Spring 2027

Civil Society and Community Leadership

Civil Society and Community Leadership explores nonprofit operations, local expert interactions, and independent investigation to build leadership skills.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Kasey Keeler

A past student reported that attendance and participation collectively made up 35% of the grade in their section.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Define key traits, values, and skills related to leadership and community-building.

  • Describe the history of community activism, evolution of civic engagement, and role(s) of significant individuals and organizations in shaping community and civil leadership today.

  • Demonstrate the role(s) of -isms on community and civic leadership. More specifically, what is the role of race/gender/class/(dis)ability/religion/sexual orientation/etc. on those in leadership positions within communities and across civic groups.

  • Examine how leadership operates in relation to important contemporary topics including diversity, white saviorism, and social justice across communities of color, social class, etc.

  • Offer informed critique of today’s civil society and community leaders.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Junior standing

  • Junior standing
CSCS 460

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KASEY KEELER is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MICHAEL MAGUIRE is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017. 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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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Kasey Keeler

Past students found the course largely discussion-based and slow-paced, with lectures often involving reading from slides and limited analytical engagement.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.46 GPA, 72.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.65 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.64 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Kasey Keeler

A past student reported that attendance and participation collectively made up 35% of the grade in their section.

Past student reviews · Michael Maguire

One historical student described the instructor as caring and engaging, noting that the class emphasized life lessons and kindness over pure academics.

Topics

  • Nonprofit organization operations
  • History of community activism and civic engagement
  • Leadership, diversity, and social justice
  • Impact of identity and systemic factors on leadership

Skills

  • Developing leadership and community-building skills
  • Offering informed critiques of civil society and community leaders
  • Conducting independent investigations of local nonprofits

Grades

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1154 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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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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