Fall 2026

Special Topics

C&ESOC/SOC 875 covers advanced, variable topics in sociology for graduate students.

offering recorded1–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Chad Goldberg4.3/5Ivan Ermakoff4.1/5Chloe Hart4.0/5 +4 more

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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).

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing

  • Graduate/professional standing
C&ESOC/SOC 875

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Fall 2026

Chad Goldberg

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Raw average: 4.52/5 from 48 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 — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

Ivan Ermakoff

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Raw average: 4.48/5 from 21 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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Chloe Hart

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Raw average: 4.35/5 from 20 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 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Raw average: 4.20/5 from 10 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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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

CHAD GOLDBERG is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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.

IVAN ERMAKOFF is recorded teaching in 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.

MICHAELA HOFFELMEYER is recorded teaching in Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

XUAN NGUYEN is recorded teaching in 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

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 500
SEM 003Classroom Instruction0 / 200
SEM 006Classroom Instruction2 / 200
SEM 004Classroom Instruction0 / 150
SEM 011Classroom Instruction3 / 80
SEM 012Classroom Instruction2 / 80
SEM 005Classroom Instruction0 / 150
SEM 001Classroom Instruction3 / 500
SEM 003Classroom Instruction4 / 200
SEM 006Classroom Instruction6 / 200
SEM 004Classroom Instruction0 / 150
SEM 011Classroom Instruction3 / 80
SEM 012Classroom Instruction4 / 80
SEM 005Classroom Instruction1 / 150

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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).

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Topics

  • Advanced sociology topics

Grades

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

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Grades over time

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Sources & history

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Catalog & offerings

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Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Special Topics

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Interdis Trn Sem Ed Sciences

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Res in Qualitative Methodology

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Spatial Thinking

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Res Experimental Methodology

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

WHAT (Wis Hist Analysis Table)

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Sociology of Agriculture

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Issues in Food Systems

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Special Topics

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Interdis Trn Sem Ed Sciences

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Res in Qualitative Methodology

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Spatial Thinking

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Res Experimental Methodology

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

WHAT (Wis Hist Analysis Table)

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Sociology of Agriculture

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 875 · Fall 2026

Issues in Food Systems

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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