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Dibs Fall 2026

WL ARTS

World Arts and Cultures

52 courses on record · 2 with sections in Fall 2026

Live section data currently covers GE courses; the rest is filled in by a nightly pass, so this department is likely running more than is listed here.

52 courses

Lower division 13

Lower division courses in World Arts and Cultures
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
1 Introduction to World Arts and Cultures 3.74 n=125
2 Lower-Division Seminar 3.86 n=36
19 Thinking Beyond Human no letter grades
20 Culture: Introduction 3.76 n=87
M23 Introduction to American Indian Studies GE 3.81 n=18 small sample 1 section
24 World Arts, Local Lives 3.87 n=52
33 Colonialisms and Resistance GE 3.66 n=127
51W Aliens, Psychics, and Ghosts GE 3.68 n=240
78 Private Instruction in World Arts and Cultures no grade history
M79 Food Politics: Cultural Solutions to Political Problems GE 3.95 n=82 1 section
88S Pilgrimage: Ancient Paths and Modern Practice no letter grades
98T Stand-Up Comedy and Social Change 3.84 n=14 small sample
98TW Performing Multiracialism: Theorizing Multiracial Representation and Interpretation in Twenty-First Century Performance 3.89 n=21

Upper division 28

Upper division courses in World Arts and Cultures
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
100A Art as Social Action 4.00 n=581
100B Art as Moral Action 3.99 n=153
102 Upper-Division Seminar 3.95 n=19 small sample
103 Arts in Communities 3.82 n=69
104 Representations: Theories and Practices 3.77 n=77
M113D Spoken Word Workshop: Creative Writing and Performance Practicum no grade history
120 Selected Topics in Cultural Studies: Lecture 1 3.83 n=329
123 Race, Nation, and Media Histories 3.64 n=17 small sample
124 Introduction to Field-Based Research Methods 3.74 n=82
M126 Whose Monument Where: Course on Public Art 3.64 n=20
M128 Chicana Art and Artists 3.62 n=14 small sample
133 Textiles of World 3.81 n=38
C139 Afro-Caribbean Ritual Arts 3.95 n=17 small sample
CM140XP Healing, Ritual, and Transformation 3.88 n=11 small sample
C142 Myth and Ritual 4.00 n=908
C145 Curating Cultures 3.84 n=19 small sample
C152 Visual Cultures 3.67 n=14 small sample
C159 Art and Global Health 3.94 n=37
160 Performing Sexual Health: UCLA Sex Squad 3.91 n=35
177XP Taking Action: Arts Practice and Community Service 3.98 n=35
178 Advanced Private Instruction in World Arts and Cultures no grade history
M179 Food Activism in Los Angeles: Narrating Pasts, Imagining Futures 3.94 n=15 small sample
C184 Documentary: Theories and Approaches 3.94 n=45
185 Junior-Year Proposal no letter grades
186A Senior Honors Projects in World Arts and Cultures 3.94 n=41
186B Senior Honors Projects in World Arts and Cultures 3.91 n=16 small sample
188SA Individual Studies for USIE Facilitators no grade history
195 Community or Corporate Internships in World Arts and Cultures no grade history

Graduate 11

Graduate courses in World Arts and Cultures
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
200 Theories of Culture no grade history
202 Research Methodologies no grade history
220 Seminar: Culture and Performance: Invisible World 3.96 n=15 small sample
C245 Curating Cultures 3.89 n=10 small sample
C252 Visual Cultures no grade history
375 Teaching Apprentice Practicum no letter grades
478 Advanced Private Instruction in World Arts and Cultures no grade history
495 Teaching Assistant Seminar no grade history
596A Directed Individual Study or Research no grade history
597 Preparation for Master's Comprehensive Examination or PhD Qualifying Examination no grade history
599 Research for and Preparation of PhD Dissertation no grade history

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the department average, so a course taught once to a dozen students sits near the department mean rather than at whatever those twelve happened to get. The figure is always shown — small sample marks where it rests mostly on that prior.