Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.50 GPA, 75.8% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.63 GPA, 81.4% A/AB (n=59 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.40 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=21 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fall 2026
First Semester German
First Semester German teaches proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing German within a cultural context.
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Historical reviews of Carsten Haas, Julia Ruck: Students note that punctuality for attendance and homework is key, and relaxed grading applies if you put effort into discussions and ask meaningful questions.
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Fall 2026No course-specific feedback yet.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.84 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Brandy Trygstad, Julia Ruck, and Alyssa Franze highlight energetic, thorough, and patient teaching styles that make learning enjoyable. Reviewers praise their clear expectations, organization, and fairness, noting that these instructors set students up for success with high quality ratings.
ALYSSA FRANZE is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
BRANDY TRYGSTAD is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
CARSTEN HAAS is recorded teaching in Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DANIEL SALTSGAVER is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JEANNE SCHUELLER is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, 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.
JULIA RUCK is recorded teaching in Fall 2015. 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
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 22 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 22 | 1 |
| LEC 004 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 22 | 0 |
| LEC 003 | Classroom Instruction | 21 / 22 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews praise instructors like Brandy Trygstad and Alyssa Franze for being engaging, fair, and well-organized.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.50 GPA, 75.8% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.63 GPA, 81.4% A/AB (n=59 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.40 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Carsten Haas, Julia Ruck: Students note that punctuality for attendance and homework is key, and relaxed grading applies if you put effort into discussions and ask meaningful questions.
Historical reviews of Alyssa Franze, Brandy Trygstad: Reviewers describe classes as fun, patient, and well-run, with instructors who care about student success and set clear expectations.
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Fall 2026 · Projected
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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 · 0.20 GPA average error.
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First Semester German
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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