Spring 2027

Undergraduate Seminar

Undergraduate seminar involving discussion and preparation of reports on specific topics, with the exact focus indicated by the changing title of each offering.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Nam Kim

Summary

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Past student reviews · Karen Strier

Students were expected to be concise with the instructor and know their questions before asking them.

Grade history

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Prerequisites

Course map

Junior standing and declared in the Anthropology undergraduate program or Archaeology undergraduate certificate

    • Junior standing
      • declared in the Anthropology undergraduate program
      • Archaeology undergraduate certificate
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ANTHRO 490

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Prerequisite text tree
  • All of
    • Junior standing
    • Any of
      • declared in the Anthropology undergraduate program
      • Archaeology undergraduate certificate

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 3.75 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.84 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KAREN STRIER is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2010, Fall 2015, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KIRIN NARAYAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Fall 2009. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NAM KIM is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2020, Spring 2024. 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
SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 150

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Karen Strier

Past students found the class facilitated amazing conversations and could deepen their interest in the subject matter.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.66 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Karen Strier

Students were expected to be concise with the instructor and know their questions before asking them.

Past student reviews · Kirin Narayan

One student noted that the professor’s ease of teaching style made learning easy.

Topics

  • Specific topics indicated by the changing title of the seminar

Skills

  • Preparing reports on specific topics
  • Seminar discussion

Grades

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

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Grades over time

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
ANTHRO 490 · Spring 2027

Undergraduate Seminar

Recorded 2026-10-14
ANTHRO 490 · Spring 2027

Arch of Ritual and Religion

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Full model traces

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Model & dataset provenance 
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