Spring 2027

Topics in Ethnology

Topics in Ethnology covers variable content including peoples and cultures of the European part of the USSR, Soviet Asia, anthropology of space and time, and American Indian folklore.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Falina Enriquez2.7/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Katherine Bowie

The course involved a heavy reading load, with students reading approximately one book per week throughout the semester.

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Prerequisites

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ANTHRO 100, 104, 300 or graduate/professional standing

ANTHRO 330

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About this rating

Raw average: 2.26/5 from 43 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 — Spring 2015: 3.68 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

FALINA ENRIQUEZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATHERINE BOWIE is recorded teaching in Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023. 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 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Katherine Bowie

A student who was initially worried about the class found the upper-level seminar to be a great experience, noting that the professor performed well in this specific course.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.74 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Katherine Bowie

The course involved a heavy reading load, with students reading approximately one book per week throughout the semester.

Past student reviews · Katherine Bowie

One student found the 2.5-hour seminars distracting because the instructor frequently went on long tangents involving movies, stories, and pictures only partially related to the content.

Topics

  • Peoples and cultures of the European part of the USSR and Soviet Asia
  • Anthropology of space and time, and anthropology and history
  • Pastoralists and pastoral Nomads, and American Indian folklore

Grades

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

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Selected offering source records
ANTHRO 330 · Spring 2027

Topics in Ethnology

Recorded 2026-10-14
ANTHRO 330 · Spring 2027

Language and Latinidades

Recorded 2026-10-14
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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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