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Dibs Fall 2026

AN N EA 15W

Women and Power in Ancient World

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 15. Examination of how feminine power confronts masculine dominance within complex social systems in ancient world. To gain political power, some female rulers used their sexuality to gain access to important men. Other women gained their position as regents and helpers of masculine kings who were too young to rule. Others denied their femininity in dress and manner, effectively androgynizing themselves or pretending to be men so that their femininity would not be obstacle to political rule. Many women only gained throne at end of dynasties after male line had run out entirely, or in midst of civil war when patrilineal successions were in disarray. No women were able to gain reigns of power through their bloodlines alone. Women's power was compromised from outset. Examination of root causes and results of this political inequality. Satisfies Writing II requirement. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.70
n = 3,046 · 11 terms · ± 0.010
A range
85%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
3%
78% of those passed
D / F / W
3.4%
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 Closed
226 of 226
100% full
 fills Time TBA Cooney, K.M., TA
3.70n=3,046 · 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.

  • 19621F
  • 18522W
  • 18622F
  • 13823W
  • 19224W
  • 10124F
  • 13425W
  • 11725S
Enrolment by term: 21F 196, 22W 185, 22F 186, 23W 138, 24W 192, 24F 101, 25W 134, 25S 117
Peak 196 Most recent 117 in 25S 8 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 832 · 26.6%
  • A 1,380 · 44.0%
  • A- 371 · 11.8%
  • B+ 134 · 4.3%
  • B 105 · 3.4%
  • B- 42 · 1.3%
  • C+ 34 · 1.1%
  • C 31 · 1.0%
  • C- 13 · 0.4%
  • D+ 11 · 0.4%
  • D 10 · 0.3%
  • D- 4 · 0.1%
  • F 79 · 2.5%
  • P 63 · 2.0%
  • NP 18 · 0.6%
  • I 6 · 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
COONEY, KATHLYN M 3.70 3.70 3,046 11 85%

“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