Spring 2027

Personal and Professional Foundations in Business

Introduction for new business students covering academic planning, career development, self-assessment, leadership, and diversity and inclusion.

offering recorded1 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Abhinav DhaniaRommel Jimenez

Summary

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Past student reviews · Michael Hernke

One student rated the course difficulty as moderate, though they did not specify particular workload demands in their review.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate a basic ability to self-assess and reflect on their personality, identities, strengths, values, and personal ethics.

  • Explain the importance of continuous self-assessment as a method for improving approaches to work and interactions with others.

  • Demonstrate the foundational understanding of leadership development as related to business now and in the future.

  • Demonstrate the foundational understanding of career development as related to business.

  • Explain the importance of leading ethically, inclusively, and authentically in individual and group settings.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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GENBUS 110

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.99 GPA, 99.0% A/AB (n=104 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.35 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=1068 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=36 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ABHINAV DHANIA is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ROMMEL JIMENEZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 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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LEC 100Online Only0 / 500

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Michael Hernke

A past student found Michael Hernke's online videos unhelpful, noting they often lacked relevance to the actual assignments.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.35 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=1068 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=36 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Michael Hernke

One student rated the course difficulty as moderate, though they did not specify particular workload demands in their review.

Past student reviews · Michael Hernke

The student expressed frustration with the quality of the video materials, stating they were the least helpful aspect of the course.

Topics

  • Academic exploration and planning
  • Career development
  • Self-assessment for personal development
  • Leadership
  • Diversity and inclusion

Skills

  • Self-assessment and reflection on personality, identity, strengths, values, and ethics
  • Foundational understanding of ethical, inclusive, and authentic leadership
  • Foundational understanding of career development in business

Grades

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

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 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

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
GENBUS 110 · Spring 2027

Personal and Professional Foundations in Business

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
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