Fall 2026

Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ Studies

INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER+ STUDIES provides a multidisciplinary introduction to LGBTQ+ studies, covering identity theories, history, and contemporary issues.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Jill Casid3.3/5Amber Steiger

Summary

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Historical reviews of Cabell Gathman, Joseph Elder: Workload consists primarily of take-home exams, essays, and reading response papers, with some reviewers noting that quizzes require memorizing specific details from lengthy readings.

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Prerequisites

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Raw average: 2.96/5 from 24 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

Historical reviews for Joseph Elder describe him as a great lecturer who is dry and reads from notes, with lectures deemed useless by some. Students report that attendance is optional and exams are group papers or take-home tests, though one reviewer found the class uninformative and recommended against it.

CABELL GATHMAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOSEPH W. ELDER is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014. 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

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction14 / 401
LEC 001Classroom Instruction26 / 406

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Student experience

the class

Reviews for historical instructors describe a course that is either engaging and accessible or demanding and detailed, with significant variation in student satisfaction based on the instructor's teaching style and grading approach.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.26 GPA, 62.5% A/AB (n=104 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.27 GPA, 61.6% A/AB (n=73 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 67.3% A/AB (n=52 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Cabell Gathman, Joseph Elder: Workload consists primarily of take-home exams, essays, and reading response papers, with some reviewers noting that quizzes require memorizing specific details from lengthy readings.

Historical reviews of Joseph Elder: Some students found lectures unhelpful and class attendance optional, while others criticized the repetitive nature of assignments and the lack of new learning.

Topics

  • Theories of identity formation
  • Societal interactions with LGBTQ+ communities
  • LGBTQ+ cultures in history
  • Contemporary legal and political issues
  • Intersectionality with race, ethnicity, religion, and disability

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.23 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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1283 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
GEN&WS/SOC 200 · Fall 2026

Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ Studies

Recorded 2026-09-07
GEN&WS/SOC 200 · Fall 2026

Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ Studies

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance 
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