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Dibs Fall 2026

ITALIAN 50B

Masterpieces of Italian Literature in English: Enlightenment to Postmodernity: Lecture 1

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Comparative study of major literary texts and their adaptations into different forms of public spectacle, including theater, opera, and film. Works by Goldoni, Gozzi, Mascagni, Verga, Puccini, Pirandello, Calvino, Ortese, Zavattini, de Sica, and Taviani Brothers. Emphasis on development of ideas of spectacle. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.45
n = 93 · 3 terms · ± 0.053
A range
67%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
1%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
5.4%
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 Open
26 of 40
65% full
 could fill MW 11:00am-12:15pm Rushing, R.A.
3.44n=93 · 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.

  • 3323S
  • 4924W
  • 1225S
Enrolment by term: 23S 33, 24W 49, 25S 12
Peak 49 Most recent 12 in 25S 3 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A 43 · 45.3%
  • A- 19 · 20.0%
  • B+ 11 · 11.6%
  • B 6 · 6.3%
  • B- 6 · 6.3%
  • C+ 1 · 1.1%
  • C 2 · 2.1%
  • D- 1 · 1.1%
  • F 4 · 4.2%
  • P 1 · 1.1%
  • I 1 · 1.1%

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
RUSHING, ROBERT ALLEN 3.44 3.44 93 3 67%

“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