{"schema_version":1,"url":"https://uwcourses.com/courses/POLISCI_932","title":"POLISCI 932: Seminar in Early Modern Political Theory | UW–Madison","dataset":{"revision":"e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349","repository":"twangodev/uwcourses","schema_version":6,"importer_version":"7","projection_id":"52a78527ff09011d88cb04c7d43867d9fbfec2930bf1dd2ec359ebd2844e0b07","observed_at":"2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00","built_at":"2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+00:00","courses":8951,"current_instructors":5754,"limited":false,"terms":["1272","1264","1262","1254","1252","1244","1242","1234","1232","1224","1222","1212","1204","1202","1194","1192","1184","1182","1174","1172","1164","1162","1154","1152","1144","1142","1134","1132","1124","1122","1114","1112","1104","1102","1094","1092","1084","1082","1074","1072"],"term":"1272","departments":[{"subject":"AAE","count":90},{"subject":"ABT","count":20},{"subject":"ACCTIS","count":36},{"subject":"ACTSCI","count":14},{"subject":"AFAERO","count":10},{"subject":"AFRICAN","count":87},{"subject":"AFROAMER","count":71},{"subject":"AGROECOL","count":21},{"subject":"AMERIND","count":53},{"subject":"ANAT&PHY","count":7},{"subject":"ANATOMY","count":2},{"subject":"ANESTHES","count":8},{"subject":"ANSCI","count":57},{"subject":"ANTHRO","count":95},{"subject":"ART","count":125},{"subject":"ARTED","count":10},{"subject":"ARTHIST","count":121},{"subject":"ASIALANG","count":129},{"subject":"ASIAN","count":109},{"subject":"ASIANAM","count":28},{"subject":"ASTRON","count":38},{"subject":"ATMOCN","count":69},{"subject":"BIOCHEM","count":51},{"subject":"BIOCORE","count":10},{"subject":"BIOLOGY","count":14},{"subject":"BIOMDSCI","count":18},{"subject":"BME","count":66},{"subject":"BMI","count":41},{"subject":"BMOLCHEM","count":10},{"subject":"BOTANY","count":69},{"subject":"BSE","count":44},{"subject":"C&ESOC","count":73},{"subject":"CBE","count":48},{"subject":"CHEM","count":101},{"subject":"CHICLA","count":52},{"subject":"CIVENGR","count":133},{"subject":"CLASSICS","count":47},{"subject":"CNP","count":10},{"subject":"CNSRSCI","count":50},{"subject":"COMARTS","count":137},{"subject":"COMPBIO","count":15},{"subject":"COMPLIT","count":11},{"subject":"COMPSCI","count":138},{"subject":"COUNPSY","count":78},{"subject":"CRB","count":19},{"subject":"CS&D","count":71},{"subject":"CSCS","count":40},{"subject":"CURRIC","count":193},{"subject":"DANCE","count":93},{"subject":"DERM","count":8},{"subject":"DS","count":88},{"subject":"DYSCI","count":35},{"subject":"ECE","count":155},{"subject":"ECON","count":145},{"subject":"EDPOL","count":114},{"subject":"EDPSYCH","count":97},{"subject":"ELPA","count":70},{"subject":"EMA","count":53},{"subject":"EMERMED","count":17},{"subject":"ENGL","count":206},{"subject":"ENTOM","count":40},{"subject":"ENVIRST","count":148},{"subject":"EP","count":15},{"subject":"EPD","count":67},{"subject":"ESL","count":16},{"subject":"F&WECOL","count":60},{"subject":"FAMMED","count":22},{"subject":"FINANCE","count":50},{"subject":"FOLKLORE","count":40},{"subject":"FOODSCI","count":43},{"subject":"FRENCH","count":63},{"subject":"GEN&WS","count":145},{"subject":"GENBUS","count":72},{"subject":"GENECSLR","count":17},{"subject":"GENETICS","count":60},{"subject":"GEOG","count":113},{"subject":"GEOSCI","count":83},{"subject":"GERMAN","count":82},{"subject":"GLE","count":48},{"subject":"GNS","count":38},{"subject":"GREEK","count":27},{"subject":"HDFS","count":41},{"subject":"HEBR-BIB","count":13},{"subject":"HEBR-MOD","count":10},{"subject":"HISTORY","count":233},{"subject":"HISTSCI","count":56},{"subject":"HONCOL","count":13},{"subject":"ILS","count":43},{"subject":"INFOSYS","count":9},{"subject":"INTEGART","count":7},{"subject":"INTEGSCI","count":22},{"subject":"INTER-AG","count":18},{"subject":"INTER-HE","count":11},{"subject":"INTER-LS","count":22},{"subject":"INTEREGR","count":16},{"subject":"INTLBUS","count":21},{"subject":"INTLST","count":50},{"subject":"ISYE","count":83},{"subject":"ITALIAN","count":53},{"subject":"JEWISH","count":56},{"subject":"JOURN","count":88},{"subject":"KINES","count":128},{"subject":"LACIS","count":26},{"subject":"LANDARC","count":61},{"subject":"LATIN","count":24},{"subject":"LAW","count":120},{"subject":"LEGALST","count":48},{"subject":"LINGUIS","count":35},{"subject":"LIS","count":89},{"subject":"LITTRANS","count":78},{"subject":"LSC","count":52},{"subject":"M&ENVTOX","count":7},{"subject":"MARKETNG","count":62},{"subject":"MATH","count":153},{"subject":"MDGENET","count":8},{"subject":"ME","count":130},{"subject":"MEDHIST","count":43},{"subject":"MEDICINE","count":60},{"subject":"MEDIEVAL","count":32},{"subject":"MEDPHYS","count":39},{"subject":"MEDSC-M","count":29},{"subject":"MEDSC-V","count":41},{"subject":"MHR","count":68},{"subject":"MICROBIO","count":45},{"subject":"MILSCI","count":16},{"subject":"MM&I","count":22},{"subject":"MOLBIOL","count":6},{"subject":"MS&E","count":59},{"subject":"MUSIC","count":165},{"subject":"MUSPERF","count":126},{"subject":"NAVSCI","count":20},{"subject":"NE","count":44},{"subject":"NEURODPT","count":11},{"subject":"NEUROL","count":7},{"subject":"NEURSURG","count":4},{"subject":"NTP","count":11},{"subject":"NURSING","count":111},{"subject":"NUTRSCI","count":65},{"subject":"OBS&GYN","count":18},{"subject":"OCCTHER","count":39},{"subject":"ONCOLOGY","count":14},{"subject":"OPHTHALM","count":5},{"subject":"OTM","count":43},{"subject":"PATH","count":34},{"subject":"PATH-BIO","count":29},{"subject":"PEDIAT","count":26},{"subject":"PHARMACY","count":31},{"subject":"PHILOS","count":77},{"subject":"PHMCOL-M","count":11},{"subject":"PHMPRAC","count":45},{"subject":"PHMSCI","count":60},{"subject":"PHYASST","count":37},{"subject":"PHYSICS","count":88},{"subject":"PHYSIOL","count":3},{"subject":"PHYTHER","count":37},{"subject":"PLANTSCI","count":52},{"subject":"PLPATH","count":35},{"subject":"POLISCI","count":192},{"subject":"POPHLTH","count":58},{"subject":"PORTUG","count":33},{"subject":"PSYCH","count":101},{"subject":"PSYCHIAT","count":22},{"subject":"PUBAFFR","count":54},{"subject":"PUBLHLTH","count":23},{"subject":"RADIOL","count":11},{"subject":"REALEST","count":41},{"subject":"RELIGST","count":90},{"subject":"RHABMED","count":9},{"subject":"RMI","count":24},{"subject":"RP&SE","count":102},{"subject":"S&APHM","count":17},{"subject":"SCANDST","count":73},{"subject":"SLAVIC","count":89},{"subject":"SOC","count":149},{"subject":"SOCWORK","count":87},{"subject":"SOILSCI","count":46},{"subject":"SPANISH","count":83},{"subject":"SRMED","count":21},{"subject":"STAT","count":94},{"subject":"STDYABRD","count":52},{"subject":"STS","count":8},{"subject":"SURGERY","count":25},{"subject":"SURGSCI","count":33},{"subject":"THEATRE","count":91},{"subject":"URBRPL","count":60},{"subject":"UROLOGY","count":5},{"subject":"ZOOLOGY","count":89}],"deployed_at":null},"data":{"course":{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","record_version_id":"58f0da497d4c0f6f03bdccc9ffae4e73eb2809faa8debb8fc071f30634948d81","course_id":"POLISCI 932","course_uid":"course_ae6836c9f0f22c2168a4ae3a","catalog_version_id":"fbf7054c72273cdf646444d694ef2fe4d0c621da8d5f978d7b44b3d3fa6db403","course_number":932,"subjects":["POLISCI"],"title":"SEMINAR IN EARLY MODERN POLITICAL THEORY","description":"Study of selected topics or themes in early modern (c. 1500-1750 CE) political thought.","requirements_text":"Graduate/professional standing","credits_min":null,"credits_max":null,"credit_offering_ids":[],"llm_job_id":"enrich-8b774950c2b6adfdc46d1b82","llm_output_id":"811d4a501545b1bfa95248a78bcc13b373ded4a1cbb880eab72c949f57aea5c4","llm_model":"nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4","llm_model_revision":"1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5","llm_task_version":"14","llm_search_status":"valid","llm_summary":"A graduate seminar examining selected topics in early modern political thought from 1500 to 1750.","llm_topics":["Early modern political thought","Political theory"],"llm_skills":[],"llm_assumed_background":[],"llm_search_phrases":["early modern political thought","1500-1750 political theory","graduate seminar political science","Howard Schwebel Daniel Kapust"],"llm_requirements_status":"valid","llm_student_summary_status":"valid","llm_experience_status":"insufficient_evidence","catalog_variants":[],"student_summary":{"context_hash":"cf5dedc8bfc5040bf6c68d0ca8bb01613203eb437c87a78463c9f2e9b9300814","course_id":"POLISCI 932","current_instructors":[],"difficulty_workload":[],"errors":[],"historical_context":[],"message":"No course-specific reviews available","offered":false,"profile_hash":"5cb4dabf887cdbcd8c00d5a1312e10828b95c63f30bc3ea76aea199565390d02","quick_take":[{"citations":[{"course_id":"POLISCI 932","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_record":{"entity_id":"1fd680e6-60f4-34f2-83b8-430ff129393f","file":"tables/observations.parquet","kind":"grades","source":"madgrades"},"table":"grades_latest","term_id":"1094","type":"grade"},{"course_id":"POLISCI 932","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_record":{"entity_id":"1fd680e6-60f4-34f2-83b8-430ff129393f","file":"tables/observations.parquet","kind":"grades","source":"madgrades"},"table":"grades_latest","term_id":"1232","type":"grade"},{"course_id":"POLISCI 932","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_record":{"entity_id":"1fd680e6-60f4-34f2-83b8-430ff129393f","file":"tables/observations.parquet","kind":"grades","source":"madgrades"},"table":"grades_latest","term_id":"1252","type":"grade"}],"text":"Recent recorded grades — Spring 2009: 3.67 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades)."}],"student_experience":[],"task_hash":"74fb0997943e888960bbc9e47db8c4fd12e4292d55c20509d8d89db6a9910f68","teaching_history":[],"term_id":"1272","term_name":"2026 Fall","version":2},"requirements":{"nodes":[{"children":[],"condition":"Graduate/professional standing","course":null,"evidence":"Graduate/professional standing","id":"n0","kind":"condition"}],"notes":[],"root":"n0","status":"parsed"},"instructors":[],"offerings":[],"sections":[],"grade_instructors":[{"instructor_uid":"instructor_ac2d8ab56f7eb66833e23136","source":"madgrades","source_instructor_id":"3039908","identity_basis":"source_id","identity_status":"source_identified","name":"HOWARD SCHWEBER","email":null,"first_observed_at":"2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00","last_observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","ratings":{"review_count":129,"quality":3.77,"difficulty":3.52,"quality_count":129,"difficulty_count":129,"profile_id":"rmp:464204","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/464204","match_basis":"exact_name","observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:36:27.987655+00:00","courses":{"course_c0ce58a44b64a4a47cfd1297":{"review_count":8,"quality":3.25,"difficulty":3.75,"quality_count":8,"difficulty_count":8},"course_8b7d5a62be1ac699d305c20c":{"review_count":5,"quality":3.4,"difficulty":3.4,"quality_count":5,"difficulty_count":5},"course_e7b4fd0e5787ff4ba6a21cc2":{"review_count":6,"quality":4,"difficulty":4.17,"quality_count":6,"difficulty_count":6},"course_f316b1c0bcfe1eba601b7ab6":{"review_count":4,"quality":3.75,"difficulty":3.5,"quality_count":4,"difficulty_count":4},"course_6fea586d199f949f361d08ca":{"review_count":9,"quality":4.22,"difficulty":3.67,"quality_count":9,"difficulty_count":9},"course_dac3c0e554bb8fd4c39452f9":{"review_count":15,"quality":4.53,"difficulty":2.67,"quality_count":15,"difficulty_count":15}},"bayesian_quality":3.755192722623704,"prior_mean":3.6596857835465957,"prior_weight":20},"grade_statistics":{"gpa":3.446,"graded":3098,"counts":[1177,964,666,155,93,23,20],"sections":106},"instructor_url":"/instructors/HOWARD_SCHWEBER--instructor_ac2d8ab56f7eb66833e23136"},{"instructor_uid":"instructor_4a95edf7b7714279b090ce91","source":"madgrades","source_instructor_id":"182558","identity_basis":"source_id","identity_status":"source_identified","name":"DANIEL KAPUST","email":null,"first_observed_at":"2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00","last_observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","ratings":{"review_count":53,"quality":4.72,"difficulty":3.15,"quality_count":53,"difficulty_count":53,"profile_id":"rmp:1724937","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1724937","match_basis":"exact_name","observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:07.843889+00:00","courses":{"course_f316b1c0bcfe1eba601b7ab6":{"review_count":25,"quality":4.8,"difficulty":3.2,"quality_count":25,"difficulty_count":25},"course_b4995635f02518f77cf89dc2":{"review_count":1,"quality":5,"difficulty":2,"quality_count":1,"difficulty_count":1},"course_cdb76f98405661d42020c591":{"review_count":2,"quality":5,"difficulty":3,"quality_count":2,"difficulty_count":2},"course_017a664e53519bdfefed2e63":{"review_count":3,"quality":5,"difficulty":3,"quality_count":3,"difficulty_count":3}},"bayesian_quality":4.429502954396328,"prior_mean":3.6596857835465957,"prior_weight":20},"grade_statistics":{"gpa":3.632,"graded":2002,"counts":[1121,590,166,60,29,17,19],"sections":66},"instructor_url":"/instructors/DANIEL_KAPUST--instructor_4a95edf7b7714279b090ce91"}],"grades":[{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","course_id":"POLISCI 932","course_uid":"course_ae6836c9f0f22c2168a4ae3a","term_id":"1084","term_name":"Spring 2008","instructors":["HOWARD SCHWEBER"],"a":2,"ab":5,"b":0,"bc":0,"c":0,"d":0,"f":0,"satisfactory":0,"unsatisfactory":0,"credit":0,"no_credit":0,"passed":0,"incomplete":0,"no_work":0,"not_reported":0,"other":0,"total":7,"source_aliases":["POLISCI 932"]},{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","course_id":"POLISCI 932","course_uid":"course_ae6836c9f0f22c2168a4ae3a","term_id":"1094","term_name":"Spring 2009","instructors":["HOWARD SCHWEBER"],"a":2,"ab":4,"b":0,"bc":0,"c":0,"d":0,"f":0,"satisfactory":0,"unsatisfactory":0,"credit":0,"no_credit":0,"passed":0,"incomplete":1,"no_work":0,"not_reported":0,"other":0,"total":7,"source_aliases":["POLISCI 932"]},{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","course_id":"POLISCI 932","course_uid":"course_ae6836c9f0f22c2168a4ae3a","term_id":"1232","term_name":"Fall 2022","instructors":["Daniel Kapust"],"a":5,"ab":1,"b":0,"bc":0,"c":0,"d":0,"f":0,"satisfactory":0,"unsatisfactory":0,"credit":0,"no_credit":0,"passed":0,"incomplete":0,"no_work":0,"not_reported":0,"other":0,"total":6,"source_aliases":["POLISCI 932"]},{"run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","semester":"1272","observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","course_id":"POLISCI 932","course_uid":"course_ae6836c9f0f22c2168a4ae3a","term_id":"1252","term_name":"Fall 2024","instructors":["Daniel Kapust"],"a":4,"ab":1,"b":0,"bc":0,"c":0,"d":0,"f":0,"satisfactory":2,"unsatisfactory":0,"credit":0,"no_credit":0,"passed":0,"incomplete":0,"no_work":0,"not_reported":0,"other":0,"total":7,"source_aliases":["POLISCI 932"]}],"statistics":{"gpa":3.771,"graded":24,"counts":[13,11,0,0,0,0,0]},"grade_conflicts":[],"evidence":{"history":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_ae6836c9f0f22c2168a4ae3a-0.json"],"traces":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_ae6836c9f0f22c2168a4ae3a-0.json"],"results":["/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_ae6836c9f0f22c2168a4ae3a-0.json"]},"revision":"e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349"},"context":{"all":{"term":"","gpa":3.7708333333333335,"count":24,"university":null,"departments":[{"subject":"POLISCI","comparison":null}]},"terms":{"1084":{"term":"1084","gpa":3.642857142857143,"count":7,"university":null,"departments":[{"subject":"POLISCI","comparison":null}]},"1094":{"term":"1094","gpa":3.6666666666666665,"count":6,"university":null,"departments":[{"subject":"POLISCI","comparison":null}]},"1232":{"term":"1232","gpa":3.9166666666666665,"count":6,"university":null,"departments":[{"subject":"POLISCI","comparison":null}]},"1252":{"term":"1252","gpa":3.9,"count":5,"university":null,"departments":[{"subject":"POLISCI","comparison":null}]}},"benchmarks":{"all":{"school":{"size":2634,"gpa":3.607978564266063,"topShare":78.70796941337159,"count":85},"POLISCI":{"size":63,"gpa":3.4915719809018633,"topShare":73.47059525416395,"count":89}},"terms":{"1084":{"school":{"size":720,"gpa":3.3670742938849725,"topShare":63.42064564712246,"count":70},"POLISCI":{"size":16,"gpa":3.238531506836362,"topShare":55.06088203147391,"count":72.5}},"1094":{"school":{"size":758,"gpa":3.3891454428111527,"topShare":64.36369814389255,"count":71},"POLISCI":{"size":14,"gpa":3.1531610813978714,"topShare":49.305472802233474,"count":69}},"1232":{"school":{"size":1216,"gpa":3.575457431972425,"topShare":77.33712216234007,"count":66},"POLISCI":{"size":33,"gpa":3.5166781206385624,"topShare":75.8351096221922,"count":55}},"1252":{"school":{"size":1333,"gpa":3.619494049739118,"topShare":79.71442190500672,"count":69},"POLISCI":{"size":32,"gpa":3.59050798614564,"topShare":80.89004576107973,"count":53.5}}}}},"instructorTrends":[{"uid":"instructor_ac2d8ab56f7eb66833e23136","name":"HOWARD SCHWEBER","count":13,"terms":[{"term":"1084","count":7,"sections":1,"gpa":3.642857142857143},{"term":"1094","count":6,"sections":1,"gpa":3.6666666666666665}]},{"uid":"instructor_4a95edf7b7714279b090ce91","name":"DANIEL KAPUST","count":11,"terms":[{"term":"1232","count":6,"sections":1,"gpa":3.9166666666666665},{"term":"1252","count":5,"sections":1,"gpa":3.9}]}],"following":[],"projection":null}}