Fall 2026

Child Development

Covers biological and behavioral foundations of human development using experiments and data-driven approaches.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Chelsea Andrews4.1/5Yuhan Wang

Summary

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The workload includes three open-note exams, two 400-word position papers, and a final project. Exams are long but manageable if students know where to find information in the textbook, and papers significantly help grades.

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Prerequisites

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PSYCH 202

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Raw average: 4.32/5 from 53 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.

For this course: 3.8/5 raw quality · 2.9/5 difficulty · 9 reviews

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Chelsea Andrews is consistently described as kind, accessible, and caring, with students appreciating her support during asynchronous online terms. However, reviewers note that lectures are short and merely repeat textbook content, requiring significant self-directed reading. While grading is generally fair, some find the material basic or the lecture style overly simplistic.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.38 GPA, 69.8% A/AB (n=338 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.84 GPA, 89.2% A/AB (n=158 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Karl Rosengren: Karl Rosengren is described as knowledgeable, engaging, and genuinely supportive of student success, with reviews highlighting his passion and clear instruction.

CHELSEA ANDREWS is recorded teaching in Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

EREN FUKUDA is recorded teaching in Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JENNY SAFFRAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KARL ROSENGREN is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

RONALD POMPER is recorded teaching in Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YUHAN WANG is recorded teaching in 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

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LEC 001Online Only298 / 041

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Student experience

the class

Chelsea Andrews is a caring and accessible instructor who teaches an asynchronous course. Students report that the content is interesting but relies heavily on self-teaching through textbook reading rather than in-depth lectures.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.20 GPA, 51.3% A/AB (n=187 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.85 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=173 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.54 GPA, 74.3% A/AB (n=292 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

The workload includes three open-note exams, two 400-word position papers, and a final project. Exams are long but manageable if students know where to find information in the textbook, and papers significantly help grades.

Lectures are described as short, unnecessary, and repetitive of the textbook content. While some find the delivery condescending, the asynchronous format allows students to succeed by reading the book and completing assignments.

Topics

  • Prenatal development, behavior genetics, motor development, perceptual development, language development, cognitive development, emotional development, social development, and atypical development.

Skills

  • Conducting experiments and applying data-driven approaches.
  • Understanding biological and behavioral foundations of human development.

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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.

7 earlier forecasts · 0.22 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.

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UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records
PSYCH 460 · Fall 2026

Child Development

Recorded 2026-09-07
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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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