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Dibs Fall 2026

THEATER M103A

African American Theater History: Slavery to Mid-1800s

(Same as African American Studies M103A.) Lecture, three hours. Examination of early African American performance modes leading up to the advent of conventional theatrical practice as manifest by the African Grove Theatre of 1821. Examination of the sociohistorical context in which the works were created and critical essays that illustrate the development of African American performance modalities that predate the enslaved moment in various traditions. Examination of certain West African cultures as well as music, dance, and oral traditional practices that helped shape what has become African American theater. Examination also of how the construction of race shaped the development of America from a colony to an early international power. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.33
n = 24 · 1 term · ± 0.090
A range
54%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
8.3%
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.

  • 2425W
Enrolment by term: 25W 24
Peak 24 Most recent 24 in 25W 1 term on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 9 · 37.5%
  • A 1 · 4.2%
  • A- 3 · 12.5%
  • B+ 1 · 4.2%
  • B 3 · 12.5%
  • B- 1 · 4.2%
  • C+ 1 · 4.2%
  • C 3 · 12.5%
  • D- 1 · 4.2%
  • F 1 · 4.2%

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
TAYLOR, DOMINIC ANTHONY 3.20 3.13 24 1 54%

“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