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HIST SCI

College of Letters and Science · University of Wisconsin-Madison
9,012 grades39 courses53 professors38 terms

Department and course prefixes as University of Wisconsin-Madison lists them in its own catalog.

3.52
average GPA across 9,012 grades
+3% vs. University of Wisconsin-Madison overall (3.42)
94%
A or B
of 9,012 grades
1.5%
D, F or withdrew
A61.5%
B32.4%
Every term against the 3.52 department average 38 terms
Fall 2006Fall 2025
Most taken
HIST SCI 201
THE ORIGINS OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
3.47
1,912 grades
−1% vs. dept
HIST SCI 202
THE MAKING OF MODERN SCIENCE
3.45
1,315 grades
−2% vs. dept
HIST SCI 150
THE DIGITAL AGE
3.74
786 grades
+6% vs. dept
HIST SCI 203
3.24
704 grades
−8% vs. dept
HIST SCI 222
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN HISTORY
3.37
570 grades
−4% vs. dept
HIST SCI 401
HISTORY OF PHARMACY
3.66
541 grades
+4% vs. dept
HIST SCI 230
3.28
442 grades
−7% vs. dept
HIST SCI 473
HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
3.69
440 grades
+5% vs. dept
Courses with a grade record · 39
100 level4200 level9300 level8400 level3500 level3600 level4700 level1900 level7
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level4 courses
HIST SCI 100
3.00 −15% vs. dept 23
HIST SCI 150 · — THE DIGITAL AGE
3.74 +6% vs. dept 786
HIST SCI 160 · — ENGINEERING INEQUALITY: TECHNOLOGY AND INEQUITY THROUGHOUT HISTORY
3.74 +6% vs. dept 84
HIST SCI 180
3.67 +4% vs. dept 137
200 level9 courses
HIST SCI 201 · — THE ORIGINS OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
3.47 −1% vs. dept 1,912
HIST SCI 202 · — THE MAKING OF MODERN SCIENCE
3.45 −2% vs. dept 1,315
HIST SCI 203
3.24 −8% vs. dept 704
HIST SCI 211 · — THE HISTORIAN'S CRAFT: SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND TECHNOLOGY
3.69 +5% vs. dept 126
HIST SCI 222 · — TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN HISTORY
3.37 −4% vs. dept 570
HIST SCI 230
3.28 −7% vs. dept 442
HIST SCI 250 · — SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE (INTRODUCTORY)
3.78 +7% vs. dept 29
HIST SCI 280 · — HONORS SEMINAR: STUDIES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE
3.86 +10% vs. dept 118
HIST SCI 286 · — HONORS SEMINAR: STUDIES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE
3.64 +3% vs. dept 162
300 level8 courses
HIST SCI 322
3.50 −0% vs. dept 121
HIST SCI 325
3.35 −5% vs. dept 56
HIST SCI 326
3.30 −6% vs. dept 53
HIST SCI 337
3.44 −2% vs. dept 181
HIST SCI 339
3.41 −3% vs. dept 98
HIST SCI 343 · — THE DARWINIAN REVOLUTION
3.56 +1% vs. dept 76
HIST SCI 350 · — SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
3.63 +3% vs. dept 307
HIST SCI 360 · — HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN THE LONG 20TH CENTURY
3.54 +1% vs. dept 24
400 level3 courses
HIST SCI 401 · — HISTORY OF PHARMACY
3.66 +4% vs. dept 541
HIST SCI 404 · — A HISTORY OF DISEASE
3.23 −8% vs. dept 138
HIST SCI 473 · — HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
3.69 +5% vs. dept 440
500 level3 courses
HIST SCI 512
3.36 −5% vs. dept 18
HIST SCI 537 · — CHILDBIRTH IN THE UNITED STATES
4.00 +14% vs. dept 154
HIST SCI 555 · — UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
3.39 −4% vs. dept 90
600 level4 courses
HIST SCI 615
3.45 −2% vs. dept 22
HIST SCI 622
4.00 +14% vs. dept 5
HIST SCI 682 · — SENIOR HONORS THESIS
4.00 +14% vs. dept 1
HIST SCI 699 · — DIRECTED STUDY
3.85 +9% vs. dept 10
700 level1 course
HIST SCI 720 · — PROSEMINAR: HISTORIOGRAPHY AND METHODS
3.90 +11% vs. dept 83
900 level7 courses
HIST SCI 903 · — SEMINAR: MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, AND 17TH CENTURY SCIENCE
3.96 +13% vs. dept 40
HIST SCI 905
3.71 +6% vs. dept 7
HIST SCI 907 · — SEMINAR: HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
3.93 +12% vs. dept 37
HIST SCI 909 · — HISTORY OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
3.90 +11% vs. dept 24
HIST SCI 911 · — SEMINAR-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SCIENCE
4.00 +14% vs. dept 1
HIST SCI 921 · — SEMINAR-SPECIAL TOPICS
3.92 +11% vs. dept 73
HIST SCI 999 · — INDEPENDENT WORK
4.00 +14% vs. dept 4
30 more HIST SCI courses appear in the catalog with no grade record yet.
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