Spring 2027

Interdisciplinary Studies in the Social Sciences

An interdisciplinary study of selected topics in the social sciences, focusing on how people create social, cultural, historical, and political meaning.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Douglas Walker

Assessment included two short-essay midterms and a final ten-page paper, though one student found lectures unorganized and unnecessary to attend.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and explain how people make social, cultural, historical, and political meaning in the social sciences.

  • Critically analyze diverse approaches to how people make social, cultural, historical, and political meaning in the social sciences.

  • Recognize and synthesize diverse types of knowledge and disciplinary approaches to how people make social, cultural, historical, and political meaning in the social sciences.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
ILS 372

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DOUGLAS WALKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MICHAEL PROMISEL is recorded teaching in Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SHIFRA SHARLIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2010. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

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Past student reviews · Michael Promisel

Students described the lectures as fun and interesting, offering a positive entry point into the subject matter.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 3.31 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2018: 3.29 GPA, 58.8% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Douglas Walker

Assessment included two short-essay midterms and a final ten-page paper, though one student found lectures unorganized and unnecessary to attend.

Past student reviews · Michael Promisel

The course required lots of readings, but most written assignments were short essays, typically only one page long.

Topics

  • Selected topics in the social sciences
  • Social, cultural, historical, and political meaning-making

Skills

  • Critical analysis of diverse approaches to meaning-making in social sciences
  • Synthesizing diverse types of knowledge and disciplinary approaches

Grades

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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