Spring 2027

Independent Study

Independent Study is a one-on-one undergraduate course where students work with a faculty adviser to develop research projects and skills.

offering recorded1–4 credits

Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Emery Bresnick3.5/5 Anita Bhattacharyya Consigny Anne Griep +20 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

Apply concepts learned in coursework to real life situations and settings
Read, understand, and effectively search scientific literature
Develop critical, analytical, and independent thinking skills

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Professors

Spring 2027

Emery Bresnick

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Raw average: 1.00/5 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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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Anita Bhattacharyya Consigny

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Anne Griep

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Barak Blum

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).

Beth Weaver Audhya

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Bo Liu

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Deneen Wellik

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).

Grace Boekhoff-Falk

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J. Carter Ralphe

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Jeffrey Dilworth

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Junsu Kang

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Krishanu Saha

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Liz Haynes

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Lynn Schnapp

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Marjorie Brand

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Owen Tamplin

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Ricki Colman

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Romeo Blanc

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Rupa Sridharan

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Suzanne Ponik

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Tim Kamp

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Valentina Lo Sardo

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Ying Ge

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BARAK BLUM is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

BO LIU is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DENEEN WELLIK is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

EMERY BRESNICK is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GRACE BOEKHOFF-FALK is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEFFREY DILWORTH is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JUNSU KANG is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KRISHANU SAHA is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LIZ HAYNES is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARJORIE BRAND is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

OWEN TAMPLIN is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RICKI COLMAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ROMEO BLANC is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RUPA SRIDHARAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SUZANNE PONIK is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

VALENTINA LO SARDO is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YING GE is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, 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

Spring 2027

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
IND 001	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 002	Classroom Instruction	0 / 10	0
IND 005	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 007	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 009	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 016	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 018	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 050	Classroom Instruction	0 / 7	0
IND 003	Classroom Instruction	0 / 15	0
IND 010	Classroom Instruction	0 / 10	0
IND 004	Classroom Instruction	0 / 10	0
IND 019	Classroom Instruction	0 / 10	0
IND 020	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 021	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 030	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 022	Classroom Instruction	0 / 10	0
IND 023	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 060	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 031	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 032	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 024	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 065	Classroom Instruction	0 / 5	0
IND 075	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0	0

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

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Topics

Research project development
Scientific literature review
Critical and analytical thinking

Skills

Developing research projects and associated skills under faculty guidance.
Applying academic concepts to real-life situations and settings.
Reading, understanding, and searching scientific literature.
Developing critical, analytical, and independent thinking skills.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records

CRB 699 · Spring 2027

Independent Study

Recorded 2026-10-14

Raw records

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    "title": "Independent Study",
    "credits_min": 1,
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    "typically_offered": "Fall, Spring, Summer"
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]

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Model outputs & technical records

Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B

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Model & dataset provenance

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