Spring 2027

The History of the University in the West

Traces the development of higher education and the university in the United States and Europe since the Middle Ages, focusing on its intellectual, political, and social history.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Batuhan Aydagul

Summary

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Past student reviews · Matthew Farrelly

The workload was described as manageable, typically involving one homework assignment per week plus a final paper and slideshow.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate your knowledge and explain—in essays, exams, and online and face-to-face discussions—the significance of key actors, events, themes, and ideas relating to the history of American education.

  • Interpret and contextualize a range of primary historical sources.

  • Identify and evaluate historical arguments in secondary scholarly works.

  • Develop and support your own historical interpretations based on primary and secondary sources.

  • Engage in open and respectful dialogue while reflecting upon and acknowledging your own biases.

  • Connect your academic work to contemporary public debates, to consider diverse perspectives, and to develop, revise, and support your own ideas about the world.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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EDPOL/HISTORY 107

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Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MATTHEW FARRELLY is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. 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 / 300
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Matthew Farrelly

Past students found the class super chill, with a professor who valued building meaningful relationships and was always available to help.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.40 GPA, 65.4% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.33 GPA, 73.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Matthew Farrelly

The workload was described as manageable, typically involving one homework assignment per week plus a final paper and slideshow.

Past student reviews · Matthew Farrelly

Students noted the course was reading-heavy, though class time included discussions on the assigned readings.

Topics

  • Intellectual, political, and social history of higher education
  • The university as idea, institution, and community

Skills

  • Interpreting and contextualizing primary historical sources
  • Identifying and evaluating historical arguments in secondary scholarly works
  • Developing and supporting historical interpretations from primary and secondary sources

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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About this comparison

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

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
EDPOL/HISTORY 107 · Spring 2027

The History of the University in the West

Recorded 2026-10-14
EDPOL/HISTORY 107 · Spring 2027

The History of the University in the West

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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