Spring 2027

Introduction to Afro-american Art

Introduction to Afro-American Art surveys the historical evolution of African American art from its African heritage through the creativity of the 1970s.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Anthony Black3.4/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Anthony Black

Assessments included one midterm with slide identification, three short papers, and two longer analyses. Students noted significant reading and memorization requirements for specific artwork details.

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Prerequisites

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AFROAMER/ARTHIST 242

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Professors

Spring 2027
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About this rating

Raw average: 3.34/5 from 44 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.

For this course: 4.2/5 raw quality · 2.4/5 difficulty · 5 reviews

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Past student reviews · Anthony Black

Anthony Black's course featured a midterm with slide identification requiring memorization, alongside three short reading summaries and two analysis papers. Students found the reading responses time-consuming, though the projects were generally short and manageable. Lecture slides were not posted online, and the class relied heavily on discussion and participation.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.82 GPA, 91.1% A/AB (n=45 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.41 GPA, 69.8% A/AB (n=43 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Freida Tesfagiorgis

A student found the material relatively interesting and the tests fair under Freida Tesfagiorgis, though the power lecture could be a killer. The overall experience was described as alright.

ANTHONY BLACK is recorded teaching in Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FREIDA TESFAGIORGIS is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEANNE ESSAME is recorded teaching in Spring 2013. 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 / 600
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 600

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Anthony Black

Students found the class interesting and manageable, with Prof. Black described as understanding and caring. The course was impactful for some, though others noted it was hard but worth it.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 94.8% A/AB (n=58 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.41 GPA, 69.8% A/AB (n=43 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Anthony Black

Assessments included one midterm with slide identification, three short papers, and two longer analyses. Students noted significant reading and memorization requirements for specific artwork details.

Past student reviews · Anthony Black

One student complained that lecture slides were not online, while another found the cold-calling and repetitive memorization tasks on the midterm to be redundant.

Topics

  • Evolution of African American art from African heritage to the 1970s
  • Aesthetic sensibilities of diverse styles and social significance of Black art

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.18 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 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
AFROAMER/ARTHIST 242 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Afro-American Art

Recorded 2026-10-29
AFROAMER/ARTHIST 242 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Afro-American Art

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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