{"schema_version":1,"url":"https://uwcourses.com/courses/CLASSICS_103","title":"CLASSICS 103: Nature, Race, and Human Difference | UW–Madison","dataset":{"revision":"e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349","repository":"twangodev/uwcourses","schema_version":6,"importer_version":"7","projection_id":"52a78527ff09011d88cb04c7d43867d9fbfec2930bf1dd2ec359ebd2844e0b07","observed_at":"2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00","built_at":"2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+00:00","courses":8951,"current_instructors":5754,"limited":false,"terms":["1272","1264","1262","1254","1252","1244","1242","1234","1232","1224","1222","1212","1204","1202","1194","1192","1184","1182","1174","1172","1164","1162","1154","1152","1144","1142","1134","1132","1124","1122","1114","1112","1104","1102","1094","1092","1084","1082","1074","1072"],"term":"1272","departments":[{"subject":"AAE","count":90},{"subject":"ABT","count":20},{"subject":"ACCTIS","count":36},{"subject":"ACTSCI","count":14},{"subject":"AFAERO","count":10},{"subject":"AFRICAN","count":87},{"subject":"AFROAMER","count":71},{"subject":"AGROECOL","count":21},{"subject":"AMERIND","count":53},{"subject":"ANAT&PHY","count":7},{"subject":"ANATOMY","count":2},{"subject":"ANESTHES","count":8},{"subject":"ANSCI","count":57},{"subject":"ANTHRO","count":95},{"subject":"ART","count":125},{"subject":"ARTED","count":10},{"subject":"ARTHIST","count":121},{"subject":"ASIALANG","count":129},{"subject":"ASIAN","count":109},{"subject":"ASIANAM","count":28},{"subject":"ASTRON","count":38},{"subject":"ATMOCN","count":69},{"subject":"BIOCHEM","count":51},{"subject":"BIOCORE","count":10},{"subject":"BIOLOGY","count":14},{"subject":"BIOMDSCI","count":18},{"subject":"BME","count":66},{"subject":"BMI","count":41},{"subject":"BMOLCHEM","count":10},{"subject":"BOTANY","count":69},{"subject":"BSE","count":44},{"subject":"C&ESOC","count":73},{"subject":"CBE","count":48},{"subject":"CHEM","count":101},{"subject":"CHICLA","count":52},{"subject":"CIVENGR","count":133},{"subject":"CLASSICS","count":47},{"subject":"CNP","count":10},{"subject":"CNSRSCI","count":50},{"subject":"COMARTS","count":137},{"subject":"COMPBIO","count":15},{"subject":"COMPLIT","count":11},{"subject":"COMPSCI","count":138},{"subject":"COUNPSY","count":78},{"subject":"CRB","count":19},{"subject":"CS&D","count":71},{"subject":"CSCS","count":40},{"subject":"CURRIC","count":193},{"subject":"DANCE","count":93},{"subject":"DERM","count":8},{"subject":"DS","count":88},{"subject":"DYSCI","count":35},{"subject":"ECE","count":155},{"subject":"ECON","count":145},{"subject":"EDPOL","count":114},{"subject":"EDPSYCH","count":97},{"subject":"ELPA","count":70},{"subject":"EMA","count":53},{"subject":"EMERMED","count":17},{"subject":"ENGL","count":206},{"subject":"ENTOM","count":40},{"subject":"ENVIRST","count":148},{"subject":"EP","count":15},{"subject":"EPD","count":67},{"subject":"ESL","count":16},{"subject":"F&WECOL","count":60},{"subject":"FAMMED","count":22},{"subject":"FINANCE","count":50},{"subject":"FOLKLORE","count":40},{"subject":"FOODSCI","count":43},{"subject":"FRENCH","count":63},{"subject":"GEN&WS","count":145},{"subject":"GENBUS","count":72},{"subject":"GENECSLR","count":17},{"subject":"GENETICS","count":60},{"subject":"GEOG","count":113},{"subject":"GEOSCI","count":83},{"subject":"GERMAN","count":82},{"subject":"GLE","count":48},{"subject":"GNS","count":38},{"subject":"GREEK","count":27},{"subject":"HDFS","count":41},{"subject":"HEBR-BIB","count":13},{"subject":"HEBR-MOD","count":10},{"subject":"HISTORY","count":233},{"subject":"HISTSCI","count":56},{"subject":"HONCOL","count":13},{"subject":"ILS","count":43},{"subject":"INFOSYS","count":9},{"subject":"INTEGART","count":7},{"subject":"INTEGSCI","count":22},{"subject":"INTER-AG","count":18},{"subject":"INTER-HE","count":11},{"subject":"INTER-LS","count":22},{"subject":"INTEREGR","count":16},{"subject":"INTLBUS","count":21},{"subject":"INTLST","count":50},{"subject":"ISYE","count":83},{"subject":"ITALIAN","count":53},{"subject":"JEWISH","count":56},{"subject":"JOURN","count":88},{"subject":"KINES","count":128},{"subject":"LACIS","count":26},{"subject":"LANDARC","count":61},{"subject":"LATIN","count":24},{"subject":"LAW","count":120},{"subject":"LEGALST","count":48},{"subject":"LINGUIS","count":35},{"subject":"LIS","count":89},{"subject":"LITTRANS","count":78},{"subject":"LSC","count":52},{"subject":"M&ENVTOX","count":7},{"subject":"MARKETNG","count":62},{"subject":"MATH","count":153},{"subject":"MDGENET","count":8},{"subject":"ME","count":130},{"subject":"MEDHIST","count":43},{"subject":"MEDICINE","count":60},{"subject":"MEDIEVAL","count":32},{"subject":"MEDPHYS","count":39},{"subject":"MEDSC-M","count":29},{"subject":"MEDSC-V","count":41},{"subject":"MHR","count":68},{"subject":"MICROBIO","count":45},{"subject":"MILSCI","count":16},{"subject":"MM&I","count":22},{"subject":"MOLBIOL","count":6},{"subject":"MS&E","count":59},{"subject":"MUSIC","count":165},{"subject":"MUSPERF","count":126},{"subject":"NAVSCI","count":20},{"subject":"NE","count":44},{"subject":"NEURODPT","count":11},{"subject":"NEUROL","count":7},{"subject":"NEURSURG","count":4},{"subject":"NTP","count":11},{"subject":"NURSING","count":111},{"subject":"NUTRSCI","count":65},{"subject":"OBS&GYN","count":18},{"subject":"OCCTHER","count":39},{"subject":"ONCOLOGY","count":14},{"subject":"OPHTHALM","count":5},{"subject":"OTM","count":43},{"subject":"PATH","count":34},{"subject":"PATH-BIO","count":29},{"subject":"PEDIAT","count":26},{"subject":"PHARMACY","count":31},{"subject":"PHILOS","count":77},{"subject":"PHMCOL-M","count":11},{"subject":"PHMPRAC","count":45},{"subject":"PHMSCI","count":60},{"subject":"PHYASST","count":37},{"subject":"PHYSICS","count":88},{"subject":"PHYSIOL","count":3},{"subject":"PHYTHER","count":37},{"subject":"PLANTSCI","count":52},{"subject":"PLPATH","count":35},{"subject":"POLISCI","count":192},{"subject":"POPHLTH","count":58},{"subject":"PORTUG","count":33},{"subject":"PSYCH","count":101},{"subject":"PSYCHIAT","count":22},{"subject":"PUBAFFR","count":54},{"subject":"PUBLHLTH","count":23},{"subject":"RADIOL","count":11},{"subject":"REALEST","count":41},{"subject":"RELIGST","count":90},{"subject":"RHABMED","count":9},{"subject":"RMI","count":24},{"subject":"RP&SE","count":102},{"subject":"S&APHM","count":17},{"subject":"SCANDST","count":73},{"subject":"SLAVIC","count":89},{"subject":"SOC","count":149},{"subject":"SOCWORK","count":87},{"subject":"SOILSCI","count":46},{"subject":"SPANISH","count":83},{"subject":"SRMED","count":21},{"subject":"STAT","count":94},{"subject":"STDYABRD","count":52},{"subject":"STS","count":8},{"subject":"SURGERY","count":25},{"subject":"SURGSCI","count":33},{"subject":"THEATRE","count":91},{"subject":"URBRPL","count":60},{"subject":"UROLOGY","count":5},{"subject":"ZOOLOGY","count":89}],"deployed_at":null},"data":{"course":{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","record_version_id":"1061d9d419daf69512d8d260c6d9e5c55427635d28a48c10ee02da482f51a657","course_id":"CLASSICS 103","course_uid":"course_a584d5b0b3b53a1af5f1eec9","catalog_version_id":"2916b58162a851f4a22b4a90ac0bb5e8392c2b84695b30ab31062ed5dadd1c5d","course_number":103,"subjects":["CLASSICS"],"title":"NATURE, RACE, AND HUMAN DIFFERENCE","description":"What do we mean when we talk about nature? What does it mean to call something natural? Are humans part of nature, and is human difference a product of nature or culture? An introduction to the concepts of nature, culture, and race in both the ancient Mediterranean and contemporary US society with an emphasis on how ancient accounts of human difference have shaped-and continue to shape-modern discourse. Approaching the topics of race, nature, and the environment using critical resources afforded by the humanities, consider how the nature/culture binary is deployed in definitions for race and ethnicity, and show how the experiences of racially marginalized groups in the United States are impacted by ancient debates surrounding nature and human difference, as well as their re-articulation over the intervening millennia.","requirements_text":"None","credits_min":null,"credits_max":null,"credit_offering_ids":[],"llm_job_id":"enrich-f516c4d3e82cfe326b4f5f54","llm_output_id":"aa543f4b8924642011cf1f4d614d66e52b5fcb1cead344db3731c44e16d2a558","llm_model":"nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4","llm_model_revision":"1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5","llm_task_version":"14","llm_search_status":"valid","llm_summary":"CLASSICS 103 introduces concepts of nature, culture, and race in the ancient Mediterranean and contemporary US society.","llm_topics":["Concepts of nature, culture, and race in the ancient Mediterranean and contemporary US society","Influence of ancient accounts of human difference on modern discourse","The nature/culture binary in definitions of race and ethnicity","Impact of ancient debates on experiences of racially marginalized groups in the US"],"llm_skills":["Applying critical humanities resources to analyze race, nature, and the environment","Analyzing the deployment of the nature/culture binary in definitions of race and ethnicity","Demonstrating the impact of ancient debates on modern experiences of racially marginalized groups"],"llm_assumed_background":[],"llm_search_phrases":["ancient Mediterranean nature culture race","human difference ancient modern discourse","nature/culture binary race ethnicity","CLASSICS 103 nature race human difference"],"llm_requirements_status":"valid","llm_student_summary_status":"valid","llm_experience_status":"insufficient_evidence","catalog_variants":[],"student_summary":{"context_hash":"71122f6c96a1e447a5fe5e68b33442675afccc5811b7be188463885ef4b5e7e7","course_id":"CLASSICS 103","current_instructors":[],"difficulty_workload":[{"citations":[{"instructor_name":"Patricia Rosenmeyer","review_date":"2006-04-10 18:43:04 +0000 UTC","review_id":"746c11e41b32026239b37759","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:768461","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExNjg3MzEz","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/768461","type":"review"}],"text":"Historical reviews of Patricia Rosenmeyer: The course was rated as having a difficulty level of 1, suggesting minimal effort or challenge for the reviewer."}],"errors":[],"historical_context":[],"message":null,"offered":false,"profile_hash":"e59ddc7389015d0035b68cd195c939d475bf72b959b29cf12eab59b454ccaef1","quick_take":[{"citations":[{"instructor_name":"Patricia Rosenmeyer","review_date":"2006-04-10 18:43:04 +0000 UTC","review_id":"746c11e41b32026239b37759","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:768461","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExNjg3MzEz","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/768461","type":"review"}],"text":"A historical review from 2006 indicates a low-difficulty, moderate-quality experience under Patricia Rosenmeyer, though the comment field is empty."},{"citations":[{"course_id":"CLASSICS 103","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_record":{"entity_id":"ed3b96b9-4d6f-314f-9ba4-425b7ea9cb39","file":"tables/observations.parquet","kind":"grades","source":"madgrades"},"table":"grades_latest","term_id":"1252","type":"grade"}],"text":"Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.53 GPA, 80.4% A/AB (n=46 letter grades)."}],"student_experience":[{"citations":[{"instructor_name":"Patricia Rosenmeyer","review_date":"2006-04-10 18:43:04 +0000 UTC","review_id":"746c11e41b32026239b37759","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:768461","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExNjg3MzEz","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/768461","type":"review"}],"text":"Historical reviews of Patricia Rosenmeyer: The reviewer assigned a quality rating of 3, but provided no specific comments regarding the student experience."}],"task_hash":"74fb0997943e888960bbc9e47db8c4fd12e4292d55c20509d8d89db6a9910f68","teaching_history":[],"term_id":"1272","term_name":"2026 Fall","version":2},"requirements":{"nodes":[{"children":[],"condition":"None","course":null,"evidence":"None","id":"source_requirements","kind":"condition"}],"notes":["Display fallback using original requirements text; not an LLM-parsed rule."],"root":"source_requirements","status":"needs_review"},"instructors":[],"offerings":[],"sections":[],"grade_instructors":[{"instructor_uid":"instructor_110b2eb3de7a47ff6f378786","source":"madgrades","source_instructor_id":"6586519","identity_basis":"source_id","identity_status":"source_identified","name":"KATIE DENNIS","email":null,"first_observed_at":"2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00","last_observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","ratings":{"review_count":9,"quality":3.11,"difficulty":3.11,"quality_count":9,"difficulty_count":9,"profile_id":"rmp:2968131","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2968131","match_basis":"exact_name","observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:49.083701+00:00","courses":{},"bayesian_quality":3.489093643825238,"prior_mean":3.6596857835465957,"prior_weight":20},"grade_statistics":{"gpa":3.579,"graded":330,"counts":[190,80,33,6,11,5,5],"sections":10},"instructor_url":"/instructors/KATIE_DENNIS--instructor_110b2eb3de7a47ff6f378786"}],"grades":[{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","course_id":"CLASSICS 103","course_uid":"course_a584d5b0b3b53a1af5f1eec9","term_id":"1252","term_name":"Fall 2024","instructors":["Katie Dennis"],"a":25,"ab":12,"b":5,"bc":1,"c":1,"d":1,"f":1,"satisfactory":0,"unsatisfactory":0,"credit":0,"no_credit":0,"passed":0,"incomplete":0,"no_work":0,"not_reported":0,"other":0,"total":46,"source_aliases":["CLASSICS 103"]}],"statistics":{"gpa":3.533,"graded":46,"counts":[25,12,5,1,1,1,1]},"grade_conflicts":[],"evidence":{"history":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_a584d5b0b3b53a1af5f1eec9-0.json"],"traces":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_a584d5b0b3b53a1af5f1eec9-0.json"],"reviews":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/reviews/course_a584d5b0b3b53a1af5f1eec9-0.json"],"results":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_a584d5b0b3b53a1af5f1eec9-0.json"]},"revision":"e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349"},"context":{"all":{"term":"","gpa":3.532608695652174,"count":46,"university":{"size":1333,"gpaPercentile":35,"countPercentile":30,"medianCount":69,"histogram":[{"range":"0.0–0.4","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"0.4–0.8","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"0.8–1.2","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"1.2–1.6","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"1.6–2.0","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"2.0–2.4","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"2.4–2.8","count":14,"current":false},{"range":"2.8–3.2","count":115,"current":false},{"range":"3.2–3.6","count":431,"current":true},{"range":"3.6–4.0","count":773,"current":false}]},"departments":[{"subject":"CLASSICS","comparison":{"size":10,"gpaPercentile":33,"countPercentile":44,"medianCount":47,"histogram":[{"range":"0.0–0.4","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"0.4–0.8","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"0.8–1.2","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"1.2–1.6","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"1.6–2.0","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"2.0–2.4","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"2.4–2.8","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"2.8–3.2","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"3.2–3.6","count":6,"current":true},{"range":"3.6–4.0","count":4,"current":false}]}}]},"terms":{"1252":{"term":"1252","gpa":3.532608695652174,"count":46,"university":{"size":1333,"gpaPercentile":35,"countPercentile":30,"medianCount":69,"histogram":[{"range":"0.0–0.4","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"0.4–0.8","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"0.8–1.2","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"1.2–1.6","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"1.6–2.0","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"2.0–2.4","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"2.4–2.8","count":14,"current":false},{"range":"2.8–3.2","count":115,"current":false},{"range":"3.2–3.6","count":431,"current":true},{"range":"3.6–4.0","count":773,"current":false}]},"departments":[{"subject":"CLASSICS","comparison":{"size":10,"gpaPercentile":33,"countPercentile":44,"medianCount":47,"histogram":[{"range":"0.0–0.4","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"0.4–0.8","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"0.8–1.2","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"1.2–1.6","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"1.6–2.0","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"2.0–2.4","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"2.4–2.8","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"2.8–3.2","count":0,"current":false},{"range":"3.2–3.6","count":6,"current":true},{"range":"3.6–4.0","count":4,"current":false}]}}]}},"benchmarks":{"all":{"school":{"size":1333,"gpa":3.619494049739118,"topShare":79.71442190500672,"count":69},"CLASSICS":{"size":10,"gpa":3.5454275967432225,"topShare":78.55636227082606,"count":47}},"terms":{"1252":{"school":{"size":1333,"gpa":3.619494049739118,"topShare":79.71442190500672,"count":69},"CLASSICS":{"size":10,"gpa":3.5454275967432225,"topShare":78.55636227082606,"count":47}}}}},"instructorTrends":[{"uid":"instructor_110b2eb3de7a47ff6f378786","name":"KATIE DENNIS","count":46,"terms":[{"term":"1252","count":46,"sections":1,"gpa":3.532608695652174}]}],"following":[],"projection":null}}