Spring 2027

Social Media for the Sciences

Social Media for the Sciences explores communication tools for scientific fields and building a social media presence using peer-reviewed and industry readings.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · brianna van matre

Attendance was required with only four permitted skips, and one student noted the grader was tough.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify core messages and determine core audiences for targeted outreach

  • Build strategies to conduct basic market research

  • Efficiently communicate with thought leaders and stakeholders

  • Design a production schedule and inbound marketing plan

  • Describe the uses and value of the different social media tools

  • Analyze impacts of social media campaigns

  • Systematically evaluate digital communication impacts through case studies and data analysis

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Communications A or graduate/professional standing

    • Satisfied Communications A
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LSC 432

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BRIANNA VAN MATRE is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · dexter patterson

Past students described Professor Patterson's lectures as interesting, clear, and straight to the point.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.75 GPA, 89.2% A/AB (n=93 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=81 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.51 GPA, 79.8% A/AB (n=89 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · brianna van matre

Attendance was required with only four permitted skips, and one student noted the grader was tough.

Past student reviews · dexter patterson

A student found Professor Patterson to be passionate, excited about the class, and very personable.

Topics

  • Social media communication and tools specific to scientific fields.
  • Readings from peer-reviewed papers, marketing, business, and communication journals.
  • Communicating with thought leaders and stakeholders.

Skills

  • Building a social media presence by identifying core messages and determining core audiences for targeted outreach.
  • Conducting basic market research and designing production schedules and inbound marketing plans.
  • Analyzing social media campaign impacts and systematically evaluating digital communication through case studies and data analysis.

Grades

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About this comparison

1316 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

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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