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Dibs Fall 2026

CLASSIC 20

Discovering Romans

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Latin not required. Study of Roman life and culture from time of city's legendary foundations to end of classical antiquity. Readings focus on selections from works of ancient authors in translation. Lectures illustrated with images of art, architecture, and material culture. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.77
n = 1,117 · 7 terms · ± 0.016
A range
88%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
6%
95% of those passed
D / F / W
2.2%
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.

  • 23022W
  • 30323S
  • 29224W
  • 32325S
Enrolment by term: 22W 230, 23S 303, 24W 292, 25S 323
Peak 323 Most recent 323 in 25S 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 265 · 22.2%
  • A 528 · 44.1%
  • A- 188 · 15.7%
  • B+ 56 · 4.7%
  • B 29 · 2.4%
  • B- 7 · 0.6%
  • C+ 6 · 0.5%
  • C 8 · 0.7%
  • C- 5 · 0.4%
  • D+ 3 · 0.3%
  • D 3 · 0.3%
  • D- 4 · 0.3%
  • F 15 · 1.3%
  • P 72 · 6.0%
  • NP 4 · 0.3%
  • I 3 · 0.3%

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
CULIK-BAIRD, HANNAH 3.84 3.84 593 2 92%
VAZQUEZ, ADRIANA MARIA 3.71 3.71 283 1 84%
BORST, ZACHARY PAUL 3.66 3.65 212 2 84%
VIVIAN, ANTHONY LARESE 3.69 3.63 18 small sample 1 78%
BLANK, DAVID L 3.61 3.42 11 small sample 1 45%

“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