Spring 2027

Scientific Writing

Scientific Writing focuses on techniques for academic papers, journals, grant proposals, and other written and oral professional work in science and technology.

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Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=33 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply the practices and principles that produce both strong scientific arguments and writing that is clear, easy to interpret, and enjoyable to read.

  • Use the elements of story to engage scientific audiences and to structure both written and oral communications.

  • Identify the purpose and structure of various genres of scientific writing, such as grant proposals and journal articles, and what readers expect from each.

  • Describe the common barriers to effective science communication and apply practices for overcoming them.

  • Critically evaluate their writing and the writing of others, and use best practices for giving constructive, respectful feedback during peer review.

  • Integrate knowledge of the principles of effective communication with new technical skills to write and speak about aspects of their own research.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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LSC 212 or graduate/professional standing

    • LSC 212
    • graduate/professional standing
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LSC 560

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  • Any of
    • LSC 212
    • graduate/professional standing

Professors

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=33 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Genres of scientific writing including papers, journals, and grants
  • Barriers to effective science communication
  • Storytelling for engaging scientific audiences

Skills

  • Constructing clear and effective scientific arguments
  • Structuring different genres of scientific writing
  • Providing constructive peer review feedback
  • Using storytelling elements in scientific communication

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.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

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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