Reviewers describe Douglas McLeod as engaging and caring, noting his lectures connect well to real-world applications. However, they also characterize the course as difficult due to a heavy workload. Specific complaints include five exams, multiple papers, a group project, and long online lectures that require significant effort.
Fall 2026
Media and the Consumer
MEDIA AND THE CONSUMER examines mass media content from the consumer's perspective, focusing on information needs, media evaluation, and effective use guidelines.
Summary
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Students report multiple readings weekly, five exams, a final paper, and a semester-long group project, requiring consistent preparation and time management.
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Professors
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.60 GPA, 76.4% A/AB (n=72 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
HYERIN KWON is recorded teaching in Spring 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.
Calendar & sections
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 25 / 25 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 25 / 25 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 25 / 25 | 8 |
| DIS 304 | Classroom Instruction | 25 / 25 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 100 / 100 | 8 |
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Student experience
the class
Douglas McLeod delivers engaging, real-world lectures that students praise, but the course demands significant effort due to heavy reading, five exams, and a group project.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.60 GPA, 76.4% A/AB (n=72 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=97 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.75 GPA, 80.4% A/AB (n=97 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Students report multiple readings weekly, five exams, a final paper, and a semester-long group project, requiring consistent preparation and time management.
Reviewers appreciate McLeod’s caring nature and clear explanations, though one student notes long online lectures and another warns that tests allow little room for error.
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Grades
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 4 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.
6 earlier forecasts · 0.12 GPA average error.
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1320 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
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Media and the Consumer
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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