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Dibs Fall 2026

HIST 9D

Introduction to Asian Civilizations: History of Middle East

Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Introduction to history of Muslim world from advent of Islam to present day. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.79
n = 504 · 4 terms · ± 0.024
A range
86%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
3%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.8%
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.

  • 16621F
  • 15722F
  • 10623F
Enrolment by term: 21F 166, 22F 157, 23F 106
Peak 166 Most recent 106 in 23F 3 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 11 · 2.0%
  • A 350 · 64.5%
  • A- 74 · 13.6%
  • B+ 29 · 5.3%
  • B 22 · 4.1%
  • B- 4 · 0.7%
  • C+ 2 · 0.4%
  • C 7 · 1.3%
  • C- 1 · 0.2%
  • F 4 · 0.7%
  • P 17 · 3.1%
  • I 22 · 4.1%

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
GELVIN, JAMES L 3.79 3.79 504 4 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