Fall 2026

Extinction of Species

This course examines the ecology, causes, and consequences of species extinction, including habitat alteration and conservation strategies.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Corbin KuntzeM Peery

Summary

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Historical reviews of Karie Cherwin: Reviewers consistently rate the difficulty as low, noting that content is easy and tests are fair, though some find the lack of structure challenging.

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Prerequisites

Course map

Sophomore standing and ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY/​BOTANY 151, (ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY 101 and 102),BIOLOGY/​BOTANY 130, or (BIOCORE 381 and 382)

ENVIRST/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 360 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.49 GPA, 68.5% A/AB (n=184 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.50 GPA, 69.0% A/AB (n=210 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.28 GPA, 58.6% A/AB (n=251 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.49 GPA, 68.5% A/AB (n=184 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.50 GPA, 69.0% A/AB (n=210 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Professor: Current instructors Corbin Kuntze and M Peery lack reviews. Historically, Karie Cherwin offered clear expectations and subject knowledge but read slides and lacked office hours. Elena West taught rapid lectures with unclear testing procedures. Overview: The course provides engaging content and fair exams, though lecture delivery varies. Difficulty: Students find the material easy and discussions student-led, but note disorganized materials and delayed grading. History: Cherwin's sessions were passionate yet disconnected. West's classes were criticized for pacing.

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

ELENA WEST is recorded teaching in Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KARIE CHERWIN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

M PEERY is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, 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 Instruction40 / 2400
DIS 301Classroom Instruction2 / 200
DIS 304Classroom Instruction4 / 200
DIS 305Classroom Instruction4 / 200
DIS 306Classroom Instruction3 / 200
DIS 309Classroom Instruction3 / 200
DIS 312Classroom Instruction4 / 200
DIS 313Classroom Instruction4 / 200
DIS 314Classroom Instruction2 / 200
DIS 302Classroom Instruction4 / 200
DIS 303Classroom Instruction5 / 200
DIS 307Classroom Instruction2 / 200
DIS 310Classroom Instruction3 / 200
LEC 001Classroom Instruction47 / 2400
DIS 301Classroom Instruction7 / 200
DIS 304Classroom Instruction4 / 200
DIS 305Classroom Instruction5 / 200
DIS 306Classroom Instruction3 / 200
DIS 309Classroom Instruction4 / 200
DIS 312Classroom Instruction1 / 200
DIS 313Classroom Instruction4 / 200
DIS 314Classroom Instruction2 / 200
DIS 302Classroom Instruction5 / 200
DIS 303Classroom Instruction3 / 200
DIS 307Classroom Instruction4 / 200
DIS 310Classroom Instruction5 / 200
LEC 001Classroom Instruction131 / 2400
DIS 301Classroom Instruction11 / 200
DIS 304Classroom Instruction12 / 200
DIS 305Classroom Instruction9 / 200
DIS 306Classroom Instruction13 / 200
DIS 309Classroom Instruction13 / 200
DIS 312Classroom Instruction13 / 200
DIS 313Classroom Instruction8 / 200
DIS 314Classroom Instruction16 / 200
DIS 302Classroom Instruction11 / 200
DIS 303Classroom Instruction12 / 200
DIS 307Classroom Instruction6 / 200
DIS 310Classroom Instruction7 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews for Karie Cherwin describe the course content as easy and enjoyable, though lecture delivery and course organization vary significantly among students.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.60 GPA, 78.0% A/AB (n=191 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.49 GPA, 68.5% A/AB (n=184 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.50 GPA, 69.0% A/AB (n=210 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Karie Cherwin: Reviewers consistently rate the difficulty as low, noting that content is easy and tests are fair, though some find the lack of structure challenging.

Historical reviews of Elena West, Karie Cherwin: Experiences range from highly positive with clear expectations to negative due to disorganized lectures, slow grading, and poor communication from the instructor.

Topics

  • Habitat alteration and degradation
  • Socio-economic pressures on biodiversity
  • Conservation techniques and strategies

Skills

  • Analysis of extinction ecology and application of conservation strategies.

Grades

Historical instructor

Fall 2026 · Projected

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Approximate 80% prediction interval

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 · 0.18 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Fall 2026

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1320 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
ENVIRST/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 360 · Fall 2026

Extinction of Species

Recorded 2026-09-07
ENVIRST/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 360 · Fall 2026

Extinction of Species

Recorded 2026-09-07
ENVIRST/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 360 · Fall 2026

Extinction of Species

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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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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