The Amish
An exploration of the faith and life of the Old Order Amish, examining how their Christian beliefs shape individual, family, and community experiences.
Summary
Past student reviews · Mark Louden
Students wrote ten 500-word essays throughout the semester, and the instructor cold-called participants.
What you’ll be able to do
Articulate how the Christian faith of the Amish informs their lives as individuals, within their families and in their community, and in their interactions with non-Amish.
Express the Amish faith and culture in ways that are accessible to people who view the Amish with unconscious biases, both positive and negative.
Utilize knowledge of the Amish worldview to better understand more familiar worldviews.
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapSophomore standing
- Sophomore standing
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- Sophomore standing
Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
MARK LOUDEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2023, Spring 2026. 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
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Mark Louden
The course covered essential Amish topics through fairly short and interesting readings.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.68 GPA, 88.2% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.64 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Mark Louden
Students wrote ten 500-word essays throughout the semester, and the instructor cold-called participants.
Past student reviews · Mark Louden
Lectures functioned as discussions due to the small class size, and the instructor was a fair grader.
Topics
- Old Order Amish faith and daily life
- Amish Christian faith in individual, family, and community contexts
- Amish culture and common misconceptions or biases
Skills
- Articulating how Amish Christian faith shapes individual, family, and community life
- Expressing Amish faith and culture accessibly to audiences with varying biases
- Using knowledge of the Amish worldview to understand other worldviews
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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Through Spring 2026
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Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.
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Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
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