Anatomy of Message Strategies
Recorded 2026-09-07 Fall 2026
Special Topics in Advanced Concepts and Skills
JOURN 475 explores advanced journalism concepts and skills in depth, with topics varying by term.
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 No instructors listed
Summary
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Historical reviews of Debra Pierce: One reviewer reported that Debra Pierce assigned a ridiculous amount of homework for the course.
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Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Debra Pierce is described as assigning excessive homework and playing favorites, with one reviewer citing an inability to accept feedback. This single historical review characterizes her teaching negatively, though no current instructors are listed for this term.
DEBRA PIERCE is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2019, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
A single historical review describes Debra Pierce's teaching as extremely difficult and unpleasant, citing excessive homework and favoritism.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Debra Pierce: One reviewer reported that Debra Pierce assigned a ridiculous amount of homework for the course.
A historical review criticized Debra Pierce for playing favorites and rejecting student feedback that did not align with her views.
Topics
Skills
Grades
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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.
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Sources & history
UW–Madison
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Raw records
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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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