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Fall 2026
Contemporary Moral Issues
PHILOS 341: CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES provides a philosophical study of major moral issues in contemporary society.
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Historical reviews of David O'Brien, Harry Brighouse, Kevin Dewan, Marcos Picchio: Workload typically includes three papers, two exams or tests, and weekly discussion posts or short responses, which reviewers generally found manageable.
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.86 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.90 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.72 GPA, 91.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=21 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Lester Hunt: Lester Hunt's lectures were confusing and rambled, making them unbearable to sit through. Reviewers noted that grades depended solely on a hard-grading TA, resulting in a horrible class experience.
CASEY RUFENER is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DAVID O'BRIEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ELIZABETH BELL is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JASON LEARDI is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Fall 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JONATHON VANDENHOMBERGH is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KEVIN DEWAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KIEL MCELROY is recorded teaching in Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LESTER HUNT is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MARCOS PICCHIO is recorded teaching in Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
RUSS SHAFER-LANDAU is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SHANNON NOLEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
STEPHANIE SHEINTUL is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
VARSHA PAI is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
XAVIER SCHULTZE is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, 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 091 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 0 |
| LEC 092 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 0 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 0 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 0 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 0 | 0 |
| LEC 093 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 331 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 332 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 333 | Classroom Instruction | 24 / 24 | 0 |
| LEC 003 | Classroom Instruction | 69 / 70 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 65 / 69 | 0 |
| DIS 321 | Classroom Instruction | 21 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 322 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 323 | Classroom Instruction | 21 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 341 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 342 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 343 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 2 |
| LEC 004 | Classroom Instruction | 65 / 69 | 2 |
| LEC 094 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 23 | 1 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews describe PHILOS 341 as a highly engaging course with enthusiastic instructors who foster discussion and respect diverse viewpoints, though one past experience was notably confusing and poorly graded.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 89.4% A/AB (n=263 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.73 GPA, 88.1% A/AB (n=311 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=272 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of David O'Brien, Harry Brighouse, Kevin Dewan, Marcos Picchio: Workload typically includes three papers, two exams or tests, and weekly discussion posts or short responses, which reviewers generally found manageable.
Historical reviews of Casey Rufener, Harry Brighouse, Jason Leardi , Russ Shafer-Landau: Students report that lectures are clarifying and engaging, often functioning as discussions where instructors make large classes feel small and ensure all views are respected.
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Fall 2026 · Projected
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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 · 0.06 GPA average error.
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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.
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UW–Madison
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Contemporary Moral Issues
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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