UNIV-104D
ART & SCIENCE OF WHAT 'WORKS'
Not in Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students say they actually learn something useful. Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.
DepartmentARTS&SCI
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment13–128
Semesters of data1
88
Responses
193
Enrollment
46%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
3.9
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
3.5
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.0
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
1.7
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysislow
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 292 comments across 5 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students say they actually learn something useful. Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
More reachable A
Student comments make the grading bar sound relatively reachable. This reads more like a course where steady work is rewarded than one where students describe the A as unusually hard to land.
Homework Load
Homework load is mixed
Homework load looks uneven. Some students call it fair or manageable, while others say the weekly work sprawls more than expected.
Lecture Load
Lighter lecture burden
Student comments describe this as more discussion-, seminar-, or workshop-driven than lecture-dependent. The lecture burden itself does not sound like the main source of friction.
Strengths
• Students repeatedly say the course teaches something concrete, whether that is content mastery, research skill, or a strong foundation.
• Discussion is a clear strength; students repeatedly describe the class conversation as engaging and useful.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective.
Watch out for
• Most of the signal comes from a limited sample, so be careful about over-generalizing.
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
In this class, we explored a lot of topics that were about us, then about our relationships with others, and finally some more general knowledge. For instance, we discussed how we can better improve our sleep, how we can better specify boundaries with relationships, and what other topics might be valuable to know.
Fall 2024 · Daily, Shaundra
1. How to discuss difficult topics 2. How to expand my viewpoint with new topics 3. Learned how to collaborate with others in new environments.
Fall 2024 · Daily, Shaundra
How to evaluate art pieces.
Fall 2024 · Daily, Shaundra
1. Initiating group or partner discussions in class with individuals I had no prior relationships with. Over time, as the class progressed, this skill improved significantly. 2. Learning to navigate differences with confidence and becoming more comfortable with discomfort in challenging situations. 3. Developing greater confidence in questioning information, including data and studies, and recognizing that studies do not necessarily define absolute truth—particularly when they aren't my own work.
Fall 2024 · Daily, Shaundra
I developed skills in analyzing data and artwork. We looked at different short clips and learned how to analyze and talk about them. We did surveys and learned how to analyze the data. We also looked at artwork and learned how to analyze and discuss it.
Fall 2024 · Daily, Shaundra
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | Daily, Shaundra 3.1Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.1Difficulty1.3Would retake71%Based on 7 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 3.9 | 1.7 | — | 193 |
Instructor
Daily, ShaundraELEC&CMP
Also teaches
ECE-110L FUND OF ELEC AND COMP ENGR4.0ECE-653 HUMAN-CENTERED COMPUTINGEGR-190 SPECIAL TOPICS4.0PSY-232 ART & SCIENCE OF WHAT “WORKS”4.3UNIV-104 ART & SCIENCE OF WHAT 'WORKS'4.2