Spring 2027

Directed Research in Neurology

Directed research in neurology for undergraduates in life sciences, offering basic and translational research in neuroscience and neurological disorders.

offering recorded1–3 credits

Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Qiang Chang2.9/5 Aaron Struck Bolanle Famakin +15 more

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

Develop a clear research question or problem and formulate a hypothesis.
Deliver an “elevator pitch” describing your research.
Conduct research using methods employed by your lab and under the supervision of your PI and senior laboratory personnel.

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Professors

Spring 2027

Qiang Chang

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Raw average: 2.44/5 from 36 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Aaron Struck

No course-specific feedback yet.

Bolanle Famakin

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Cara Westmark

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Catherine Gallagher

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Christopher Luzzio

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Corinna Burger

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2015: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

David Hsu

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Elizabeth Felton

No course-specific feedback yet.

Jana Jones

No course-specific feedback yet.

Jane Paulsen

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

Marcelo Vargas

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Melanie Boly

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Melisa Carrasco Mccaul

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).

Mihaela Bazalakova

No course-specific feedback yet.

Rama Maganti

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Robert Kotloski

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

Zhen Huang

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AARON STRUCK is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

BOLANLE FAMAKIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CARA WESTMARK is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CATHERINE GALLAGHER is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHRISTOPHER LUZZIO is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CORINNA BURGER is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DAVID HSU is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ELIZABETH FELTON is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JANA JONES is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JANE PAULSEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARCELO VARGAS is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MELANIE BOLY is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MELISA CARRASCO MCCAUL is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MIHAELA BAZALAKOVA is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

QIANG CHANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RAMA MAGANTI is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ROBERT KOTLOSKI is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ZHEN HUANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, 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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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity
IND 093	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3
IND 101	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3
IND 104	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3
IND 105	Classroom Instruction	0 / 1
IND 106	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3
IND 107	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3
IND 108	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 109	Classroom Instruction	0 / 10
IND 110	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3
IND 111	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3
IND 112	Classroom Instruction	0 / 14
IND 113	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3
IND 114	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3
IND 115	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 116	Classroom Instruction	0 / 1
IND 117	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3
IND 118	Classroom Instruction	0 / 4
IND 119	Classroom Instruction	0 / 3

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

No workload feedback recorded.

Topics

Basic and translational research in neuroscience and neurological disorders
Research question development and hypothesis formulation
Supervised laboratory research methods

Skills

Developing research questions and formulating hypotheses
Presenting research via elevator pitches
Conducting supervised laboratory research

Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records

NEUROL 699 · Spring 2027

Directed Research in Neurology

Recorded 2026-10-14

Raw records

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Model outputs & technical records

Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B

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Model & dataset provenance

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Directed Research in Neurology

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

Grade history

Prerequisites

Professors

Qiang Chang

Aaron Struck

Bolanle Famakin

Cara Westmark

Catherine Gallagher

Christopher Luzzio

Corinna Burger

David Hsu

Elizabeth Felton

Jana Jones

Jane Paulsen

Marcelo Vargas

Melanie Boly

Melisa Carrasco Mccaul

Mihaela Bazalakova

Rama Maganti

Robert Kotloski

Zhen Huang

Calendar & sections

Student experience

the class

difficulty & workload

Topics

Skills

Grades

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

Grades over time

Sources & history

Catalog & offerings

Student reviews

Grade history