Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.64 GPA, 81.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fall 2026
Fourth Semester French
Fourth semester French focusing on advanced oral practice, conversation, grammar, reading, vocabulary, creative writing, and cultural study.
Summary
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Historical reviews of Kelsey Roy, Kimberly Rooney, Vlad Dima: The course focuses on grammar with short writing assignments and requires completion of workbook exercises for grades, while tests are generally considered fair.
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Prerequisites
Course mapFRENCH 203 or placement into FRENCH 204
“Used by” includes alternatives; linked courses may have other requirements. This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
Prerequisite text tree
- Any of
- FRENCH 203
- placement into FRENCH 204
Professors
Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.85 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.73 GPA, 87.2% A/AB (n=47 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Kelsey Roy, Kimberly Rooney, Peter Russella: Kelsey Roy and Peter Russella receive high praise for clarity, accessibility, and engaging instruction. Reviewers note that Kelsey explains grammar well, while Peter meets students at their level and offers helpful office hours. Kimberly Rooney is cited for providing clear rubrics and being willing to work around online class challenges. Peter is noted for slower grading turnaround times.
CORA SCHOOFS is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
FRANZ EDUARD VOELKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2011. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
HUGO TORRES is recorded teaching in Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KELSEY ROY is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KIMBERLY ROONEY is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MAILYS KRIER is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
PETER RUSSELLA is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ROODMERLYNN PIERRE is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SANDRINE PELL is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014. 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 002 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 26 | 0 |
| LEC 003 | Classroom Instruction | 27 / 26 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 26 | 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 of Kelsey Roy, Peter Russella: Reviewers describe FRENCH 204 as an engaging and beneficial language course with clear instruction and accessible teaching, noting that tests are fair and grading is generally supportive.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=53 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 93.4% A/AB (n=61 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.64 GPA, 84.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Kelsey Roy, Kimberly Rooney, Vlad Dima: The course focuses on grammar with short writing assignments and requires completion of workbook exercises for grades, while tests are generally considered fair.
Historical reviews of Peter Russella: Students value the supportive, judgment-free environment and accessible instructors, though some note that assignment grading can be slow.
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Fall 2026 · Projected
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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 · 0.18 GPA average error.
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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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Catalog observation history
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Selected offering source records
Fourth Semester French
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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