Spring 2027

Indigenous Peoples and the Environment

Explores Indigenous relationships to homelands, species, and resources. Highlights American Indian perspectives, conservation practices, and policy environments via US and international case studies.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Jessica Conaway

During summer term, the course required roughly 40–50 hours of work per week. Students reported needing daily attention for 4–6 hours to keep up with the heavy workload.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify diverse Indigenous experiences of and relationships to landscapes

  • Recognize that American Indian and Global Indigenous identities are inextricably linked with the environment

  • Analyze how American Indian and Global Indigenous histories and epistemologies have been marginalized

  • Evaluate relationships between local Wisconsin and global Indigenous environmental issues

  • Reflect on personal, family, and cultural identity

  • Explore outside of cultural and academic comfort zones

  • Practice global citizenry skills, i.e. cultural communications and protocols

  • Critique American Indian stereotypes, exploring subtle versus overt racism

  • Synthesize diverse approaches to addressing global environmental issues

  • Demonstrate skills in articulating these concepts in multi-media formats

  • Recognize contributions of indigenous perspectives and actions to environmental resource protection and management

  • Articulate different perspectives on how indigenous identities are defined in academia and lived in indigenous communities

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
AMERIND/ENVIRST 306

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

LEAH HOROWITZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SAMANTHA BOSCO is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Jessica Conaway, Leah Horowitz

Students found the material on Indigenous groups engaging, though teaching quality varied significantly by instructor. Some praised the content, while others criticized specific professors for lack of engagement or organization.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.57 GPA, 85.6% A/AB (n=180 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.74 GPA, 86.3% A/AB (n=153 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.38 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=137 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Jessica Conaway

During summer term, the course required roughly 40–50 hours of work per week. Students reported needing daily attention for 4–6 hours to keep up with the heavy workload.

Past student reviews · Jessica Conaway, Samantha Bosco

Students frequently noted limited direct communication with professors, often interacting only with TAs. While grading was generally considered fair if work was done, some found the lack of instructor engagement frustrating.

Topics

  • Indigenous identities, worldviews, and environmental governance
  • Resource sustainability and sovereignty
  • Global Indigenous environmental issues and strategies

Skills

  • Articulate concepts in multi-media formats
  • Synthesize diverse approaches to global environmental issues
  • Critique American Indian stereotypes and racism

Grades

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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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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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