Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.70 GPA, 86.0% A/AB (n=157 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Communication and Human Behavior
COMARTS 260 explores communication and human behavior, covering inquiry methods, interaction dynamics, and public communication.
Summary
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Historical reviews of Karma Chavez, Lillie Williamson: The course involves heavy reading for discussion and four major writing assignments. Students must manage asynchronous work, with exams covering lecture material in some terms.
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Prerequisites
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Professors
Fall 2026No course-specific feedback yet.
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Christine Garlough and Karma Chavez describe interesting lectures and organized materials, though papers are often cited as difficult or hard. Garlough's tests were easy, while Chavez's lectures were fun but not mandatory. Both instructors emphasized heavy reading for discussion and papers.
CHRISTINE GARLOUGH is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KARMA CHAVEZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LILLIE WILLIAMSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SARA MCKINNON is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SARAH JEDD is recorded teaching in 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
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Online (some classroom) | 238 / 240 | 0 |
| DIS 306 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 307 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 308 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 309 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 311 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 305 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 310 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 312 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 304 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Lillie Williamson: Lillie Williamson is described as personable and the course as easy, though grading relies on TAs. Sarah Jedd is the current instructor, but no reviews exist for her term yet.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.66 GPA, 82.5% A/AB (n=166 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.75 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=242 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.70 GPA, 86.0% A/AB (n=157 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Karma Chavez, Lillie Williamson: The course involves heavy reading for discussion and four major writing assignments. Students must manage asynchronous work, with exams covering lecture material in some terms.
Historical reviews of Lillie Williamson: Reviewers report that assignment guidelines can be confusing and grading is handled by TAs. Some find the lack of clear instructions frustrating and the work pointless.
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Fall 2026 · Projected
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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 · 0.25 GPA average error.
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Through Fall 2026
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About this comparison
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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Selected offering source records
Communication and Human Behavior
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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