Spring 2027

The Romans

The Romans covers Latin literature in translation with an emphasis on its social background.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Katie Dennis3.5/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Alice gaber

Students reported a significant amount of reading required for the class, alongside a final paper that was considered somewhat difficult.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of ancient Roman society and culture.

  • Examine, analyze, and interpret ancient texts in translation and material culture.

  • Critique ancient Greek, Roman, and/or Near Eastern societies and cultures and compare them to other societies and cultures.

  • Demonstrate advanced skills in critical reading, logical thinking, and the use of evidence.

  • Demonstrate advanced skills in the use of appropriate style and disciplinary conventions in writing and speaking.

  • Demonstrate advanced skills in the use of core library resources specific to the Roman world.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Communications A

  • Satisfied Communications A
CLASSICS 322

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  • Satisfied Communications A

Professors

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About this rating

Raw average: 3.11/5 from 9 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: 3.52 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=128 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 82.6% A/AB (n=86 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ALICE GABER is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GRANT NELSESTUEN is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATIE DENNIS is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NANDINI PANDEY is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TARA MULDER 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

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1080
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 180

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Alice gaber

The course featured no exams, relying instead on a few short writing assignments, online quizzes, and a final paper to determine grades.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 82.6% A/AB (n=86 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.83 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=126 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.64 GPA, 79.2% A/AB (n=101 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Alice gaber

Students reported a significant amount of reading required for the class, alongside a final paper that was considered somewhat difficult.

Past student reviews · Alice gaber

Lectures were optional, but discussion attendance was graded, and students found it easy to get a good grade by completing assignments on time.

Topics

  • Latin literature in translation
  • Social background of Roman literature
  • Ancient Roman society and culture
  • Material culture

Skills

  • Knowledge of ancient Roman society and culture
  • Analyzing and interpreting ancient texts in translation and material culture
  • Critiquing and comparing ancient societies and cultures
  • Critical reading, logical thinking, and using evidence
  • Writing and speaking with appropriate style and disciplinary conventions
  • Using core library resources specific to the Roman world

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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

8 earlier forecasts · 0.14 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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1280 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 322 · Spring 2027

The Romans

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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