Fall 2026

The Sociology of Gender

SOC 138 examines the status and roles of women and men in society, including marriage, parenthood, employment, and socialization into sex roles.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Cabell Gathman, Eunsil Oh: Workload varies significantly; one review cites eight 500-word papers and hard exams as excessive, while another reports intensive projects and accommodation difficulties.

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Prerequisites

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SOC 138

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Eunsil Oh: Eunsil Oh receives criticism for poor accommodation handling and a lecture-only style that discourages discussion, with one reviewer citing intensive projects and insufficient time.

ALYSSA LEVY is recorded teaching in Spring 2010. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CABELL GATHMAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHLOE HART is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GINA LONGO is recorded teaching in Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATIE ZAMAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MADELEINE FAIRBAIRN is recorded teaching in Fall 2012. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARIA AZOCAR is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MYRA FERREE is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Fall 2016, 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

Fall 2026

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Alyssa Levy, Chloe Hart, Gina Longo, Katie Zaman, Madeleine Fairbairn Fairbairn: Reviewers consistently praise the course's engaging lectures and interesting material, describing it as a high-quality experience. Students found the content relevant and the classroom inviting, though one review noted the reading could be lofty.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.55 GPA, 75.9% A/AB (n=83 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.54 GPA, 77.7% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 88.4% A/AB (n=69 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Cabell Gathman, Eunsil Oh: Workload varies significantly; one review cites eight 500-word papers and hard exams as excessive, while another reports intensive projects and accommodation difficulties.

Historical reviews of Elena Hight, Eunsil Oh, Maria Azocar: Student experience depends heavily on instructor accessibility. Some reviewers found instructors approachable and helpful, while one reported significant struggles with disability accommodations and a lack of discussion in class.

Topics

  • Status and roles of women and men
  • Marriage, parenthood, and employment
  • Socialization into sex roles
  • Patterns and change in gender roles

Grades

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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.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.16 GPA average error.

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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.

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

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance 
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  "task_version": "14",
  "output_id": "1ff8a62f8d97305c337bd49a221d7eba96cee67a0f52952fe382d91e39c7e868",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
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  "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
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