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Dibs Fall 2026

JAPAN 70

Images of Japan: Literature and Film

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Japanese culture, literature, or language not required. Introduction to visual and textual images of Japan's literary heritage, including documentary and feature films based on Japan's literary classics. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.50
n = 378 · 2 terms · ± 0.028
A range
62%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
1.9%
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.

  • 18923W
  • 18925W
Enrolment by term: 23W 189, 25W 189
Peak 189 Most recent 189 in 25W 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 7 · 1.9%
  • A 95 · 25.1%
  • A- 133 · 35.2%
  • B+ 82 · 21.7%
  • B 31 · 8.2%
  • B- 13 · 3.4%
  • C+ 4 · 1.1%
  • C 3 · 0.8%
  • C- 3 · 0.8%
  • F 7 · 1.9%

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
SHIMAZAKI, SATOKO 3.49 3.49 378 2 62%

“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