Spring 2027

Cultural Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography

Survey of cultural anthropology emphasizing ethnographic description, methodology, and contemporary theories through humanistic and social scientific approaches to sociocultural diversity.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Falina Enriquez

The course required a graded discussion every class, meaning students could not skip lectures. Each week included one small-group discussion and one full-class discussion.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
ANTHRO 300 used by

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ELLEN HEBDEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FALINA ENRIQUEZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HAYDER AL-MOHAMMAD is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LARRY NESPER is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LEONIE SCHULTE is recorded teaching in Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YONGMING ZHOU is recorded teaching in Spring 2007. 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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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Falina Enriquez

Falina Enriquez taught a discussion-heavy course where lectures were less central than weekly small-group and class discussions. Students found her knowledgeable about anthropology, though opinions on her enthusiasm varied.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.82 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.82 GPA, 88.2% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Falina Enriquez

The course required a graded discussion every class, meaning students could not skip lectures. Each week included one small-group discussion and one full-class discussion.

Past student reviews · Falina Enriquez

One student appreciated how Enriquez made complex social theory easy to understand, while another found the lectures boring but valued her friendliness and support with accommodations.

Topics

  • Ethnographic description and methodology
  • Approaches to human sociocultural diversity

Skills

  • Ethnographic description and methodology
  • Humanistic and social scientific analysis of sociocultural diversity

Grades

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

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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.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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