Spring 2027

Politics in Multi-cultural Societies

Examines race, ethnicity, and religion as political factors, focusing on cultural pluralism, politics, and policy in the United States and selected other multi-cultural societies.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Benjamin Marquez

Students reported that exams were difficult and extremely picky, particularly regarding vocabulary. Because lectures lacked slides and sometimes covered material unrelated to the tests, taking incredibly good notes was necessary to succeed.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Articulate how events of the past gave rise to racial and ethnic hierarchies in the United States today and how those hierarchies manifest themselves in politics.

  • Recognize and question assumptions about race and ethnicity that are embedded in discussions of U.S. politics.

  • Apply concepts raised in class to life in a multi-cultural society.

  • Describe the ways that racial and ethnic worldviews are shaped and how they change.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Freshman or sophomore standing only

  • Freshman or sophomore standing only
CHICLA/POLISCI 231 used by

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  • Freshman or sophomore standing only

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BENJAMIN MARQUEZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JACK EDELSON is recorded teaching in Spring 2015. 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 · Benjamin Marquez

Past students described Prof. Marquez as passionate and clear about lecture takeaways, often connecting material to his research. However, others found his presentations a little random, resulting in mixed opinions about the overall teaching style.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.16 GPA, 53.7% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.36 GPA, 73.8% A/AB (n=42 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.51 GPA, 68.9% A/AB (n=45 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Benjamin Marquez

Students reported that exams were difficult and extremely picky, particularly regarding vocabulary. Because lectures lacked slides and sometimes covered material unrelated to the tests, taking incredibly good notes was necessary to succeed.

Past student reviews · Benjamin Marquez

One student noted that lecture topics were entirely different from discussion section readings. Another found the lack of slides and strict no-electronics policy frustrating, describing the verbal presentations as rambling and disjointed.

Topics

  • Race, ethnicity, and religion as political factors
  • Cultural pluralism, politics, and policy in the U.S. and other multi-cultural societies
  • Shaping and changing of racial and ethnic worldviews

Skills

  • Analyze historical origins of racial and ethnic hierarchies in U.S. politics.
  • Critique assumptions about race and ethnicity in political discourse.
  • Apply course concepts to multi-cultural societal contexts.

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 recent 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 · 0.15 GPA average error.

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1316 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

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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