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PHYSICS 299

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Professors

Spring 2027

Pupa Gilbert

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Raw average: 4.68/5 from 151 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=1 letter grades).

Josh Weber

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Raw average: 4.70/5 from 43 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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Deniz Yavuz

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 7 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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Mark Rzchowski

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Raw average: 4.19/5 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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Gary Shiu

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Raw average: 3.99/5 from 67 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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Brian Rebel

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Raw average: 4.29/5 from 7 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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Justin Vandenbroucke

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Raw average: 4.14/5 from 7 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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Francis Halzen

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Raw average: 3.06/5 from 16 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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Cary Forest

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Raw average: 2.73/5 from 11 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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Dan McCammon

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Raw average: 2.00/5 from 11 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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Jeffrey Schmidt

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Raw average: 2.91/5 from 75 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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Peter Timbie

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Raw average: 2.71/5 from 73 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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Albrecht Karle

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Raw average: 2.30/5 from 30 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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Daniel Thurs

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Raw average: 2.51/5 from 59 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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Duncan Carlsmith

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Raw average: 2.55/5 from 102 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=1 letter grades).

Jan Egedal

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Joshua Foster

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Josiah Sinclair

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Kevin Black

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Mariel Pettee

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BRIAN REBEL is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CARY FOREST is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2016, Fall 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DANIEL THURS is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DENIZ YAVUZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DUNCAN CARLSMITH is recorded teaching in Spring 2014, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FRANCIS HALZEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

JAN EGEDAL is recorded teaching in Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEFFREY SCHMIDT is recorded teaching in Spring 2014, Fall 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOSHUA WEBER is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JUSTIN VANDENBROUCKE is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KEVIN BLACK is recorded teaching in Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARK RZCHOWSKI is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PETER TIMBIE is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Spring 2011. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PUPA GILBERT is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022. 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 025	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 132	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 152	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 015	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 045	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 061	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 069	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 097	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 117	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 136	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 137	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 147	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 149	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 065	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 161	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 165	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 189	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 175	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 160	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
IND 062	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0

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Meeting source records

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Student experience

the class

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

difficulty & workload

No workload feedback recorded.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2022— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records

PHYSICS 299 · Spring 2027

Directed Study

Recorded 2026-10-14

Raw records

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    "offering_id": "1274:754:015610",
    "course_id": "PHYSICS 299",
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    "term_id": "1274",
    "source_course_id": "015610",
    "source_subject_id": "754",
    "title": "Directed Study",
    "credits_min": 1,
    "credits_max": 3,
    "typically_offered": "Fall, Spring, Summer"
  }
]

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Grade history

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Model outputs & technical records

Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B

LLM outputs across runs

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Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

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Model & dataset provenance

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  "task_version": "17",
  "output_id": "9ee72f28dfb461be8d514ca2e0ce668ae6eef57813dc7970aba6be4e96f36184",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
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}

Directed Study

Summary

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Prerequisites

Professors

Calendar & sections

Student experience

the class

difficulty & workload

Grades

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

Sources & history

Catalog & offerings

Student reviews

Grade history