Historical reviews of Carl Barlett, Daniel Kaiser, Kristina Talkowski: Barlett’s course requires attendance and hard work. Kaiser’s exams were free-response with no objective rubric or feedback, making grading unclear. Talkowski’s exams were manageable if students engaged in lecture, though one student found her assignment directions unclear.
Raw average: 4.80/5 from 5 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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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Carl Barlett highlight his enthusiasm, real-world insurance simulation, and willingness to work through difficult problems, though one reviewer notes he struggled with online instruction. Conversely, Daniel Kaiser's exams are described as highly subjective free-response questions with unclear grading rubrics and minimal feedback.
CARL BARLETT is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DANIEL KAISER is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KRISTINA TALKOWSKI is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 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
Fall 2026
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Section
Mode
Enrolled / capacity
Waitlist
LEC 001
Classroom Instruction
57 / 60
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Historical reviews for Carl Barlett praise his enthusiasm and care, though one criticizes his adaptability. Daniel Kaiser received poor ratings for subjective grading and lack of feedback. Kristina Talkowski was highly recommended for her responsiveness, though one review cited unclear assignment directions.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.39 GPA, 61.4% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.40 GPA, 70.2% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.38 GPA, 55.4% A/AB (n=56 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Carl Barlett, Daniel Kaiser, Kristina Talkowski: Barlett’s course requires attendance and hard work. Kaiser’s exams were free-response with no objective rubric or feedback, making grading unclear. Talkowski’s exams were manageable if students engaged in lecture, though one student found her assignment directions unclear.
Historical reviews of Carl Barlett, Daniel Kaiser, Kristina Talkowski: Barlett’s class featured a fun simulation and collaboration, though one criticized his style. Kaiser’s course was frustrating due to lack of feedback. Talkowski’s lectures were interactive and worth the time, though one student found her assignment directions confusing.
Topics
Insurance operations
Legal and marketing systems
Underwriting and rate making
Skills
Functional analysis of insurance operations
Insurance legal and organizational structures
Underwriting, rating, and financial analysis
Grades
Historical instructor
Fall 2026 · Projected
Before grades are released
3.133.13–3.493.49average GPA
Approximate 80% prediction interval
0.04.0
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.
6 earlier forecasts · 0.10 GPA average error.
Grades over time
Through Fall 2026
More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data
Where this course fits relative to
Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels
3.383.38GPA
Higher than 2121% of other courses
in this group.
Course GPAs · red marks this course’s range
5656letter grades
More recorded grades than 4141% of other courses in this group.
Typical course in this group: 66.066.0 letter grades.
About this comparison
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.
Sources & history
UW–Madison
Catalog & offerings
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.