Spring 2027

An Introduction to World History

An introduction to major themes in world history, including empire, environment, trade, war, migration, gender, race, religion, nationalism, and class.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 James Sweet4.0/5

Summary

1 / 6

Past student reviews · H. Warner

One student found the quizzes impossible and felt the instructor expected students to figure everything out independently.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and engage with arguments about world history, including the histories of Non-Western civilizations and cultures.

  • Evaluate the evidentiary and theoretical bases of various historical conversations about the making of the modern world.

  • Present original conclusions about world history through clearly written, persuasive arguments and narratives.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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HISTORY 130

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Professors

Spring 2027

James Sweet

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.26/5 from 31 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 — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 86.6% A/AB (n=67 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.62 GPA, 82.1% A/AB (n=56 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

H WARNER is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JAMES SWEET is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, 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 001Classroom Instruction0 / 720
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 180

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · H. Warner

Past students described the course as having significant reading, but noted that the quizzes and essays were easy to write.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.43 GPA, 68.2% A/AB (n=66 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=116 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.62 GPA, 82.1% A/AB (n=56 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · H. Warner

One student found the quizzes impossible and felt the instructor expected students to figure everything out independently.

Past student reviews · H. Warner

A non-liberal arts major reported that the instructor’s lectures were great and helped them like world history.

Topics

  • Empire, imperialism, environment, trade, war, migration, gender, race, religion, nationalism, class

Skills

  • Engage with historical arguments
  • Evaluate evidentiary and theoretical bases
  • Write persuasive historical arguments

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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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 · 0.18 GPA average error.

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Where this course fits relative to

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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
HISTORY 130 · Spring 2027

An Introduction to World History

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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