sanford Klein describe a polarizing experience, with students citing either strong subject knowledge and flexibility or excessive workload and rigid teaching methods.
ARGANTHAEL BERSON is recorded teaching in 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.
SANFORD KLEIN is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, 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
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 14 / 48 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 12 / 35 | 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 Sanford Klein are polarized, ranging from praise for his expertise to complaints about his teaching style and course materials.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.20 GPA, 53.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.60 GPA, 76.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.34 GPA, 67.6% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Sanford Klein: Homeworks are described as extremely long, tedious, and time-consuming due to debugging EES software, while exams are fast-paced with insufficient time.
Historical reviews of Sanford Klein: Experiences vary significantly; some find Klein caring and flexible, while others find him unhelpful, reliant on PowerPoint, and unwilling to accommodate student needs.
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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.
Sources & history
UW–Madison
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Solar Energy Technology
Recorded 2026-09-07Solar Energy Technology
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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