Fall 2026

Shamanism

Surveys shamanism as a religious and sociocultural force across Siberian, Asian, and Native American societies.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Thomas Dubois: Workload is not heavy, consisting mainly of written papers and assigned readings, with exams considered easy if students prepare.

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  • Sophomore standing
FOLKLORE/RELIGST 352

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Thomas Dubois is described as friendly, enthusiastic, and cool, with lectures that students find interesting and engaging. Reviewers highlight his chill demeanor and the high quality of his teaching, noting that he cancels class on paper due dates. Historical reviews consistently praise his ability to make the course material enjoyable and accessible.

THOMAS A DUBOIS is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews for Thomas Dubois describe the course as interesting and chill, with easy exams and low workload if students prepare.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 3.83 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.94 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=72 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=55 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Thomas Dubois: Workload is not heavy, consisting mainly of written papers and assigned readings, with exams considered easy if students prepare.

Historical reviews of Thomas Dubois: Students found Dubois friendly and enthusiastic, noting that lectures are long but the topics are engaging and the class is generally chill.

Topics

  • Shamanic rituals, roles, and cosmology
  • Cultural and political uses of shamanism

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2022— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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About this comparison

1216 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

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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