Spring 2027

Introductory Topics in Gns

Elementary topics in German, Nordic, and/or Slavic culture, folklore, linguistics, and/or language.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Oksana Stoychuk4.0/5Gulnara Glowacki

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.45 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize distinctive features of cultures of Central, Eastern and/or Northern Europe as reflected in specific cultural products

  • Analyze cultural products from Central, Eastern, and/or Northern Europe in relation to societal and historical contexts.

  • Create academic products that adhere to the norms of scholarly inquiry and communication in the humanistic study of the languages and cultures of Central, Eastern and/or Northern Europe.

  • Recognize and discuss the complex ways in which culture is used to include and exclude people within the societies of Central, Eastern, and/or Northern Europe, as elsewhere in the world.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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GNS 270

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 7 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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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

OKSANA STOYCHUK is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 00
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.45 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Topics

  • German, Nordic, and Slavic culture, folklore, linguistics, and language

Skills

  • Analyzing cultural products in relation to societal and historical contexts
  • Discussing how culture includes and excludes people in society

Grades

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GNS 270 · Spring 2027

Introductory Topics in GNS

Recorded 2026-10-14
GNS 270 · Spring 2027

Fouth Semester Ukrainian

Recorded 2026-10-14
GNS 270 · Spring 2027

Foodways of Central Asia

Recorded 2026-10-14
GNS 270 · Spring 2027

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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