Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 2.58 GPA, 29.2% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2024: 2.40 GPA, 23.3% A/AB (n=60 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.56 GPA, 25.0% A/AB (n=52 letter grades).
Fall 2026
College Algebra
College Algebra covers properties, equations, and graphs of elementary functions, providing algebra skills required for calculus.
Summary
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Students report frequent weekly quizzes, often with short time limits, and exams that do not align with lecture content, requiring significant self-study.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapMATH 96or placement into MATH 112. Not open to students with credit forMATH 114.
MATH 112 used by
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Professors
Fall 2026Travis Olson is described as personable but ineffective, with reviews citing tangents, fill-in-the-blank notes, and self-teaching requirements. Students report that quizzes are frequent and tests often differ from class material, leading to frustration and minimal feedback.
Recent reviews indicate the course is taught by TAs, with students finding lessons unclear and exams difficult relative to lectures. Some reviewers note that undergraduate helpers are essential for support, while others describe the class as poorly run with high drop rates.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 2.56 GPA, 26.5% A/AB (n=132 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 2.58 GPA, 22.0% A/AB (n=59 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.09 GPA, 59.6% A/AB (n=52 letter grades).
Logan Heath receives uniformly negative reviews for overcomplicating elementary concepts and poor explanation skills. Students report needing to self-teach material and finding exams inconsistent or difficult. Concerns include awkward teaching style, short quiz times, and perceived grading errors.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 2.58 GPA, 27.1% A/AB (n=59 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.50 GPA, 22.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.19 GPA, 17.6% A/AB (n=51 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 2.15 GPA, 20.8% A/AB (n=48 letter grades).
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 2.49 GPA, 22.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades).
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 2.51 GPA, 27.1% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.52 GPA, 26.4% A/AB (n=53 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 2.84 GPA, 28.3% A/AB (n=53 letter grades).
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Andrew Krenz, Owen Goff, and Anna Pham are negative. Krenz is criticized for confusing, slow lectures, while Goff teaches too fast and fails to break down problems. Pham's section is described as frustratingly difficult with poor outcomes.
ALEJO SALVATORE is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ALEXANDRA BONAT is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ANDREW KRENZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ANNA PHAM is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ARI DAVIDOVSKY is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
BALAZS STRENNER is recorded teaching in Fall 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
BRYAN OAKLEY is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
CAROLINE NUNN is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DIANE RIVARD is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ETHAN SCHONDORF is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JOEL ROBBIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Fall 2008. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JOHN SPOERL is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JUSTIN SUKIENNIK is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KEVIN KRISTENSEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LOGAN HEATH is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MEGHAN DE WITT is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Fall 2008. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
OWEN GOFF is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
TRAVIS OLSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2023. 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 | 54 / 54 | 0 |
| LEC 003 | Classroom Instruction | 50 / 56 | 0 |
| LEC 004 | Classroom Instruction | 50 / 54 | 1 |
| LEC 005 | Classroom Instruction | 56 / 56 | 0 |
| LEC 006 | Classroom Instruction | 54 / 54 | 0 |
| LEC 008 | Classroom Instruction | 54 / 54 | 0 |
| LEC 009 | Classroom Instruction | 56 / 56 | 0 |
| LEC 010 | Classroom Instruction | 54 / 54 | 0 |
| LEC 011 | Classroom Instruction | 56 / 56 | 1 |
| LEC 013 | Classroom Instruction | 55 / 56 | 0 |
| LEC 014 | Classroom Instruction | 53 / 54 | 0 |
| LEC 012 | Classroom Instruction | 59 / 60 | 0 |
| LEC 015 | Classroom Instruction | 50 / 56 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 56 / 56 | 0 |
| LEC 007 | Classroom Instruction | 56 / 56 | 1 |
| LEC 017 | Classroom Instruction | 47 / 56 | 0 |
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
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Student experience
the class
Current reviews for Travis Olson and Logan Heath are overwhelmingly negative, with students advising to avoid their sections due to poor teaching quality and high difficulty.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 2.48 GPA, 21.8% A/AB (n=376 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.66 GPA, 29.2% A/AB (n=866 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.38 GPA, 22.5% A/AB (n=440 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Students report frequent weekly quizzes, often with short time limits, and exams that do not align with lecture content, requiring significant self-study.
Lectures are described as confusing or unhelpful, leading students to rely on undergraduate helpers, the MLC, or online resources to understand the material.
Topics
Skills
Grades
Fall 2026 · Projected
Before grades are released– average GPA
Approximate 80% prediction interval
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.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.08 GPA average error.
Grades over time
Through Fall 2026
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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.
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
Catalog & offerings
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Catalog observation history
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Selected offering source records
College Algebra
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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