Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.22 GPA, 54.1% A/AB (n=244 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Statics
STATICS covers principles of mechanics including force systems, equilibrium, structures, and moments of inertia.
Summary
1 / 7
Historical reviews of Jennifer Detlor, Robert Witt, Suzannah Sandrik: Homework is demanding, taking up to 10 hours weekly, and exams are considered tough. Students report needing frequent walk-in help and outside resources to complete assignments and understand concepts not covered in class.
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Prerequisites
Course map(MATH 222 or concurrent enrollment) or member of Engineering Guest Students
- MATH 222 · prior_or_concurrent
- concurrent enrollment
- member of Engineering Guest Students
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Robert Witt describe him as knowledgeable and effective, though his lectures are sometimes viewed as boring or difficult to retain. Students note that tests and homework are difficult, requiring significant outside help and walk-in support to complete assignments.
GREGORY NELLIS is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JENNIFER DETLOR is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LAURIE RILEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ROBERT WITT is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SUZANNAH SANDRIK is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2013, Spring 2014. 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 | Classroom Instruction | 154 / 200 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 79 / 80 | 1 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 77 / 79 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 158 / 200 | 1 |
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 78 / 78 | 0 |
| DIS 304 | Classroom Instruction | 78 / 78 | 0 |
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
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Student experience
the class
EMA 201 is historically a difficult weed-out class where success requires significant outside help and extensive preparation for tough exams. Homework often takes 8-10 hours weekly.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.26 GPA, 59.0% A/AB (n=546 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.02 GPA, 47.7% A/AB (n=321 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.02 GPA, 44.1% A/AB (n=701 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Jennifer Detlor, Robert Witt, Suzannah Sandrik: Homework is demanding, taking up to 10 hours weekly, and exams are considered tough. Students report needing frequent walk-in help and outside resources to complete assignments and understand concepts not covered in class.
Historical reviews of Jacob Notbohm, Jennifer Detlor, Laurie Riley, Robert Witt: Positive reviews highlight instructors who are caring, explain material well, and respond to questions. Conversely, negative reviews cite defensive attitudes, pre-solved examples, and unhelpful TAs as major frustrations.
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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 · 0.15 GPA average error.
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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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Statics
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
LLM outputs across runs
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Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.
Model & dataset provenance
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