Spring 2027

Special Topics

Graduate-level special topics covering specialized subject matter of current interest.

offering recorded1–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Benjamin Zuckerberg3.8/5Adena Rissman

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing

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F&WECOL 875

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Spring 2027
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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.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2021: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ADENA RISSMAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

BENJAMIN ZUCKERBERG is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2023, Spring 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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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 120
SEM 003Classroom Instruction0 / 140

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Specialized subject matter of current interest

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
F&WECOL 875 · Spring 2027

Special Topics

Recorded 2026-10-14
F&WECOL 875 · Spring 2027

Species Distribution Modeling

Recorded 2026-10-14
F&WECOL 875 · Spring 2027

Voices of Stewardship, Adv.

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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