Spring 2027

Introduction to Scientific Communication

Introduction to Scientific Communication: writing science digests, proposals, newsletters, and trade magazine articles for agriculture, natural resources, health and science-related topics.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Kelly Mella

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=112 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=116 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.91 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=108 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the relationship between listening, conversation and writing well

  • Contextualize your own views within current conversations surrounding science topics and communicate your ideas to readers

  • Evaluate the credibility and usefulness of different science-based information sources

  • Deliver constructive feedback on written products to peers and implement peer recommendations within your own work

  • Translate scientific arguments for non-scientist audiences

  • Describe the common barriers to effective communication

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Communications A

  • Satisfied Communications A
LSC 212 used by

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  • Satisfied Communications A

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=116 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.91 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=108 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KELLY MELLA is recorded teaching in 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

Spring 2027

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LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 200
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LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 004Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 005Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 006Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=112 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=116 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.91 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=108 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Science digests, proposals, newsletters, and trade magazine articles
  • Agriculture, natural resources, health and science-related topics
  • Relationship between listening, conversation, and writing
  • Common barriers to effective communication

Skills

  • Writing science digests, proposals, newsletters, and trade magazine articles; translating scientific arguments for non-scientist audiences
  • Evaluating the credibility and usefulness of science-based information sources
  • Delivering constructive feedback on written products and implementing peer recommendations

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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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.

6 earlier forecasts · 0.15 GPA average error.

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Where this course fits relative to

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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LSC 212 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Scientific Communication

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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