Spring 2027

Introduction to Aerospace Engineering

Introduction to aerospace engineering and mechanics covering fundamental concepts in modeling, analysis, design, fabrication, and experimental testing.

no offering record for this termCredits unavailable
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

1 / 8

Past student reviews · Jennifer Franck

The course included a final project where students built a wind tunnel, which one student described as very fun to do.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Use the COE makerspace and shop for prototype fabrication and as needed in future coursework

  • Utilize the fundamentals of the engineering design process and apply them in a laboratory setting

  • Implement individual learning and cooperative teamwork skills through independent research and collaborative problem solving

  • Utilize technical written and oral communication skills including making plots and formatting figures, creating parts and technical drawings, and writing concisely and clearly to communicate ideas

  • Utilize engineering software that is required in upper-level engineering courses

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

↗
average GPA
letter grades
A
AB
B
BC
C
D
F

All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors

Prerequisites

Course map

(Concurrent enrollment inMATH 113),MATH 114, 217, 221, or placement into MATH 221

EMA 200

This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.

Prerequisite text tree

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JENNIFER FRANCK is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025. 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

Schedule loads here as you scroll.

SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections.

Meeting source records
Download part 1

Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Jennifer Franck

EMA 200 is an introductory engineering course typically taken by freshmen that students found to be a fun and engaging experience.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.82 GPA, 88.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.72 GPA, 83.8% A/AB (n=74 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Jennifer Franck

The course included a final project where students built a wind tunnel, which one student described as very fun to do.

Past student reviews · Jennifer Franck

Professor Franck encouraged students to network, build LinkedIn profiles, and get involved in activities outside the classroom to foster professional growth.

Topics

  • Career paths, engineering ethics, and shop safety
  • Engineering modeling, analysis, design, and fabrication

Skills

  • Modeling, analysis, design, fabrication, and experimental testing
  • Oral and written technical communication
  • Use of engineering software

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

A
AB
B
BC
C
D
F

Grades over time

Through Fall 2025

More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data

Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Fall 2025 · all course levels

GPA

Higher than % of other courses in this group.

Course GPAs · red marks this course’s range

letter grades

More recorded grades than % of other courses in this group.

Typical course in this group: letter grades.

About this comparison

1316 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.

Download part 1
Selected offering source records

No offering records for the selected term.

Raw records 
[]
Rate My Professors

Student reviews

Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.

Read original reviews
Download part 1
Madgrades

Grade history

Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.

Explore recorded grades
Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

View the dataset on Hugging Face
Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
Download part 1
Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

Download part 1
Model & dataset provenance 
{
  "model": "Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B",
  "model_revision": "1d4bf0f2ff6012fd82039f2fa52739d0dd7c60c0",
  "task_version": "17",
  "output_id": "5b6fc40b6cedec7d4ee46f9a38199d56f30d63555582697ccab83256ada4c0a3",
  "requirements_status": "needs_review",
  "dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00"
}