Fall 2026

Sport, Recreation, & Society in the United States

HISTORY 136 explores the relationship between sport and major trends in American social, political, and economic history.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Ashley Brown3.7/5Brand NakashimaElizabeth Price

Summary

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Historical reviews of Isaac Lee: Isaac Lee's course was rated as low difficulty, suggesting a manageable workload for students during his teaching term.

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Prerequisites

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Raw average: 4.33/5 from 3 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 2022: 3.60 GPA, 87.4% A/AB (n=135 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.58 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=135 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.52 GPA, 74.6% A/AB (n=138 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical instructor Isaac Lee was praised for teaching material he found interesting and beneficial, earning a high quality rating and strong recommendation from one reviewer.

ASHLEY BROWN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. 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 Instruction138 / 1442
DIS 301Classroom Instruction18 / 180
DIS 302Classroom Instruction17 / 180
DIS 303Classroom Instruction16 / 181
DIS 304Classroom Instruction20 / 200
DIS 305Classroom Instruction15 / 170
DIS 306Classroom Instruction18 / 181
DIS 307Classroom Instruction17 / 170
DIS 308Classroom Instruction17 / 180

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews for Isaac Lee describe an engaging and beneficial course experience that students highly recommend, though this reflects past instruction rather than the current term with Ashley Brown.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.60 GPA, 87.4% A/AB (n=135 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.58 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=135 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.52 GPA, 74.6% A/AB (n=138 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Isaac Lee: Isaac Lee's course was rated as low difficulty, suggesting a manageable workload for students during his teaching term.

Historical reviews of Isaac Lee: Students appreciated that Isaac Lee focused on material he found interesting and beneficial, creating a positive learning environment.

Topics

  • American capitalism, social movements, and urban development
  • Politics of race, gender, and class in American sport

Skills

  • Analyzing historical arguments and debates
  • Exploring the relationship between sport and historical trends

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 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.

4 earlier forecasts · 0.08 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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About this comparison

1333 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
HISTORY 136 · Fall 2026

Sport, Recreation, & Society in the United States

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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