Fall 2026

Independent Reading and Research

LIS 999 is an independent reading and research course where students conduct concentrated work on a self-selected subject and submit a final product.

offering recorded1–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Jonathan Senchyne4.2/5Kristin Eschenfelder3.8/5Corey Jackson3.8/5 +18 more

Summary

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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LIS 999

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Professors

Fall 2026

Jonathan Senchyne

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Raw average: 4.54/5 from 28 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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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).

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Raw average: 4.20/5 from 10 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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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 3 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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Raw average: 4.07/5 from 14 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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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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Raw average: 3.82/5 from 11 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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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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Raw average: 3.67/5 from 24 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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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Raw average: 3.48/5 from 31 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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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

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Raw average: 3.00/5 from 10 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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Reginold Royston

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Raw average: 1.64/5 from 22 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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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ADAM RULE is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ALAN RUBEL is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

B. HUTCHINS is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CASSY LEEPORT is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHAOQUN NI is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

COREY JACKSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DEVANSH SAXENA is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DOROTHEA SALO is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JACOB THEBAULT-SPIEKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JODI SCHNEIDER is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JONATHAN SENCHYNE is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KRISTIN ESCHENFELDER is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KYUNG-SUN KIM is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MEGAN ADAMS is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RACHEL ERPELDING is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

REBEKAH WILLETT is recorded teaching in Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

REGINOLD ROYSTON is recorded teaching in Spring 2025. 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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IND 017Classroom Instruction1 / 50

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

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Topics

  • Student-selected topics and problems

Skills

  • Independent research and problem solving
  • Academic writing and product creation

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Grades over time

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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LIS 999 · Fall 2026

Independent Reading and Research

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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    "semester": "1272",
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00",
    "offering_id": "1272:544:011267",
    "course_id": "LIS 999",
    "course_uid": "course_730ad6ca8428d73a51450780",
    "term_id": "1272",
    "source_course_id": "011267",
    "source_subject_id": "544",
    "title": "Independent Reading and Research",
    "credits_min": 1,
    "credits_max": 4,
    "typically_offered": "Occasionally"
  }
]
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
LLM outputs across runs
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Model & dataset provenance
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  "model": "nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4",
  "model_revision": "1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5",
  "task_version": "14",
  "output_id": "9026b6e9660ba2fa979e7a2a1a09bfdeca419f2de0ff7de33f9dfc1e44693205",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
}