Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Creative Writing: Fiction Workshop
ENGL 408 is a Creative Writing: Fiction Workshop focused on writing literary fiction.
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Historical reviews of Ricky Fayne: The workload involves significant reading, but the difficulty is rated as low (2/5) by a reviewer who corrected an initial high rating.
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Prerequisites
Course mapENGL 207, 307, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, or graduate/professional standing. Students may not be concurrently enrolled withENGL 307, 407, 409, 410, 411, 469, 508, 509, or 695
- take one
- ENGL 307 · concurrent
- ENGL 407 · concurrent
- ENGL 409 · concurrent
- ENGL 410 · concurrent
- ENGL 411 · concurrent
- 469
- ENGL 508 · concurrent
- ENGL 509 · concurrent
- ENGL 695 · concurrent
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Professors
Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Ricky Fayne: Ricky Fayne is described as an engaging writing instructor who communicates ideas well and provides good feedback. Reviewers note his passion for reading and writing, though one corrects an initial difficulty rating, clarifying the workload involves significant reading.
BETH NGUYEN is recorded teaching in Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DANTIEL MONIZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
RICKEY FAYNE is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
RONALD KUKA is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, 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
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 12 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 003 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 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
Historical reviews for Ricky Fayne describe a highly engaging writing course with a supportive environment and clear instruction, though one reviewer corrected an initial difficulty rating to indicate the workload is manageable despite heavy reading.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.83 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.95 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.87 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=41 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Ricky Fayne: The workload involves significant reading, but the difficulty is rated as low (2/5) by a reviewer who corrected an initial high rating.
Historical reviews of Ricky Fayne: Students found the class structure expansive and the speaking environment safe and meaningful, with the instructor providing good feedback and fostering a love for writing.
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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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Selected offering source records
Creative Writing: Fiction Workshop
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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