Fall 2026

Exploring Religion in Sickness and Health

An introduction to the study of religion and health using humanities and social science approaches.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Abigail FrukCorrie Norman Grieser

Summary

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Historical reviews of Corrie Norman: Reviewers report an absurd amount of reading, often 50 pages per lecture, and multiple four-page essays. Grading is described as overly harsh, with some noting unrealistic expectations for a 100-level course.

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Prerequisites

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RELIGST 102

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Professors

Fall 2026
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Corrie Norman: Corrie Norman Grieser receives polarized reviews. Some praise her passion and meaningful lectures, while others criticize the excessive reading load and harsh grading. Students report that participation is critical and essays are graded strictly on grammar.

CHANCE MCMAHON is recorded teaching in Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CORRIE NORMAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. 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 Instruction78 / 800
DIS 305Classroom Instruction20 / 200
DIS 306Classroom Instruction20 / 200
DIS 307Classroom Instruction20 / 200
DIS 308Classroom Instruction18 / 200
LEC 002Classroom Instruction20 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Corrie Norman: Corrie Norman Grieser delivers engaging, well-planned lectures that inspire students, though the course demands significant reading and serious participation. While some find the workload and grading harsh, others praise the rich content and valuable discussions.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.38 GPA, 69.3% A/AB (n=137 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.65 GPA, 86.5% A/AB (n=155 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.47 GPA, 74.7% A/AB (n=158 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Corrie Norman: Reviewers report an absurd amount of reading, often 50 pages per lecture, and multiple four-page essays. Grading is described as overly harsh, with some noting unrealistic expectations for a 100-level course.

Historical reviews of Corrie Norman: Some students find the class opinionated and unwelcoming to discussion, citing public shaming and a lack of nuance. One reviewer states the experience made them never want to take a humanities course again.

Topics

  • Religious understandings of sickness and health
  • Connection between physical and spiritual well-being
  • Relationship between medicine and meaning-making
  • Roles of religion in various cultures and contexts
  • Health and religion in situations of social marginalization and immigration

Skills

  • Applying humanities and social science approaches to health and religion

Grades

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Fall 2026 · Projected

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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.

6 earlier forecasts · 0.16 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1320 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
RELIGST 102 · Fall 2026

Exploring Religion in Sickness and Health

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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