Individuals with Disabilities

RP&SE 300 introduces the field of special education, covering the history, etiology, and characteristics of disabilities, as well as federally mandated programs serving children and adults.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Aydin Bal3.9/5Susan Syverud3.2/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=125 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.97 GPA, 98.4% A/AB (n=186 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 97.8% A/AB (n=136 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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RP&SE 300 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026
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Raw average: 4.12/5 from 17 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 2018: 3.97 GPA, 99.1% A/AB (n=108 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.92 GPA, 94.6% A/AB (n=56 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=62 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Raw average: 2.42/5 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 2023: 3.92 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=243 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.90 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=110 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.95 GPA, 97.6% A/AB (n=125 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AYDIN BAL is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2022, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SUSAN SYVERUD is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, 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 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction65 / 650
LEC 002Classroom Instruction62 / 654
LEC 003Classroom Instruction65 / 650

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=125 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.97 GPA, 98.4% A/AB (n=186 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 97.8% A/AB (n=136 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Concept of disability and the field of special education
  • History, etiology, and characteristics of specific disability categories
  • Educational and federally mandated programs for children and adults with disabilities
  • Topics germane to the study of disability and special education

Skills

  • Understanding and serving diverse needs of individuals with disabilities
  • Introduction to the concept of disability and the field of special education
  • Examining history, etiology, and characteristics of disability categories
  • Analyzing educational and federally mandated programs for individuals with disabilities

Grades

Historical instructor

Fall 2026 · Projected

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average GPA

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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 · 0.05 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Fall 2026

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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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

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Selected offering source records
RP&SE 300 · Fall 2026

Individuals with Disabilities

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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    "source_subject_id": "194",
    "title": "Individuals with Disabilities",
    "credits_min": 3,
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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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