Spring 2027

Special Topics

Special Topics course where topics vary, exploring current topics and trends in veterinary medicine.

offering recorded1–5 credits

Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Amy Nichelason Christoph Mans Courtney Arnoldy +5 more

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=61 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=66 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

Develop competence and professional skills in veterinary medicine
Explore current topics and trends in veterinary medicine
Developing breadths of experiences related to veterinary medicine

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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average GPA
letter grades

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Professors

Spring 2027

Amy Nichelason

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Christoph Mans

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Courtney Arnoldy

No course-specific feedback yet.

Grayson Doss

Jordan Kirkpatrick

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

Maria Verbrugge

Sabrina Brounts

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Sara Colopy

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AMY NICHELASON is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHRISTOPH MANS is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

COURTNEY ARNOLDY is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GRAYSON DOSS is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JORDAN KIRKPATRICK is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARIA VERBRUGGE is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SABRINA BROUNTS is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SARA COLOPY is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 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

Spring 2027

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity
FLD 027	Classroom Instruction	0 / 50
FLD 014	Classroom Instruction	0 / 10
FLD 028	Classroom Instruction	0 / 16
FLD 030	Classroom Instruction	0 / 10
FLD 026	Online Only	0 / 98
FLD 006	Classroom Instruction	0 / 24
FLD 032	Classroom Instruction	0 / 14
FLD 021	Online Only	0 / 100

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=61 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=66 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

No workload feedback recorded.

Topics

Topics that vary by offering
Current topics and trends in veterinary medicine

Skills

Develop competence and professional skills in veterinary medicine
Develop breadth of experiences related to veterinary medicine

Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

GPA

Higher than % of other courses in this group.

Course GPAs · red marks this course’s range

letter grades

More recorded grades than % of other courses in this group.

Typical course in this group: letter grades.

About this comparison

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.

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

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Selected offering source records

SURGSCI 675 · Spring 2027

Special Topics

Recorded 2026-10-14

SURGSCI 675 · Spring 2027

Topic: Physical Rehabilitation

Recorded 2026-10-14

SURGSCI 675 · Spring 2027

Topic: Zoological Medicine

Recorded 2026-10-14

SURGSCI 675 · Spring 2027

Pre-Clinical Wildlife Rehab

Recorded 2026-10-14

SURGSCI 675 · Spring 2027

Pre-Clinical Exotic Pet Lab

Recorded 2026-10-14

SURGSCI 675 · Spring 2027

Clinical SA Surgical Technique

Recorded 2026-10-14

SURGSCI 675 · Spring 2027

Adv Equine Lameness, Imaging

Recorded 2026-10-14

SURGSCI 675 · Spring 2027

Adv Exotic Animal Med & Surg

Recorded 2026-10-14

SURGSCI 675 · Spring 2027

Topic:Bovine Surg Lab-3rd Yr

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Special Topics

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

Grade history

Prerequisites

Professors

Amy Nichelason

Christoph Mans

Courtney Arnoldy

Grayson Doss

Jordan Kirkpatrick

Maria Verbrugge

Sabrina Brounts

Sara Colopy

Calendar & sections

Student experience

the class

difficulty & workload

Topics

Skills

Grades

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

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Where this course fits relative to

Sources & history

Catalog & offerings

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Grade history

Special Topics

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

Grade history

Prerequisites

Professors

Calendar & sections

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the class

difficulty & workload

Topics

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Grades

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

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Sources & history

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