Fall 2026

Truth and Crime

TRUTH AND CRIME examines the true crime genre in the US, exploring its narrative and legal dimensions.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Nora SchultzOwen KleisQiyun Zhang +3 more

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.62 GPA, 79.2% A/AB (n=192 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 82.8% A/AB (n=268 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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ENGL/LEGALST 160

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.62 GPA, 79.2% A/AB (n=192 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 82.8% A/AB (n=268 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RALPH GRUNEWALD is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction167 / 3300
DIS 303Classroom Instruction10 / 220
DIS 304Classroom Instruction10 / 220
DIS 305Classroom Instruction7 / 220
DIS 306Classroom Instruction8 / 220
DIS 307Classroom Instruction11 / 220
DIS 308Classroom Instruction13 / 220
DIS 310Classroom Instruction10 / 220
DIS 311Classroom Instruction15 / 220
DIS 312Classroom Instruction10 / 220
DIS 313Classroom Instruction9 / 220
DIS 314Classroom Instruction7 / 220
DIS 301Classroom Instruction22 / 220
DIS 302Classroom Instruction11 / 220
DIS 309Classroom Instruction13 / 220
DIS 315Classroom Instruction11 / 220
LEC 001Classroom Instruction163 / 3300
DIS 303Classroom Instruction12 / 220
DIS 304Classroom Instruction12 / 220
DIS 305Classroom Instruction15 / 220
DIS 306Classroom Instruction14 / 220
DIS 307Classroom Instruction11 / 220
DIS 308Classroom Instruction9 / 190
DIS 310Classroom Instruction12 / 190
DIS 314Classroom Instruction15 / 190
DIS 311Classroom Instruction7 / 190
DIS 312Classroom Instruction12 / 190
DIS 313Classroom Instruction13 / 190
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 302Classroom Instruction11 / 220
DIS 309Classroom Instruction9 / 190
DIS 315Classroom Instruction11 / 190

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.62 GPA, 79.2% A/AB (n=192 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 82.8% A/AB (n=268 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Development and scope of the true crime genre
  • True crime across media formats
  • Law and narrative relationship
  • Epistemological systems in true crime

Skills

  • Apply literary analysis and legal studies methods
  • Analyze the relationship between law and narrative
  • Understand cultural implications of crime narratives

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1320 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.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ENGL/LEGALST 160 · Fall 2026

Truth and Crime

Recorded 2026-09-07
ENGL/LEGALST 160 · Fall 2026

Truth and Crime

Recorded 2026-09-07
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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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