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Dibs Fall 2026

M E STD M50CW

Making and Studying Modern Middle East

(Same as Anthropology M67W.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Survey of modern Middle Eastern cultures through readings and films from Middle East and North Africa. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.44
n = 116 · 2 terms · ± 0.048
A range
60%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
4.3%
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.

  • 5222S
  • 6423S
Enrolment by term: 22S 52, 23S 64
Peak 64 Most recent 64 in 23S 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 14 · 12.1%
  • A 47 · 40.5%
  • A- 9 · 7.8%
  • B+ 17 · 14.7%
  • B 12 · 10.3%
  • B- 8 · 6.9%
  • C+ 3 · 2.6%
  • C 1 · 0.9%
  • F 5 · 4.3%

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
YARBROUGH, LUKE BENSON 3.45 3.45 116 2 60%

“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