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Dibs Fall 2026

SCAND 60

Introduction to Nordic Cinema

Lecture, three hours. Not open to students with credit for course 60W. Broad introductory overview of cinematic traditions of Nordic countries. Survey of wide range of films to become familiar with several significant threads running throughout history of Nordic film, while simultaneously building necessary tools with which to write effectively about film narrative. Offers historical and theoretical framework for understanding Nordic cinema by reading several relevant texts touching on issues such as globalization, immigration, Dogme 95, and feminist film theory. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.89
n = 378 · 7 terms · ± 0.028
A range
94%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
2%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
1.3%
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
25 of 25
100% full
 fills Time TBA Wen, P.J.
3.89n=378 · 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.

  • 5522S
  • 14223W
  • 2624W
  • 3024F
  • 2925S
Enrolment by term: 22S 55, 23W 142, 24W 26, 24F 30, 25S 29
Peak 142 Most recent 29 in 25S 5 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 27 · 7.0%
  • A 321 · 83.2%
  • A- 9 · 2.3%
  • B+ 5 · 1.3%
  • B 6 · 1.6%
  • B- 2 · 0.5%
  • C 1 · 0.3%
  • C- 2 · 0.5%
  • F 5 · 1.3%
  • P 8 · 2.1%

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 3.89 3.89 378 7 94%

“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