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Dibs Fall 2026

ASIAN 30

Languages and Cultures of Asia

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Comparative perspective on Asian languages, with emphasis on three major East Asian languages--Chinese, Japanese, and Korean--to show what they share and how they differ in terms of linguistic features, historical development, and larger cultural settings in which these three languages are used. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.62
n = 416 · 6 terms · ± 0.026
A range
74%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
7%
90% of those passed
D / F / W
1.2%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 9821F
  • 9623W
  • 9624W
  • 9325W
Enrolment by term: 21F 98, 23W 96, 24W 96, 25W 93
Peak 98 Most recent 93 in 25W 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 79 · 17.6%
  • A 151 · 33.6%
  • A- 78 · 17.3%
  • B+ 35 · 7.8%
  • B 31 · 6.9%
  • B- 13 · 2.9%
  • C+ 11 · 2.4%
  • C 8 · 1.8%
  • C- 5 · 1.1%
  • D+ 2 · 0.4%
  • F 3 · 0.7%
  • P 27 · 6.0%
  • NP 3 · 0.7%
  • I 4 · 0.9%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
IWASAKI, SHOICHI 3.62 3.62 355 4 74%
REN, YI 3.60 3.60 61 2 74%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term