Spring 2027

So You Want to Change the World?

An introductory course focusing on social work and helping professions that examines social problems and critiques various approaches to creating social change.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Wesley Correll-King

Summary

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Past student reviews · EVELYN COKER

One student reported that attendance was mandatory in Evelyn Coker's past section, and said guest lectures had mostly no actual work attached to them.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Develop a better understanding of motivations and skills for changing the world.

  • Develop the ability to examine the multiple and complex causes of social problems.

  • Develop an understanding of multiple approaches to social change and the ability to critically evaluate pros and cons of different approaches.

  • Develop an understanding of how social work and other professions contribute to understanding and addressing social problems.

  • Further skills in collaborating with peers, providing and incorporating feedback, and communicating knowledge and ideas orally in writing.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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First year students or first year transfer students only

  • First year students or first year transfer students only
SOCWORK 100

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  • First year students or first year transfer students only

Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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

EVELYN COKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

STEPHANIE ROBERT is recorded teaching in Fall 2017. 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 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1200

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · EVELYN COKER

One student said Evelyn Coker's past section centered on a large group project and many guest speakers, and found her nice, funny, and willing to accept feedback.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=75 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.82 GPA, 93.0% A/AB (n=157 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.34 GPA, 72.4% A/AB (n=76 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · EVELYN COKER

One student reported that attendance was mandatory in Evelyn Coker's past section, and said guest lectures had mostly no actual work attached to them.

Past student reviews · EVELYN COKER

One student in Evelyn Coker's past section got lucky with their group but warned that a group that did not communicate would make the class very difficult.

Topics

  • Social work and helping professions
  • Social problems
  • Approaches to social change
  • Causes of social problems

Skills

  • Critical thinking about social change
  • Integrating evidence with personal values
  • Critiquing approaches to social change
  • Collaboration and communication

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · Projected

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Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 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.

4 earlier forecasts · 0.20 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

GPA

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letter grades

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About this comparison

1280 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

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
SOCWORK 100 · Spring 2027

So You Want to Change the World?

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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Grade history

Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Model & dataset provenance 
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