Spring 2027

The Caribbean and Its Diasporas

A survey of Caribbean history from the 15th century to the present, focusing on colonialism, slavery, capitalism, and diasporic migrations to the US and Canada.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Francisco Scarano

A past student rated the difficulty as high, though they described the instructor as fair and helpful during one-on-one conversations.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the historical roots of the racial, political, cultural, and social structures of contemporary Caribbean societies and their diasporas

  • Recognize the multiple ethnic and cultural origins of Caribbean communities and the impact these communities had in the modeling of Atlantic and global historical developments

  • Analyze and synthesize information, provide evidence-based interpretations about the past, and develop arguments regarding the history of Caribbean societies and their global diasporas

  • Identify and analyze within their social, cultural, and economic contexts key historical developments in the history of the Caribbean from the fifteenth century to the present

  • Analyze the role that social and cultural factors—such as gender, religion, ethnicity, and class, among others—had in shaping Caribbean historical developments

  • Identify and analyze within the their social, cultural and economic contexts the history of the idea of race as it relates to the history of the Caribbean

  • Discern the impact of local and global political and economic developments, in the shaping of ideas about racial, ethnic, social, and cultural hierarchies and public policies in Caribbean nations

  • Understand the different methodological approaches and research strategies that historians, anthropologists, and other scholars have used to examine the histories of the Caribbean from the sixteenth century to the present

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
AFROAMER/HISTORY 347

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

FRANCISCO SCARANO is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Francisco Scarano

The course was interesting and received a strong recommendation from a student interested in Caribbean history.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.61 GPA, 71.9% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.72 GPA, 88.1% A/AB (n=59 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 79.2% A/AB (n=53 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Francisco Scarano

A past student rated the difficulty as high, though they described the instructor as fair and helpful during one-on-one conversations.

Past student reviews · Francisco Scarano

The reviewer noted that Professor Scarano had favorites in class, but found him fair and helpful when speaking with him individually.

Topics

  • Colonialism, commodity-based capitalism, and forced labor
  • Migrations to the United States and Canada
  • The history of the idea of race in the Caribbean

Skills

  • Developing evidence-based historical arguments
  • Understanding historical and anthropological research methodologies

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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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.

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Sources & history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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