Spring 2027

Senior Honors Thesis

Senior Honors Thesis: second-semester individual study for undergraduates in an Honors program completing a Forest and Wildlife Ecology thesis arranged with a faculty member.

offering recorded2–4 credits

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Review and analyze scientific literature

  • Identify and use appropriate research methodologies to address a research question

  • Write a thesis based on original research

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

↗
average GPA
letter grades

No recorded grade history.

All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors

Prerequisites

Course map

Consent of instructor

  • Consent of instructor
F&WECOL 682

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

Prerequisite text tree
  • Consent of instructor

Professors

Spring 2027
Adjusted rating
RMP difficulty
captured reviews
About this rating

Raw average: 4.80/5 from 10 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.

No course-specific feedback yet.

Adjusted rating
RMP difficulty
captured reviews
About this rating

Raw average: 5.00/5 from 3 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.

No course-specific feedback yet.

Adjusted rating
RMP difficulty
captured reviews
About this rating

Raw average: 3.61/5 from 38 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.

No course-specific feedback yet.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ADENA RISSMAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

BENJAMIN ZUCKERBERG is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GEORGE MEINDL is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JONATHAN PAULI is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PHILIP TOWNSEND is recorded teaching in Spring 2023. 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
IND 014Classroom Instruction0 / 00
IND 026Classroom Instruction0 / 00
IND 052Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 054Classroom Instruction0 / 30
IND 046Classroom Instruction0 / 00
IND 055Classroom Instruction0 / 50

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

Meeting source records

No records available.

Student experience

the class

Second semester of individual study for undergraduate students in an Honors program completing a thesis in the area of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, as arranged with a faculty member.

difficulty & workload

No workload feedback recorded.

Topics

  • Thesis work in Forest and Wildlife Ecology
  • Scientific literature review and analysis
  • Research methodologies applied to a research question
  • Thesis writing based on original research

Skills

  • Reviewing and analyzing scientific literature
  • Identifying and using appropriate research methodologies to address a research question
  • Writing a thesis based on original research

Grades

Instructor

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

No grades available yet.

More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data

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.

Selected offering source records
F&WECOL 682 · Spring 2027

Senior Honors Thesis

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records
[
  {
    "run_id": "20261014T203208-0851c9a1",
    "semester": "1274",
    "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00",
    "offering_id": "1274:396:021140",
    "course_id": "F&WECOL 682",
    "course_uid": "course_0eb5aca8787a686611848428",
    "term_id": "1274",
    "source_course_id": "021140",
    "source_subject_id": "396",
    "title": "Senior Honors Thesis",
    "credits_min": 2,
    "credits_max": 4,
    "typically_offered": "Fall, Spring, Summer"
  }
]
Rate My Professors

Student reviews

Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.

Read original reviews

No records available.

Madgrades

Grade history

Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.

Explore recorded grades
Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

Model & dataset provenance
{
  "model": "Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B",
  "model_revision": "1d4bf0f2ff6012fd82039f2fa52739d0dd7c60c0",
  "task_version": "17",
  "output_id": "7d0b308a676b592ed78fbf68e63dfafa9c8680a0bd8722e09d2e59acc266299c",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00"
}