Multicultural Literature and Resources for Children and Youth

LIS 629 explores diversity in children's and young adult media, teaching skills to assess multicultural resources and develop inclusive collections.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Angelyne Collins

Summary

1 / 6

Historical reviews of Madge Klais: The course emphasized weekly assignments and online discussions, preventing students from completing all work at the last minute.

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LIS 629

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Professors

Fall 2026
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Madge Klais describe the course as interesting with material that is not overly difficult. However, the workload is substantial, requiring weekly assignments and online discussions, which prevents students from completing work at the last minute.

MADGE KLAIS is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2018, Spring 2019. 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 001Online Only20 / 200
LEC 002Online Only7 / 00

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Madge Klais: Madge Klais taught an interesting course with material that was not overly difficult, though the workload was substantial and required consistent weekly effort.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=30 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Madge Klais: The course emphasized weekly assignments and online discussions, preventing students from completing all work at the last minute.

Historical reviews of Madge Klais: Reviewers found the high workload acceptable and beneficial, noting that the professor was good and the class was interesting.

Topics

  • Representation of identity groups
  • Authenticity and cultural correctness
  • Reader response and intellectual freedom

Skills

  • Advocate for, promote, and assess multicultural resources
  • Develop a collection
  • Understand cultural competence and reader response

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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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.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
LIS 629 · Fall 2026

Multicultural Literature and Resources for Children and Youth

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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