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Dibs Fall 2026

GERMAN 61A

Modern Metropolis: Berlin

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Cultural, political, architectural, and urban history of one of most vibrant and significant cities in world. Exploration of city over 800 years, using innovative mapping tools to understand how Berlin evolved from fortified mercantile town into global city. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.74
n = 110 · 2 terms · ± 0.049
A range
86%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
2%
50% of those passed
D / F / W
3.6%
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.

  • 5523W
  • 5824W
Enrolment by term: 23W 55, 24W 58
Peak 58 Most recent 58 in 24W 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 13 · 11.5%
  • A 72 · 63.7%
  • A- 10 · 8.8%
  • B+ 4 · 3.5%
  • B 3 · 2.7%
  • B- 2 · 1.8%
  • C+ 2 · 1.8%
  • D+ 1 · 0.9%
  • D- 1 · 0.9%
  • F 2 · 1.8%
  • P 1 · 0.9%
  • NP 1 · 0.9%
  • I 1 · 0.9%

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
YILDIZ, YASEMIN 3.74 3.74 110 2 86%

“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