Spring 2027

Contemporary Topics

Contemporary Topics explores advanced subject areas possibly to be introduced into the business curriculum.

offering recorded1–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Michael Schlicting3.9/5Abdollah FarhoodiJacques Gordon +2 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 98.7% A/AB (n=75 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=60 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing or declared in graduate Business Exchange program

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    • declared in graduate Business Exchange program
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REALEST 765

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Raw average: 4.33/5 from 12 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 — Fall 2024: 3.77 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

PAUL AYLESWORTH is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Online (some classroom)0 / 300
LEC 004Classroom Instruction0 / 00
LEC 005Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 006Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 00
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 00

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 98.7% A/AB (n=75 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=60 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Advanced subject areas possibly to be introduced into the business curriculum

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Where this course fits relative to

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1280 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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Sources & history

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Selected offering source records
REALEST 765 · Spring 2027

Contemporary Topics

Recorded 2026-10-14
REALEST 765 · Spring 2027

International Real Estate

Recorded 2026-10-14
REALEST 765 · Spring 2027

Real Estate Field Trip

Recorded 2026-10-14
REALEST 765 · Spring 2027

International Trip

Recorded 2026-10-14
REALEST 765 · Spring 2027

Applied Affordable Housing

Recorded 2026-10-14
REALEST 765 · Spring 2027

AI and Structural Estimation

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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