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French and Italian

College of Letters and Science · University of Wisconsin-Madison
49,051 grades144 courses326 professors39 terms

Department and course prefixes as University of Wisconsin-Madison lists them in its own catalog.

3.56
average GPA across 49,051 grades
+4% vs. University of Wisconsin-Madison overall (3.42)
95%
A or B
of 49,051 grades
1.5%
D, F or withdrew
A65.6%
B29.0%
Every term against the 3.56 department average 39 terms
Fall 2006Spring 2026
Course prefixes · 2
PrefixDistributionGPAGrades
FRENCH · 98 courses
3.55 −0% vs. department 34,658
ITALIAN · 46 courses
3.57 +0% vs. department 14,393
Most taken
ITALIAN 101
FIRST SEMESTER ITALIAN
3.53
5,075 grades
−1% vs. dept
FRENCH 101
FIRST SEMESTER FRENCH
3.50
5,047 grades
−2% vs. dept
FRENCH 102
SECOND SEMESTER FRENCH
3.40
3,595 grades
−4% vs. dept
FRENCH 203
THIRD SEMESTER FRENCH
3.33
3,577 grades
−6% vs. dept
FRENCH 204
FOURTH SEMESTER FRENCH
3.36
3,289 grades
−5% vs. dept
ITALIAN 102
SECOND SEMESTER ITALIAN
3.49
3,106 grades
−2% vs. dept
FRENCH 228
INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
3.56
2,891 grades
+0% vs. dept
FRENCH 271
LITERATURE, COMICS, AND FILM IN FRENCH
3.64
1,970 grades
+2% vs. dept
Courses with a grade record · 144
100 level8200 level17300 level20400 level19500 level7600 level41700 level12800 level7900 level13
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level8 courses
ITALIAN 101 · — FIRST SEMESTER ITALIAN
3.53 −1% vs. dept 5,075
FRENCH 101 · — FIRST SEMESTER FRENCH
3.50 −2% vs. dept 5,047
ITALIAN 102 · — SECOND SEMESTER ITALIAN
3.49 −2% vs. dept 3,106
FRENCH 102 · — SECOND SEMESTER FRENCH
3.40 −4% vs. dept 3,595
FRENCH 105 · — ACCELERATED INTRODUCTORY FRENCH
3.14 −12% vs. dept 14
ITALIAN 150 · — RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE ITALIAN AMERICANS
3.53 −1% vs. dept 15
ITALIAN 181
3.70 +4% vs. dept 124
ITALIAN 182
3.79 +6% vs. dept 73
200 level17 courses
ITALIAN 201
3.66 +3% vs. dept 712
FRENCH 201
3.53 −1% vs. dept 116
ITALIAN 202
3.64 +2% vs. dept 21
ITALIAN 203 · — THIRD SEMESTER ITALIAN
3.46 −3% vs. dept 1,854
FRENCH 203 · — THIRD SEMESTER FRENCH
3.33 −6% vs. dept 3,577
ITALIAN 204 · — FOURTH SEMESTER ITALIAN
3.68 +4% vs. dept 695
FRENCH 204 · — FOURTH SEMESTER FRENCH
3.36 −5% vs. dept 3,289
FRENCH 211 · — FRENCH LITERARY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
3.64 +2% vs. dept 1,099
FRENCH 227
3.57 +0% vs. dept 1,257
FRENCH 228 · — INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
3.56 +0% vs. dept 2,891
ITALIAN 230 · — MODERN ITALIAN CULTURE
3.57 +0% vs. dept 247
FRENCH 240
3.54 −0% vs. dept 37
FRENCH 248 · — ETHNIC STUDIES IN THE FRENCH/FRANCOPHONE WORLD(S)
3.47 −2% vs. dept 36
FRENCH 271 · — LITERATURE, COMICS, AND FILM IN FRENCH
3.64 +2% vs. dept 1,970
FRENCH 285 · — REBELLIOUS WOMEN FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH
3.56 −0% vs. dept 89
FRENCH 288 · — DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES)
3.88 +9% vs. dept 448
ITALIAN 299 · — DIRECTED STUDY
4.00 +12% vs. dept 23
300 level20 courses
ITALIAN 301 · — ITALIAN FOR READING KNOWLEDGE
3.92 +10% vs. dept 92
FRENCH 301 · — PRACTICAL FRENCH CONVERSATION
3.93 +11% vs. dept 463
FRENCH 302 · — PRACTICAL FRENCH CONVERSATION
3.92 +10% vs. dept 400
FRENCH 311 · — ADVANCED COMPOSITION AND SPEAKING
3.56 +0% vs. dept 755
ITALIAN 311 · — ADVANCED ITALIAN LANGUAGE
3.71 +4% vs. dept 320
ITALIAN 312 · — WRITING WORKSHOP
3.64 +2% vs. dept 219
FRENCH 312 · — ADVANCED WRITING WORKSHOP
3.74 +5% vs. dept 245
FRENCH 314 · — CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND NGOS
3.84 +8% vs. dept 22
FRENCH 321 · — MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN FRENCH LITERATURE
3.61 +1% vs. dept 1,123
ITALIAN 321 · — STUDIES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE I
3.56 −0% vs. dept 285
FRENCH 322 · — MODERN FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE
3.64 +2% vs. dept 1,204
ITALIAN 322 · — STUDIES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE II
3.69 +4% vs. dept 228
FRENCH 325 · — VISUAL CULTURE IN FRENCH/FRANCOPHONE STUDIES
3.67 +3% vs. dept 78
ITALIAN 340 · — STRUCTURES OF ITALIAN
3.83 +8% vs. dept 100
FRENCH 345 · — FRENCH FASHION AND LITERATURE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO TODAY
3.60 +1% vs. dept 110
FRENCH 347 · — KNIGHTS, PRIESTS AND PEASANTS: FRANCE 800-1789
3.65 +3% vs. dept 948
FRENCH 348 · — MODERNITY STUDIES
3.58 +1% vs. dept 563
FRENCH 350
4.00 +12% vs. dept 14
FRENCH 351
3.64 +2% vs. dept 18
FRENCH 391 · — FRENCH FOR READING KNOWLEDGE
3.81 +7% vs. dept 234
400 level19 courses
ITALIAN 423
3.82 +7% vs. dept 19
FRENCH 429 · — INTRODUCTION TO THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES
3.68 +3% vs. dept 918
FRENCH 430 · — READINGS IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
3.68 +3% vs. dept 31
FRENCH 431 · — READINGS IN EARLY MODERN LITERATURE
3.60 +1% vs. dept 60
FRENCH 432
3.68 +3% vs. dept 22
FRENCH 433
3.53 −1% vs. dept 83
ITALIAN 440 · — POVERTY, ECOLOGY AND THE ARTS: ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
3.73 +5% vs. dept 11
FRENCH 449
3.41 −4% vs. dept 79
ITALIAN 450 · — SPECIAL TOPICS IN ITALIAN LITERATURE
3.81 +7% vs. dept 47
FRENCH 451
3.71 +4% vs. dept 36
ITALIAN 452 · — SPECIAL TOPICS IN ITALIAN STUDIES: CULTURE, FILM, LANGUAGE
3.78 +6% vs. dept 168
ITALIAN 453
3.88 +9% vs. dept 76
ITALIAN 460 · — ITALIAN FILM
3.76 +6% vs. dept 23
FRENCH 461 · — FRENCH/FRANCOPHONE LITERARY STUDIES ACROSS THE CENTURIES
3.58 +1% vs. dept 104
FRENCH 462 · — FRENCH/FRANCOPHONE CULTURAL STUDIES ACROSS THE CENTURIES
3.71 +4% vs. dept 170
FRENCH 464 · — LITERATURE AND MEDICINE IN FRENCH-SPEAKING CULTURES
3.53 −1% vs. dept 31
FRENCH 465 · — FRENCH/FRANCOPHONE FILM
3.61 +1% vs. dept 153
FRENCH 467 · — ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY FRENCH LITERATURE
3.50 −2% vs. dept 53
FRENCH 472
3.69 +4% vs. dept 58
500 level7 courses
FRENCH 523
3.75 +5% vs. dept 8
FRENCH 555
3.79 +7% vs. dept 12
FRENCH 567
3.78 +6% vs. dept 34
FRENCH 568
3.56 +0% vs. dept 32
FRENCH 569 · — CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE AND CULTURE: FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE PERSPECTIVES
3.66 +3% vs. dept 34
FRENCH 590 · — INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS
3.68 +3% vs. dept 203
FRENCH 595
3.68 +3% vs. dept 31
600 level41 courses
ITALIAN 601
3.68 +3% vs. dept 11
FRENCH 615
3.70 +4% vs. dept 152
FRENCH 616
3.83 +8% vs. dept 54
FRENCH 617
3.85 +8% vs. dept 46
FRENCH 618
3.89 +9% vs. dept 44
ITALIAN 621 · — THE 18TH CENTURY
3.96 +11% vs. dept 40
ITALIAN 622 · — THE 18TH CENTURY
3.88 +9% vs. dept 25
ITALIAN 623 · — ITALIAN THEATRE
3.92 +10% vs. dept 33
FRENCH 623
3.79 +7% vs. dept 143
FRENCH 626
3.55 −0% vs. dept 62
FRENCH 630
3.43 −4% vs. dept 28
FRENCH 631
3.74 +5% vs. dept 17
ITALIAN 631 · — FEATURES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE
3.88 +9% vs. dept 85
ITALIAN 632 · — FEATURES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE
3.93 +10% vs. dept 40
FRENCH 633
3.54 −1% vs. dept 25
FRENCH 634
3.64 +2% vs. dept 11
ITALIAN 635
3.88 +9% vs. dept 12
ITALIAN 636 · — THE ITALIAN NOVEL
3.94 +11% vs. dept 40
FRENCH 636
3.81 +7% vs. dept 56
FRENCH 637
3.86 +8% vs. dept 7
ITALIAN 637
3.50 −2% vs. dept 8
FRENCH 639
3.83 +8% vs. dept 38
FRENCH 640
3.71 +4% vs. dept 50
ITALIAN 641
3.88 +9% vs. dept 28
FRENCH 642
3.76 +6% vs. dept 150
FRENCH 645
3.88 +9% vs. dept 37
FRENCH 646
3.84 +8% vs. dept 25
FRENCH 647
3.80 +7% vs. dept 23
ITALIAN 651
3.96 +11% vs. dept 14
FRENCH 653
3.83 +8% vs. dept 9
FRENCH 657
3.75 +5% vs. dept 6
ITALIAN 659 · — DANTE'S DIVINA COMMEDIA
3.90 +10% vs. dept 52
ITALIAN 660
3.97 +12% vs. dept 18
FRENCH 665
3.75 +5% vs. dept 51
FRENCH 671
3.79 +6% vs. dept 7
ITALIAN 671 · — THE 13TH CENTURY
3.86 +9% vs. dept 11
FRENCH 672 · — TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
3.75 +5% vs. dept 53
ITALIAN 672
4.00 +12% vs. dept 11
FRENCH 690
3.43 −4% vs. dept 7
FRENCH 699 · — DIRECTED STUDY
4.00 +12% vs. dept 1
ITALIAN 699 · — DIRECTED STUDY
4.00 +12% vs. dept 6
700 level12 courses
FRENCH 701
3.75 +5% vs. dept 8
FRENCH 703
3.83 +8% vs. dept 12
FRENCH 704
3.86 +8% vs. dept 14
FRENCH 705
3.94 +11% vs. dept 16
ITALIAN 731 · — FEATURES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE
3.94 +11% vs. dept 25
ITALIAN 732 · — FEATURES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE
3.91 +10% vs. dept 23
ITALIAN 741 · — THE 17TH CENTURY AND ARCADIA
3.92 +10% vs. dept 24
FRENCH 750 · — RESEARCH LABORATORY I: INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE RESEARCH
3.94 +11% vs. dept 8
ITALIAN 772
3.94 +11% vs. dept 9
FRENCH 793
3.99 +12% vs. dept 159
FRENCH 799 · — INDEPENDENT STUDY
3.95 +11% vs. dept 518
ITALIAN 799 · — INDEPENDENT STUDY
4.00 +12% vs. dept 2
800 level7 courses
FRENCH 804 · — INTERDISCIPLINARY WESTERN EUROPEAN AREA STUDIES SEMINAR
3.91 +10% vs. dept 74
FRENCH 817
3.96 +11% vs. dept 42
FRENCH 820 · — COLLEGE TEACHING OF FRENCH
3.88 +9% vs. dept 105
FRENCH 821 · — ISSUES IN METHODS OF TEACHING FRENCH AND ITALIAN
3.92 +10% vs. dept 224
FRENCH 825 · — GRAMMAR AND STYLE
3.78 +6% vs. dept 30
FRENCH 826
3.75 +5% vs. dept 20
FRENCH 850
3.96 +11% vs. dept 12
900 level13 courses
FRENCH 901 · — SEMINAR-MATERIALS AND METHODS OF RESEARCH
3.86 +8% vs. dept 186
FRENCH 932
3.66 +3% vs. dept 34
FRENCH 935
3.87 +9% vs. dept 26
FRENCH 939
3.81 +7% vs. dept 18
FRENCH 947 · — SEMINAR: LITERATURE QUESTIONS
3.83 +8% vs. dept 99
FRENCH 948 · — SEMINAR: LITERATURE QUESTIONS
3.67 +3% vs. dept 90
FRENCH 949
3.78 +6% vs. dept 16
FRENCH 951
3.71 +4% vs. dept 21
ITALIAN 951 · — SEMINAR-STUDIES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE
3.90 +10% vs. dept 182
ITALIAN 952 · — SEMINAR-STUDIES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE
3.86 +8% vs. dept 161
FRENCH 955
3.83 +8% vs. dept 9
FRENCH 957
3.70 +4% vs. dept 10
FRENCH 968
3.86 +9% vs. dept 11
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