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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 1 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.
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Craig Erpelding receives high praise for a straightforward course structure where lectures are the primary source of exam content. Reviewers note that attending lectures and taking notes is sufficient for success, as the textbook is not required for the final exam.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 91.0% A/AB (n=100 letter grades).
Craig Erpelding's COMARTS 355 is an easy course where attending lectures and taking notes is sufficient for success on the final exam.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.45 GPA, 73.9% A/AB (n=111 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.47 GPA, 73.9% A/AB (n=119 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 91.0% A/AB (n=100 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
The workload is low, requiring only lecture attendance and note-taking rather than using the textbook.
Students find the course straightforward, though they note that lecture slides are not posted and attendance is not mandatory.
Topics
Media production principles and practices
Script-to-screen workflow
Skills
Screenwriting, videography, production design, and editing
Visual storytelling approaches
Grades
Historical instructor
Fall 2026 · Projected
Before grades are released
3.203.20–3.793.79average GPA
Approximate 80% prediction interval
0.04.0
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 · 0.09 GPA average error.
Grades over time
Through Fall 2026
More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data
Where this course fits relative to
Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels
3.823.82GPA
Higher than 6666% of other courses
in this group.
Course GPAs · red marks this course’s range
100100letter grades
More recorded grades than 7070% of other courses in this group.
Typical course in this group: 66.066.0 letter grades.
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
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.