Skip to content
Dibs Fall 2026 Sign in

CLUSTER M27B

Global Islam

(Same as Islamic Studies M27B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M27A. Introduction to Islam, immensely diverse global tradition which is second largest religion. Study of Islam and Muslims within framework of study of global religious traditions and emphasis on profound diversity of localized belief and practice found across world. Examination of Islam's evolution across 15 centuries, from late antiquity--when it emerged as localized religion in Central Arabia--to modern era where it is practice from U.S. to Indonesia. Concentration on broad analytical categories in study of religion such as text, culture, history, and prophecy. Students transition to more complex analyses through chronological overview of Islamic history. Study also of case studies of Muslim global networks in arenas such as art, music, literature, and political thought. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.85
n = 296 · 3 terms · ± 0.031
A range
91%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
0.7%
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.

  • 10223W
  • 8924W
  • 10625W
Enrolment by term: 23W 102, 24W 89, 25W 106
Peak 106 Most recent 106 in 25W 3 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 127 · 42.8%
  • A 97 · 32.7%
  • A- 44 · 14.8%
  • B+ 14 · 4.7%
  • B 8 · 2.7%
  • B- 1 · 0.3%
  • C+ 2 · 0.7%
  • C- 1 · 0.3%
  • D- 1 · 0.3%
  • F 1 · 0.3%
  • I 1 · 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
YARBROUGH, LUKE BENSON 3.82 3.81 195 2 88%
SLYOMOVICS, SUSAN 3.86 3.86 106 1 90%
ALI, MOHSIN MALIK 3.90 3.91 101 1 96%
CHISM, CHRISTINE N 3.77 3.76 89 1 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