Spring 2027

Southeast Asian Refugees of the "cold" War

In-depth study of peoples, conflicts, and wars in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam during the Cold War era (1945-1990), focusing on the migration and resettlement of over one million Hmong, Khmer, Lao, and Vietnamese in the United States.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Michael M. Cullinane

One past student reported that the grade was based on the TA rather than the professor, describing the class as easy.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe the modern history and the refugee crisis (1975-95) of three Southeast Asian countries: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, including the impact of this history on the present.

  • Analyze these histories within a comparative and interdisciplinary framework.

  • Present ideas clearly in both written and oral form.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2 UW Guide 3

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Prerequisites

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ASIAN/ASIANAM/HISTORY 246

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MICHAEL M. CULLINANE is recorded teaching in Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. 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 · Michael M. Cullinane

Past students described lectures as stimulating and noted the professor's passion for the subject, finding the class overall easy to navigate.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.75 GPA, 91.2% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.85 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.64 GPA, 84.3% A/AB (n=51 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Michael M. Cullinane

One past student reported that the grade was based on the TA rather than the professor, describing the class as easy.

Past student reviews · Michael M. Cullinane

A past student found rubric requirements and grading criteria unclear, noting that the professor could not provide a numerical definition for an A.

Topics

  • Peoples, conflicts, and wars in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
  • Cold War era (1945-1990)
  • Migration and resettlement of Hmong, Khmer, Lao, and Vietnamese in the US
  • Modern history and refugee crisis (1975-95) of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
  • Comparative and interdisciplinary historical analysis

Skills

  • Comparative and interdisciplinary historical analysis
  • Clear written and oral presentation of ideas
  • Understanding modern Southeast Asian history and refugee migration patterns

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.14 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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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.

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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