Spring 2027

Special Topics in Gender & Literature

Special Topics in Gender & Literature investigates a rotating specific topic connecting gender and women's studies with literature.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jill Casid3.2/5Amber SteigerJesse Waggoner

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.80 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.43 GPA, 80.6% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=104 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe literary concepts key to the field of gender and women's studies.

  • Critically examine gender in literature through a feminist lens.

  • Synthesize and effectively communicate relevant literary, cultural, historical, and theoretical information through oral, written, and/or collaborative work.

  • Apply key frameworks from literary studies and feminist thought to everyday lived experiences, cultural production, and social issues.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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GEN&WS 101, 102, 103, or SOC/​GEN&WS 200

ENGL/GEN&WS 350

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Professors

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Raw average: 2.92/5 from 25 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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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 400
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 400
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 400
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 400

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.80 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.43 GPA, 80.6% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=104 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Gender and women's studies related to literature
  • Literary concepts key to gender and women's studies
  • Feminist thought applied to lived experiences and social issues

Skills

  • Critical examination of gender in literature using a feminist lens
  • Synthesizing and communicating literary, cultural, historical, and theoretical information
  • Applying literary studies and feminist thought frameworks to social issues

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

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
ENGL/GEN&WS 350 · Spring 2027

Special Topics in Gender & Literature

Recorded 2026-10-29
ENGL/GEN&WS 350 · Spring 2027

Gender, Health & Waiting Rooms

Recorded 2026-10-29
ENGL/GEN&WS 350 · Spring 2027

QueerTransCrip Graphic Novels

Recorded 2026-10-29
ENGL/GEN&WS 350 · Spring 2027

Special Topics in Gender & Literature

Recorded 2026-10-29
ENGL/GEN&WS 350 · Spring 2027

Gender, Health & Waiting Rooms

Recorded 2026-10-29
ENGL/GEN&WS 350 · Spring 2027

QueerTransCrip Graphic Novels

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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