Fall 2026

History of South Asia to the Present

HISTORY 142 surveys the development of societies in the Indian subcontinent across ancient, medieval, and modern periods.

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Historical reviews of Andre Wink: Reviewers disagree on difficulty, with one citing reasonable tests and another reporting a five-star difficulty rating and horrible grades despite attending all lectures and reading the book.

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Andre Wink are polarized. One student found his lectures humorous and tests reasonable, while another criticized his arrogance and closed-mindedness, reporting poor grades despite effort.

ANDRE WINK is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Andre Wink: Reviews for Andre Wink are polarized, ranging from a humorous, reasonable course to an arrogant experience with poor grading despite student effort.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.89 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Andre Wink: Reviewers disagree on difficulty, with one citing reasonable tests and another reporting a five-star difficulty rating and horrible grades despite attending all lectures and reading the book.

Historical reviews of Andre Wink: Students report conflicting experiences regarding the instructor's openness, with one finding him humorous and another describing him as arrogant and closed to new ideas.

Topics

  • Societies of the Indian subcontinent
  • Ancient, medieval, and modern historical periods

Grades

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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