Spring 2027

The Folk Tale

The Folk Tale explores types of heroes, social functions, and tellers through tales from four cultures.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jason Schroeder

Summary

1 / 6

Past student reviews · Thomas Dubois

The course was described as easy, with test questions provided in advance and notes permitted during exams.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe key concepts of folklore studies concerning folk tales.

  • Examine the nature, context, and social functions of folk tales historically and in contemporary life.

  • Employ appropriate methods and concepts for folk tale collection and analysis.

  • Identify key ethical issues involved in folk tale collection, representation, and analysis.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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FOLKLORE 220

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JASON SCHROEDER is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

THOMAS A DUBOIS is recorded teaching in Spring 2016. 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 · Thomas Dubois

Past students found Thomas Dubois's lectures engaging and humorous, with a focus on explaining stories that did not require extensive reading.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2013: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2016: 3.74 GPA, 87.2% A/AB (n=78 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Thomas Dubois

The course was described as easy, with test questions provided in advance and notes permitted during exams.

Past student reviews · Thomas Dubois

Reviewers noted that while some material could be confusing, it was not necessary to master it to achieve a high grade.

Topics

  • Types of heroes, social functions, and tellers; tales from four cultures.
  • Nature, context, and social functions of folk tales historically and in contemporary life.

Skills

  • Employ appropriate methods and concepts for folk tale collection and analysis.
  • Identify key ethical issues involved in folk tale collection, representation, and analysis.

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.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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FOLKLORE 220 · Spring 2027

The Folk Tale

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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