Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Special Topics
SPECIAL TOPICS covers advanced topics in sociology, with specific subjects varying by offering.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
Grade history
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Prerequisites
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Professors
Spring 2027About this rating
Raw average: 2.00/5 from 2 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 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
CHLOE HART is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KATHERINE CURTIS is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. 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 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEM 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 50 | 0 |
| SEM 005 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 20 | 0 |
| SEM 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 50 | 0 |
| SEM 005 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 20 | 0 |
| SEM 004 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 20 | 0 |
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
Meeting source records
Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
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Topics
- Advanced sociology topics
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
Grades over time
Through Spring 2026
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Catalog & offerings
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Catalog observation history
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Selected offering source records
Special Topics
Recorded 2026-10-29Interdis Trn Sem Ed Sciences
Recorded 2026-10-29Spatial Thinking
Recorded 2026-10-29Special Topics
Recorded 2026-10-29Interdis Trn Sem Ed Sciences
Recorded 2026-10-29Spatial Thinking
Recorded 2026-10-29Res Experimental Methodology
Recorded 2026-10-29Raw records
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