Spring 2027

Introduction Into Cultural Diversity of Families

Introduction to racially and culturally diverse families, focusing on structural factors like demographic, economic, and historic trends that shape family similarities and distinctions.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Polina Levchenko2.7/5

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Past student reviews · Polina Levchenko

Weekly materials were often posted late, and a final paper prompt arrived the night before its due date, creating tight deadlines for students.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate understanding of diversity of family structures, roles, and relationships.

  • Demonstrate understanding of concepts (race, ethnicity, minority, etc.) essential to the discourse on family diversity.

  • Identify historical and current social experiences and relate those to family dynamics of diverse cultural groups.

  • Communicate differences between stereotyping and generalizations about culturally diverse families, while also acknowledging within-group diversity.

  • Reflect upon your own family, and broaden your exposure to other kinds of family experiences.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Raw average: 2.00/5 from 25 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: 1.9/5 raw quality · 2.6/5 difficulty · 9 reviews

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Past student reviews · Polina Levchenko

Polina Levchenko's summer course had weekly reading not usually more than an hour, relevant work, and room to miss an assignment or two and still pass, though modules sometimes posted late.

Other students reported Polina Levchenko was slow to grade and unresponsive to emails or discussions, with late materials, recycled content, and some called grading harsh.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.46 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=72 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.61 GPA, 77.6% A/AB (n=98 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 87.1% A/AB (n=147 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

POLINA LEVCHENKO is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, 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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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Online Only0 / 100
LEC 002Online Only0 / 100

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Student experience

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Past student reviews · Polina Levchenko

Students described the course as manageable with relevant assignments, though some found it easy enough to pass with an A despite missed work.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.46 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=72 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.61 GPA, 77.6% A/AB (n=98 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 87.1% A/AB (n=147 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Polina Levchenko

Weekly materials were often posted late, and a final paper prompt arrived the night before its due date, creating tight deadlines for students.

Past student reviews · Polina Levchenko

Reviewers noted that Polina Levchenko did not respond to emails and took months to grade easy online assignments, making communication difficult.

Topics

  • Structural factors including demographic, economic, and historic trends
  • Concepts of race, ethnicity, and minority status in family discourse
  • Personal reflection on one's own family and exposure to diverse family experiences

Skills

  • Distinguish between stereotyping and generalizations regarding culturally diverse families
  • Relate historical and current social experiences to family dynamics

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HDFS 174 · Spring 2027

Introduction into Cultural Diversity of Families

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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