Spring 2027

African Literature and Visual Culture

Introduction to African literature and visual culture across various periods and places, with varying specific topics.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Warrick Moses3.3/5Matthew Brown

Summary

1 / 5

Past student reviews · Vlad Dima

The grade consisted of a midterm paper, a final paper, and short weekly discussion posts, with readings that were not considered challenging.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
AFRICAN 303

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027
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About this rating

Raw average: 2.14/5 from 7 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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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.56 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.40 GPA, 70.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.41 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

VLAD DIMA is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WARRICK MOSES is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 240
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 240

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Vlad Dima

One student described the course as an easy A with manageable weekly discussion posts and two major papers.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.40 GPA, 70.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.62 GPA, 79.2% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.47 GPA, 81.2% A/AB (n=32 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Vlad Dima

The grade consisted of a midterm paper, a final paper, and short weekly discussion posts, with readings that were not considered challenging.

Past student reviews · Vlad Dima

A past student found the professor great and the overall experience easy, noting that staying on top of the readings was the main effort.

Topics

  • Literature and visual culture of Africa
  • Various periods and places

Skills

  • Introduction to literature and visual culture of Africa

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
AFRICAN 303 · Spring 2027

African Literature and Visual Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
AFRICAN 303 · Spring 2027

Narrating Authoritarianism

Recorded 2026-10-14
AFRICAN 303 · Spring 2027

How to Write about Music

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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