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GPA and percentages are weighted by recorded letter grades. UW comparisons use the same terms. Cross-listed courses count once within this department and once across UW; department totals should not be added together. Grade counts are not unique students. Offering counts reflect captured records, not a complete historical schedule.
Grades have not been recorded for this term. Historical results remain in the overview above.
Historical grades cover up to five years through the selected term. Grade sorting prioritizes courses with at least 100 letter grades.
Introduction to diverse ecological research at UW-Madison, covering graduate school adaptation, professional development, and faculty research presentations.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Evolutionary biology course covering microevolution, macroevolution, adaptation, speciation, systematics, quantitative genetics, and phylogenetic analyses.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Students report that exams are tricky with ambiguous multiple-choice questions, leading to low grades despite perfect quiz scores.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026A seminar for graduate students covering various fields of zoological research, including limnology and marine science.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026General Botany introduces basic plant biology principles, focusing on evolutionary sequences and structure-function relationships across organizational levels.
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Historical reviews of David Baum, Linda Graham: One review suggests the workload is light if you attend lectures, while another indicates quizzes are difficult despite reading the textbook.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Introductory Biology covers cell structure, metabolism, genetic information flow, genetics principles, and animal physiology.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course requires outside class hours to grasp lecture material and complete lab reports.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Introductory Biology covers plant physiology, organismal kingdoms, evolution, and ecology.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The botany portion requires plenty of memorization. Lectures are dense in content but explained clearly and slowly, with pauses for questions.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026BOTANY 240 explores the utility of plant parts to humans, the origins and human modification of domesticated plants, ecosystem services, and the importance of sustaining plant diversity.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Students must read multiple textbook chapters weekly and memorize content not covered in lectures, while facing tests written with little notice that can be highly variable in scope.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025BOTANY 265 explores the ecology of rainforests and coral reefs, covering their biological processes and conservation challenges.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Reviewers rate the difficulty as a 4, indicating a challenging course that requires significant effort to succeed.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleBOTANY 299 is a directed study course that introduces students to research questions and provides mentorship in a botany research environment.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited samplePLANT ANATOMY covers the structure and development of seed plants, primarily flowering plants, emphasizing structure-function relationships.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course features a large group project and extra credit opportunities, though one reviewer notes lectures may not align with exam content.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025BOTANY 330 introduces the ecology, evolution, and biology of freshwater, terrestrial, and marine algae.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited samplePLANT SYSTEMATICS integrates taxonomy, evolution, and phylogenetics with emphasis on flowering plants.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025BOTANY 499 is an intermediate directed research course where students explore botany research questions under faculty mentorship.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleBOTANY 681 is a senior honors thesis course involving individual research arranged with a faculty member for Botany majors.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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BOTANY 682 is a senior honors thesis course involving individual research arranged with a faculty member for Botany majors.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleBOTANY 691 is a senior thesis course focused on individual research conducted under faculty supervision.
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BOTANY 692 is a senior thesis course involving individual research arranged with a faculty member.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleBOTANY 698 is a directed study course for advanced research projects arranged with a faculty member.
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BOTANY 699 is a directed study course where students explore botany research questions under faculty mentorship.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleA graduate seminar covering topics and recent advances in the literature of Plant Ecology.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sampleBOTANY 960 is a graduate seminar covering topics and recent advances in the literature of Plant Physiology.
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Fall 2024–Fall 2024 · limited sampleBOTANY 993 is a research course focused on independent study in Fungal Biology.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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BOTANY 994 is an independent research course focused on plant systematics.
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BOTANY 995 is an independent research course in the area of Plant Ecology.
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BOTANY 996 is an independent research course in plant physiology.
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FOUNDATIONS OF EVOLUTION explores key themes and debates in evolutionary biology over the last 50 years through reading and discussion.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2022 · limited sampleConservation Biology investigates nature protection and biodiversity preservation through biological and socioeconomic factors.
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Fall 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntroductory Ecology covers organism-environment relationships, population dynamics, community organization, and human-environment action programs.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Tony Ives: Tests carry the most weight, so students emphasize completing all extra credit to boost their final grade. Quizzes are short but tricky, requiring careful attention to lecture material and readings.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Dendrology course focusing on identification, ecology, and uses of woody plants native to Wisconsin through lab and field work.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Explores fungal genetics, genomics, and physiology using plant pathogenic fungi and model systems to understand plant/fungal interactions.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2022 · limited sampleNo released grades for this term.
Offering snapshots currently cover Fall 2026. Earlier grade records do not provide a complete offering history.