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Katharine Widlak

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Raw average: 1.00/5 from 3 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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ACCT211 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
You can't call yourself a professor if students don't even know what you look like. Maybe instead of TAs teaching your classes, you should do something too.
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ACCT211 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
I have never seen a department that wants to discourage students from pursuing accounting like the low-level professors at UW-Madison. Katherine Widlak is just an alias for Joanna Wangerin. Most test questions are overly wordy and designed to trick you. Her tests aren't designed to help you learn accounting; they want to belittle you.
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ACCT211 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 2/5
Joanna Wangerin V2. This department seriously needs an overhaul.
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Classes with Katharine Widlak

ACCTIS 211

Introductory Managerial Accounting

3 credits

Introductory Managerial Accounting covers concepts for decision-making and uses accounting information for planning, decision-making, and controlling business operations across various management environments.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.20 GPA, 47.0% A/AB (n=296 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.20 GPA, 44.4% A/AB (n=405 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.20 GPA, 45.7% A/AB (n=341 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Brett KillionKatharine Widlak

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026
ACCTIS 600

Professional Experience in Accounting

1–6 credits

Professional Experience in Accounting offers a first-hand opportunity to experience a professional accounting practice and integrate this experience with the curriculum.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=59 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

Katharine Widlak

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2025
ACCTIS 772

Analysis of Taxes & Business Decisions

3 credits

Analysis of Taxes & Business Decisions covers readings and cases in taxation, focusing on integrating tax provisions and assessing taxpayer impact on business decisions.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Katharine Widlak

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ACCTIS 211Introductory Managerial Accounting
Spring 2027ACCTIS 600Professional Experience in Accounting
Spring 2027ACCTIS 772Analysis of Taxes & Business Decisions
Spring 2027ACCTIS 799Reading and Research-accounting
Fall 2026ACCTIS 211Introductory Managerial Accounting
Fall 2026ACCTIS 799Reading and Research-accounting

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