Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.55 GPA, 68.4% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.35 GPA, 55.9% A/AB (n=34 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fall 2026
Power Plant Technology
Covers the design, performance, and analysis of electric power plants using various fuel sources.
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Mark Anderson
Summary
1 / 6
Historical reviews characterize homework as fairly simple, noting that hints are emailed for problem sets.
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Prerequisites
Course mapM E 361,CBE 310, 320, or CIV ENGR 324, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
- ME 361
- CBE 310
- CBE 320
- CIVENGR 324
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
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Prerequisite text tree
- Any of
- ME 361
- CBE 310
- CBE 320
- CIVENGR 324
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
Professors
Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for John Murphy describe engaging lectures that avoid direct textbook reliance and feature guest speakers. Reviewers note that homework is simple, aided by emailed hints, and highly recommend the course under his instruction.
JOHN MURPHY is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MARK ANDERSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 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 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 40 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 11 / 40 | 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
Historical reviews describe John Murphy's course as highly recommended, featuring engaging lectures and guest speakers.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.55 GPA, 68.4% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.35 GPA, 55.9% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews characterize homework as fairly simple, noting that hints are emailed for problem sets.
Historical reviews praise the instructor for not teaching directly from the book and bringing in diverse guest speakers.
Topics
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Grades
Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
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About this comparison
1320 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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Selected offering source records
Power Plant Technology
Recorded 2026-09-07Power Plant Technology
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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