Fall 2026

Cell Biology

ZOOLOGY 570 is a comprehensive course covering modern aspects of cell biology.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Roger SchultzWilliam Bement

Summary

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Historical reviews of Kurt Amann: Exams often test specific anecdotes and spoken content rather than the assigned readings, requiring students to take thorough notes during every lecture. The workload is heavy due to the need to manually transcribe fast-paced, sometimes contradictory lectures without the benefit of digital recordings.

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Prerequisites

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ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY 101,ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY/​BOTANY 151, or BIOCORE 383

ZOOLOGY 570 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2015: 3.20 GPA, 43.3% A/AB (n=127 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.20 GPA, 35.0% A/AB (n=100 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.18 GPA, 47.3% A/AB (n=131 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Kurt Amann: Kurt Amann is described as knowledgeable and engaging, though his teaching style relies exclusively on chalkboard lectures without recordings or slides. Reviews highlight that exams often test specific anecdotes and spoken content rather than assigned readings, requiring strict attendance and thorough note-taking.

KURT AMANN is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, 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.

WILLIAM BEMENT is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017. 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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LEC 001Classroom Instruction137 / 1453

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Kurt Amann: Kurt Amann uses whiteboards or chalkboards without providing slides or recordings, making attendance essential. Reviews are sharply divided: some find his teaching engaging and funny, while others view the disorganized, anecdote-heavy format as frustrating and difficult to follow.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 2.82 GPA, 30.6% A/AB (n=108 letter grades); Fall 2024: 2.82 GPA, 30.2% A/AB (n=116 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.83 GPA, 30.3% A/AB (n=119 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Kurt Amann: Exams often test specific anecdotes and spoken content rather than the assigned readings, requiring students to take thorough notes during every lecture. The workload is heavy due to the need to manually transcribe fast-paced, sometimes contradictory lectures without the benefit of digital recordings.

Historical reviews of Kurt Amann: Supportive students recommend attending every class and collaborating with peers to compare handwritten notes, noting that Amann is helpful and friendly. They emphasize that his engaging style supports learning when students adapt to the manual note-taking process.

Topics

  • Modern cell biology

Grades

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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 · 0.18 GPA average error.

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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

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Selected offering source records
ZOOLOGY 570 · Fall 2026

Cell Biology

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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