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Dibs Fall 2026

SCAND 50

Introduction to Scandinavian Literatures and Cultures

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Designed for students in general and for those wishing to prepare for more advanced and specialized studies in Scandinavian literature and culture. Selected works from literatures of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland, ranging from myth, national epic, saga, and folktale through modern novel, poem, play, short story, and film, read in English and critically discussed. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.94
n = 534 · 8 terms · ± 0.023
A range
96%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
1%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.7%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Open
239 of 240
100% full
 fills Time TBA Wen, P.J.
3.94n=534 · this instructor

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.

  • 30321F
  • 2223S
  • 3823F
  • 4024S
  • 3224F
  • 2925W
Enrolment by term: 21F 303, 23S 22, 23F 38, 24S 40, 24F 32, 25W 29
Peak 303 Most recent 29 in 25W 6 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 131 · 24.2%
  • A 369 · 68.2%
  • A- 15 · 2.8%
  • B+ 6 · 1.1%
  • B 6 · 1.1%
  • B- 2 · 0.4%
  • C 1 · 0.2%
  • D+ 2 · 0.4%
  • D 2 · 0.4%
  • P 6 · 1.1%
  • S 1 · 0.2%

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
WEN, PATRICK JAMES 3.94 3.94 534 8 96%

“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