Fall 2026

Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability

Sociological analysis of economic growth, environmental sustainability, and social justice in the developing world.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Dan Seel

Summary

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Historical reviews of Jane Collins: Workload includes three 2-page papers, two exams, and a book review, with attendance recommended for paper content.

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Prerequisites

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SOC 181,SOC/​C&E SOC 140, 210, or 211

C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Jane Collins describe her as nice with easy grading, requiring only three 2-page papers, two exams, and a book review. Attendance is optional but recommended for paper content. The course content overlaps with environmental and sociology studies.

JANE COLLINS is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2018. 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

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction3 / 420
LEC 001Classroom Instruction8 / 420
LEC 001Classroom Instruction12 / 420

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Student experience

the class

The course is generally great with content overlapping other environmental and sociology classes, though the current instructor is not covered in the single historical review.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.72 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.50 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.72 GPA, 81.2% A/AB (n=32 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Jane Collins: Workload includes three 2-page papers, two exams, and a book review, with attendance recommended for paper content.

The historical instructor was described as nice and easy grading, making the experience positive.

Topics

  • Poverty, hunger, and educational/technological inequality.
  • Impact of globalization on sustainable development.

Skills

  • Sociological analysis of the interplay between economic growth, environmental sustainability, and social justice.
  • Application of frameworks to understand poverty, hunger, and various forms of inequality in the context of globalization.

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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About this comparison

1320 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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Selected offering source records
C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540 · Fall 2026

Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540 · Fall 2026

Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540 · Fall 2026

Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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