Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.48 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.69 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=42 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.66 GPA, 86.0% A/AB (n=86 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fall 2026
Data Storytelling with Visualization
LIS 407 introduces data storytelling through visualization, teaching students to summarize, analyze, and communicate data effectively using software tools while addressing bias and limitations.
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Historical reviews of Xiang Zheng: Workload is manageable if students complete homework on time and attend class to follow demonstrations, though understanding concepts requires effort.
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Prerequisites
Course mapSophomore standing and satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A
- Sophomore standing
- satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A
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- Sophomore standing
- satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A
Professors
Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.65 GPA, 81.4% A/AB (n=86 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.66 GPA, 86.0% A/AB (n=86 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
No reviews exist for current instructors Chaoqun Ni or Jialin Liu. Historical reviews for Jeffrey Kritzman and Xiang Zheng describe generally positive experiences with clear instruction and helpfulness, though Kritzman was noted as repetitive with readings.
CHAOQUN NI is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JEFF KRITZMAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JIALIN LIU is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
XIANG ZHENG is recorded teaching in 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
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 120 / 120 | 10 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews describe the course as easy and enjoyable, with supportive instructors and engaging projects, though some note repetitive readings.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 82.0% A/AB (n=128 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.57 GPA, 82.1% A/AB (n=156 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.43 GPA, 73.6% A/AB (n=121 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Xiang Zheng: Workload is manageable if students complete homework on time and attend class to follow demonstrations, though understanding concepts requires effort.
Historical reviews of Jeffrey Kritzman, Xiang Zheng: Students appreciate unique projects and instructors who stay after class to answer questions, though one reviewer found assigned readings repetitive.
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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
Catalog & offerings
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Selected offering source records
Data Storytelling with Visualization
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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Explore recorded gradesModel outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces
Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.
Model & dataset provenance
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