Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fourth Semester German
Fourth Semester German uses a four-skills approach with authentic materials for grammar review, vocabulary expansion, and intensive practice.
Summary
Past student reviews · Carsten Haas
The workload included mandatory lectures twice a week and one or two short homework assignments that were graded easily.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapGERMAN 203 or placement into GERMAN 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
- GERMAN 203
- placement into GERMAN 204
Professors
Spring 2027Historical instructors & teaching patterns
CARSTEN HAAS is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 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 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 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 003 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 22 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 22 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 22 | 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
Past student reviews · Carsten Haas
Past students described the course as interactive and engaging, with instructors who genuinely cared about student learning and well-being.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Carsten Haas
The workload included mandatory lectures twice a week and one or two short homework assignments that were graded easily.
Past student reviews · Carsten Haas
Students found the class discussions on grammar and topics to be a positive part of the interactive teaching style.
Topics
- Authentic texts, recordings, and images
- Grammar and vocabulary
Skills
- Speaking, listening, writing, and reading
- Grammar review and vocabulary expansion
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
Grades over time
Through Spring 2026
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Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.
Sources & history
Catalog & offerings
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
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Selected offering source records
Fourth Semester German
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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]Student reviews
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Grade history
Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.
Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
Model outputs & technical records
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces
Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.
Model & dataset provenance
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