Fall 2026

The Greeks

CLASSICS 320 explores Greek literature in translation, emphasizing its social background.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Jeff BenekerJo SpellmanNicholas Canham

Summary

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Historical reviews of Jeffrey Beneker: The course requires significant writing, including weekly responses and a research paper, with some students finding the workload heavier than STEM classes.

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Communications A

  • Satisfied Communications A
CLASSICS 320

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  • Satisfied Communications A

Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.64 GPA, 84.0% A/AB (n=163 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.52 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=99 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.70 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=122 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Jeffrey Beneker: Jeff Beneker is a passionate and knowledgeable instructor who presents history through engaging storytelling rather than dry facts. Reviewers appreciate his accommodating nature, including providing extensions and easy quizzes, though some note the workload can be intense with multiple simultaneous assignments.

JEFFREY SCOTT BENEKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WILLIAM BROCKLISS is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2017, 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 Instruction125 / 1260
DIS 301Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 302Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 303Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 304Classroom Instruction17 / 180
DIS 305Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 306Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 307Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 333Classroom Instruction0 / 00

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Jeffrey Beneker: Jeff Beneker delivers engaging, storytelling-based lectures on Greek culture that make the material interesting and digestible for students.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.64 GPA, 84.0% A/AB (n=163 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.52 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=99 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.70 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=122 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Jeffrey Beneker: The course requires significant writing, including weekly responses and a research paper, with some students finding the workload heavier than STEM classes.

Historical reviews of Jeffrey Beneker: Students appreciate Beneker's accommodating nature and the writing improvement gained, though attendance is mandatory as lectures are not posted online.

Topics

  • Greek literature
  • Social background of ancient Greece

Grades

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Fall 2026 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 same-season 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.

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Where this course fits relative to

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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
CLASSICS 320 · Fall 2026

The Greeks

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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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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