Spring 2027

Independent Reading and Research

Independent Reading and Research involves concentrated work on a subject or problem of interest.

offering recorded1–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Investigate an information science topic in conjunction with other investigator(s) to develop a deep understanding of a research problem.

  • Identify a research problem and develop a basic knowledge of the academic literature on this topic.

Source: UW Guide

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LIS 399

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Calendar & sections

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IND 002Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 003Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 001Classroom Instruction0 / 50

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

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Topics

  • A subject or problem of interest.
  • Information science topics and research problems.

Skills

  • Investigating information science topics to develop deep understanding of research problems.
  • Identifying research problems and developing basic knowledge of academic literature.

Grades

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UW–Madison

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LIS 399 · Spring 2027

Independent Reading and Research

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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