Fall 2026

Informational Divides and Differences in a Multicultural Society

LIS 202 explores information access barriers for low-income ethnic/racial minority communities and introduces the contemporary information society from a sociological perspective.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Brigitte FielderCheyenne WoermanEUNMI Jeong +4 more

Summary

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Assignments and exams are generally described as easy. Historical reviews note varying formats, with some instructors requiring no exams while others mandate essay exams.

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Prerequisites

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Brigitte Fielder and Roxy Velazquez are the current instructors, but no reviews exist for them. Historical reviews for past instructors like Eric Ely and Jonathan Senchyne highlight engaging lectures and supportive teaching styles. Other historical instructors received mixed feedback regarding lecture quality and class structure.

DAVID MCHUGH is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ERIC ELY is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ETHELENE WHITMIRE is recorded teaching in Spring 2009. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JONATHAN SENCHYNE is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KRISTIN ESCHENFELDER is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Spring 2011. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

REBEKAH WILLETT is recorded teaching in Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TAMMY MAYS is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Fall 2016. 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 Instruction407 / 4080
DIS 301Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 302Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 304Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 306Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 307Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 309Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 310Classroom Instruction23 / 240
DIS 311Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 312Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 313Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 314Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 315Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 316Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 317Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 303Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 305Classroom Instruction24 / 240
DIS 308Classroom Instruction24 / 240

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Student experience

the class

Reviewers describe LIS 202 as an easy ethnic studies course. Historical reviews of instructors such as Eric Ely and Kristin Eschenfelder describe engaging lectures.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=252 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 94.5% A/AB (n=400 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=308 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Assignments and exams are generally described as easy. Historical reviews note varying formats, with some instructors requiring no exams while others mandate essay exams.

Historical reviews of Eric Ely, Ethelene Whitmire, Tammy Mays: Reviewers report mixed experiences. Some find lectures unengaging and exams vague, while others praise respectful instructors and well-organized classes.

Topics

  • Information access barriers
  • Low-income ethnic/racial minority communities
  • Contemporary information society

Grades

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About this estimate

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.

7 earlier forecasts · 0.14 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1283 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
LIS 202 · Fall 2026

Informational Divides and Differences in a Multicultural Society

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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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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  "requirements_status": "valid",
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