Spring 2027

Introduction to College Composition

Introduction to College Composition focuses on developing rhetorical reading, listening, and writing skills, with an emphasis on written communication and information literacy.

offering recorded3 credits

Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sara Kelm3.8/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Elizabeth Capdevielle, James Eberhard

Elizabeth Capdevielle’s course required multiple drafts, peer review, and two large essay portfolios; James Eberhard’s took too much effort for three credits.

What you’ll be able to do

Make effective use of information retrieved, organized, and synthesized from appropriate sources.
Present ideas and information clearly and logically to achieve a specific purpose.
Make effective use of communicative forms appropriate to a specific discipline, and adapted to the intended audience.
Use appropriate style and conventions associated with particular communicative forms, genres, or disciplines.

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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letter grades

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Professors

Spring 2027

Sara Kelm

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RMP difficulty

captured reviews

About this rating

Raw average: 5.00/5 from 2 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.

RMP profile ↗ · All captured review dates; profile matched by name.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 93.0% A/AB (n=1085 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=1195 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.90 GPA, 96.1% A/AB (n=968 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ADAM SCHUSTER is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2021, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

AMY GAETA is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ANDREW THOMAS is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DYLAN WEIR is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JAMES DANIEL is recorded teaching in Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

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

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

MARI LEWIS is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2020, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

SARA KELM is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 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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LEC 060	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 073	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 080	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 082	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 024	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 042	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 074	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 085	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 015	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 038	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 039	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 049	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 069	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 076	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 086	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 011	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 018	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 026	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 033	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 034	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 036	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 058	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 071	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 079	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 084	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 094	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
LEC 040	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 043	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 044	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 067	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 054	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 068	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 002	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 003	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 004	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 005	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 006	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 007	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 008	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 009	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 013	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19
LEC 014	Classroom Instruction	0 / 19

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Morris Young

One past student said Morris Young’s class was easy to understand, with clear instructions and an understandable assignment schedule.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.85 GPA, 93.4% A/AB (n=1130 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=1239 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.90 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=1010 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Elizabeth Capdevielle, James Eberhard

Elizabeth Capdevielle’s course required multiple drafts, peer review, and two large essay portfolios; James Eberhard’s took too much effort for three credits.

Past student reviews · John Mulvihill, Amy Gaeta

John Mulvihill scheduled regular meetings with each student, though his lectures and assignments were often boring; Amy Gaeta made flexible deadlines when students were busy.

Topics

Rhetorical reading and writing
Information literacy
Foundation for college coursework

Skills

Rhetorical reading, listening, and writing
Written and spoken communication
Information literacy
Application of style and conventions for specific genres

Grades

Spring 2027 · Projected

Before grades are released

– average GPA

Approximate 80% prediction interval

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 · 0.05 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 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

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Selected offering source records

ENGL 100 · Spring 2027

Introduction to College Composition

Recorded 2026-10-14

Raw records

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Model outputs & technical records

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Introduction to College Composition

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

Grade history

Prerequisites

Professors

Sara Kelm

Calendar & sections

Student experience

the class

difficulty & workload

Topics

Skills

Grades

Spring 2027 · Projected

Grades over time

Where this course fits relative to UW–Madison

Sources & history

Catalog & offerings

Student reviews

Grade history

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