Foundations of Health Behavior and Health Equity provides an overview of factors contributing to health and well-being, examining health education approaches and social determinants.
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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.
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Allison Hugo is described as caring and engaging, going beyond slides to explain material. However, students note an overreliance on slides and a disconnect between lecture content and exam questions, suggesting a need for better exam preparation alignment.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 86.2% A/AB (n=116 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 90.3% A/AB (n=93 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=110 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.78 GPA, 92.2% A/AB (n=129 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.82 GPA, 91.1% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=110 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Susan Andreae and Scott Anderson describe a manageable course with one cumulative exam and projects. Reviewers note that the grading is lenient and instructors want students to succeed. However, they also report that lectures can be long, boring, and heavily weighted on attendance.
ALLISON HUGO is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LOGAN EDWARDS is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SCOTT ANDERSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SUSAN ANDREAE is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
TANYA SCHLAM is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, 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
Fall 2026
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Section
Mode
Enrolled / capacity
Waitlist
LEC 001
Classroom Instruction
102 / 99
9
LEC 002
Classroom Instruction
85 / 100
3
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Allison Hugo teaches a course with simple content that students find easy to understand, though some note a disconnect between exam questions and lecture material.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 86.2% A/AB (n=116 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.80 GPA, 90.7% A/AB (n=172 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=110 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Textbook readings are considered unnecessary for success, and the course is rated as having low difficulty.
Reviewers appreciate Hugo's care for students and engagement, but criticize excessive slides and a lack of exam review or group work.
Topics
Foundations of health education and health behavior programs
Health indicators
Social and structural determinants of health and health disparities
Models of health education/health behavior supporting interventions
Skills
Examining contemporary approaches to health education and health behavior interventions
Examining social and structural determinants of health and health disparities
Grades
Historical instructor
Fall 2026 · Projected
Before grades are released
3.723.72–3.943.94average GPA
Approximate 80% prediction interval
0.04.0
About this estimate
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.
5 earlier forecasts · 0.07 GPA average error.
Grades over time
Through Fall 2026
More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data
Where this course fits relative to
Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels
3.783.78GPA
Higher than 6060% of other courses
in this group.
Course GPAs · red marks this course’s range
110110letter grades
More recorded grades than 7373% of other courses in this group.
Typical course in this group: 66.066.0 letter grades.
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.
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
Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.