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Dibs Fall 2026

HIST 3C

History of Science: 20th Century

Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Ranging from startling new physics of relativity and the quantum, and of nuclear weapons, to molecular reductionism in biology and campaigns for statistical objectivity, examination of involvement of science in technological, military, intellectual, and political changes of the 20th century. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.56
n = 224 · 3 terms · ± 0.036
A range
71%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
5%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
2.7%
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.

  • 5522S
  • 10224S
  • 8225S
Enrolment by term: 22S 55, 24S 102, 25S 82
Peak 102 Most recent 82 in 25S 3 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 24 · 10.0%
  • A 102 · 42.7%
  • A- 32 · 13.4%
  • B+ 25 · 10.5%
  • B 13 · 5.4%
  • B- 13 · 5.4%
  • C+ 3 · 1.3%
  • C 4 · 1.7%
  • C- 2 · 0.8%
  • F 6 · 2.5%
  • P 12 · 5.0%
  • I 3 · 1.3%

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
DE CHADAREVIAN, SORAYA 3.56 3.56 224 3 71%

“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