Spring 2027

The Environment: Religion & Ethics

This course explores how religious communities confront global environmental challenges using case studies from India and Indonesia.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Anna Gade3.9/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Anna Gade

The course required five 2-page papers, two exams, and one 5-page paper.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

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ENVIRST/RELIGST 270

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Raw average: 3.98/5 from 62 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.

For this course: 5.0/5 raw quality · 2.5/5 difficulty · 4 reviews

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Past student reviews · Anna Gade

Students described the workload as five two-page papers, two exams, and one five-page paper. Anna Gade was called engaging, though one student admitted to not fully understanding the material at times.

Other students praised Anna Gade for explaining concepts well and being kind, noting she was funny and knowledgeable about environmental ethics. They reported learning a lot from the course.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.92 GPA, 98.2% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.86 GPA, 91.8% A/AB (n=61 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 97.9% A/AB (n=48 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANNA GADE is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, 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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LEC 001Online Only0 / 1000
LEC 001Online Only0 / 800

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Anna Gade

Students found Anna Gade’s teaching engaging and clear, with one noting they learned a lot about environmental ethics despite initial unfamiliarity with the subject.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.92 GPA, 98.2% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.86 GPA, 91.8% A/AB (n=61 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 97.9% A/AB (n=48 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Anna Gade

The course required five 2-page papers, two exams, and one 5-page paper.

Past student reviews · Anna Gade

One student described Gade as cool and funny, appreciating her extensive knowledge of the field.

Topics

  • Religious sources for understanding and addressing environmental change.
  • Case studies from culturally and religiously plural societies, specifically India and Indonesia.
  • Diverse varieties of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
  • Environmental humanities approaches related to philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology, and ethics.

Skills

  • Analyze sources used by religious communities to understand and address environmental change.
  • Examine case studies of religious engagement with environmental issues in plural societies like India and Indonesia.
  • Apply interdisciplinary approaches from philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology, and ethics to environmental humanities.

Grades

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

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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
ENVIRST/RELIGST 270 · Spring 2027

The Environment: Religion & Ethics

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENVIRST/RELIGST 270 · Spring 2027

The Environment: Religion & Ethics

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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