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1–4 creditsMARKETNG 765 explores advanced subject areas potentially introduced into the business curriculum.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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MARKETNG 765 explores advanced subject areas potentially introduced into the business curriculum.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026MARKETNG 799 is a flexible reading and research course for graduate students to conduct individualized work with instructor consent.
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CURRENT TOPICS IN MARKETING exposes students to emerging industry topics through applied learning.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026A PhD-level seminar analyzing and discussing contemporary issues in marketing.
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Historical reviews of Kersi Antia: Kersi Antia's course was rated as having low difficulty.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleIndividual work to complete dissertation requirement of Ph.D. program.
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MARKETNG 999 is a flexible Ph.D. research and reading course allowing individualized work during regular and intersession periods.
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Covers the strategic cross-functional discipline of supply chain management, including strategy, product development, marketing, finance, sourcing, production, logistics, and technology.
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Workload includes significant reading and a large group project or simulation in the second half. Assessment structures vary, with some terms featuring one exam and others using weekly quizzes instead.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Teaches management perspectives on logistics fundamentals, including transportation, warehousing, and global supply chain practices.
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Reviewers report conflicting workload expectations. One reviewer advises understanding cases and taking notes, while another states that general business acumen is expected and minimal work suffices for an A.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Covers procurement and supply management, including purchasing, cost management, negotiation, sourcing, supplier management, and outsourcing.
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Assignments are not terribly difficult for attentive students, though grading turnaround times are reported to be slow.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Supply Chain Capital Management introduces financing activities for supply chain infrastructure, risk mitigation, and improvement recommendations.
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Fall 2024–Fall 2025 · limited sampleMARKETNG/OTM 722: Logistics Management provides a foundation in transportation, warehousing, MRP, ERP, and supply chain technologies.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Examines financing supply chain infrastructure, including capital structure influencers, risk mitigation, and metrics.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025 · limited sampleCollege Algebra covers properties, equations, and graphs of elementary functions, providing algebra skills required for calculus.
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Students report frequent weekly quizzes, often with short time limits, and exams that do not align with lecture content, requiring significant self-study.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Covers graphs, properties, and geometric significance of trigonometric functions, equations, identities, and complex numbers.
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The workload is light, with homework being optional and grading based on a few exams and weekly quizzes. Students report that doing the homework and attending class is sufficient for success, as exam prep mirrors the actual tests.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Precalculus covers properties, equations, and graphs of elementary functions, providing the algebra and trigonometry skills required for calculus.
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Historical reviews of Prerna Gera: Prerna Gera's course required over ten hours of weekly homework and relied heavily on the textbook due to unclear lectures.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026MATH 141 develops quantitative reasoning and problem-solving skills for students satisfying the Quantitative Reasoning Part A requirement without pursuing calculus.
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Historical reviews of Joel Robbin, Travis Olson: Students report easy tests with frequent drops and no final exam, though Joel Robbin's reviews note the material can be unclear without self-study.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Survey of Calculus 1 covers essential differential and integral calculus, exponential/logarithmic functions, and functions of several variables for prebusiness and social sciences students.
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Historical reviews: Many reviewers describe the course as difficult, citing unclear exams, unfair grading, and lectures that require self-teaching. One student found the workload manageable if they had prior calculus knowledge, noting tests matched review materials.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Survey of Calculus 2 covers first order differential equations, multivariable calculus, constrained optimization, sequences, series, approximation, and probability with business and social science applications.
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Historical reviews of Andrej Zlatos, Boguk Kim, Prerna Gera: Students report that homework often differs significantly from quizzes and exams, requiring extra preparation. Workload varies, with some instructors assigning helpful practice while others make assessments disproportionately difficult.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to differential and integral calculus, plane analytic geometry, and transcendental functions with applications.
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Joseph Miller's course involves minimal homework and exams that are considered manageable, though one student noted the lack of notecards. Chanwoo Kim's course is described as difficult, with grades heavily dependent on midterms and lectures deemed unhelpful.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026MATH 222 covers integration, ODEs, series, and vector geometry.
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The course is difficult, requiring significant time for homework and textbook reading, with exams heavily weighted and often drawn from previous assignments.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to calculus of functions of several variables, covering parameterized curves, derivatives, multiple integrals, and vector calculus.
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Historical reviews of Alexander Hanhart, Joel Robbin, Mikhail Feldman: Alexander Hanhart assigns time-consuming homework, while Mikhail Feldman's quizzes are comically hard despite exams matching the textbook. Joel Robbin also gives long assignments.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026MATH 319 teaches techniques for solving linear ordinary differential equations, including series solutions, boundary value problems, Laplace transforms, and numerical methods.
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Historical reviews of Jessica Lin, Mihaela Ifrim, Xiuxiong Chen: Workload varies from memorizing the textbook to managing a heavy time crunch on tests, with some students noting simple mistakes in homework assignments.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Introduces linear algebra and differential equations, emphasizing the relationship between theory and numerical solution techniques.
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The course features a sharp difficulty curve and strict grading with no rounding. Workload consists of minimal homework, with three exams comprising almost the entire grade.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Covers vector analysis including Green, Gauss, and Stokes theorems, and complex analysis including the residue theorem.
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Historical reviews of Anakewit Boonkasame, Fabian Waleffe, Ronald Dickey: Exams are often described as extremely difficult, long, and harder than the homework. The workload is heavy, with tight deadlines and challenging quizzes that require significant preparation.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Covers axioms, distributions, expectation, inequalities, and limit theorems.
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Historical reviews of Yukun Yue: Yukun Yue’s course was reported as difficult, with exams containing unexpected proofs and varying in difficulty compared to practice materials. Success required significant study effort and reliance on practice problems.
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Spring 2024–Spring 2026MATH 340 is an introduction to linear algebra covering matrix algebra, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues, and inner product spaces.
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Reviewers describe the workload as fairly light and note that Dr. Phillipson’s clear grading criteria make studying manageable, despite the inherent difficulty of the subject matter.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026MATH 341 introduces the theory of linear algebra with a focus on proofs, covering vector spaces, transformations, and eigenvalues.
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Historical reviews of Howard Becker, Jack Burkart: Homework is described as moderate or hard and time-consuming. Exams are moderate to difficult, requiring students to apply class concepts to construct their own proofs.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026MATH 345 introduces linear algebra, multivariable calculus, and optimization theory with data science applications, implemented in Python.
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Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sampleMATH 375 covers advanced topics in multi-variable calculus and linear algebra, including vector spaces, differential calculus, and integration techniques.
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The course is considered hard, with long weekly homework assignments that take significant time. Exams are viewed as fair and related to the homework content.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025MATH 390 introduces undergraduate research within the Madison Experimental Mathematics lab, teaching literature review, software use, and technical writing.
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