Fall 2026

Doctoral Independent Study

CURRIC 999 is a doctoral independent study offering a student-designed opportunity to explore a subject in depth.

offering recorded1–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Simone Schweber4.1/5Erica Halverson3.9/5Rosemary Russ3.8/5 +32 more

Summary

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2013: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2014: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Professors

Fall 2026

Simone Schweber

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 11 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=2 letter grades).

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 4 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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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 3 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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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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Raw average: 2.00/5 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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Raw average: 2.20/5 from 5 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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Raw average: 2.38/5 from 16 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=4 letter grades).

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

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).

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

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

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2011: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2014: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AMY LEWIS is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

BERNADETTE BAKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CARL GRANT is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHRIS KIRCHGASLER is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DIANA HESS is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DIEGO ROMAN is recorded teaching in 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.

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

ERICA HALVERSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

HALA GHOUSSEINI is recorded teaching in Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEREMY STODDARD is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOHN RUDOLPH is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2016, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

LEEMA BERLAND is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2022, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LI-CHING HO is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

MARGARET HAWKINS is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MATTHEW BERLAND is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MAXINE MCKINNEY DE ROYSTON is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MITCHELL J NATHAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

PETER MCDONALD is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PETER WARDRIP is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 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.

PRIYANKA AGARWAL is recorded teaching in Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RICHARD HALVERSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ROSEMARY RUSS is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SIMONE SCHWEBER is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

THOMAS S POPKEWITZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 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.

TRAVIS WRIGHT is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YJ KIM is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YOREL LASHLEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. 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 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
IND 056Classroom Instruction1 / 80
IND 059Classroom Instruction0 / 80
IND 072Classroom Instruction1 / 80
IND 075Classroom Instruction0 / 80
IND 052Classroom Instruction0 / 80
IND 070Classroom Instruction0 / 80
IND 001Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 031Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 002Classroom Instruction2 / 50
IND 102Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 067Classroom Instruction1 / 50
IND 172Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 080Classroom Instruction2 / 150
IND 152Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 156Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 159Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 016Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 017Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 015Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 012Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 170Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 023Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 020Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 091Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 256Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 115Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 092Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 003Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 103Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 004Classroom Instruction1 / 100
IND 039Classroom Instruction1 / 100
IND 005Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 101Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 014Classroom Instruction1 / 100
IND 053Classroom Instruction2 / 50
IND 192Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 153Classroom Instruction0 / 80
IND 061Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 006Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 117Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 068Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 077Classroom Instruction1 / 100
IND 105Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 008Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 108Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 024Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 116Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 161Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 124Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 051Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 055Classroom Instruction0 / 10
IND 060Classroom Instruction0 / 10
IND 021Classroom Instruction2 / 50
IND 167Classroom Instruction1 / 50

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2013: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2014: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

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Grades

Latest available · Spring 2022— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Instructor

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

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Grades over time

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Sources & history

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
CURRIC 999 · Fall 2026

Doctoral Independent Study

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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    "course_id": "CURRIC 999",
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    "term_id": "1272",
    "source_course_id": "005094",
    "source_subject_id": "272",
    "title": "Doctoral Independent Study",
    "credits_min": 1,
    "credits_max": 3,
    "typically_offered": "Occasionally"
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]
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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  "model_revision": "1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5",
  "task_version": "14",
  "output_id": "1ef382e4ee5a86800688f6c6d5cbd9b4c9c9e4dd9e5eabac27e6d1253aa24d2e",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
}