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HIST 9C

Introduction to Asian Civilizations: History of Japan

Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Survey of Japanese history from earliest recorded time to the present, with emphasis on development of Japan as a cultural daughter of China. Attention to manner in which Chinese culture was Japanized and aspects of Japanese civilization which became unique. Creation of the modern state in the last century and impact of Western civilization on Japanese culture. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.89
n = 213 · 1 term · ± 0.036
A range
94%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
2%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.5%
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.

  • 21824S
Enrolment by term: 24S 218
Peak 218 Most recent 218 in 24S 1 term on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 72 · 33.0%
  • A 106 · 48.6%
  • A- 22 · 10.1%
  • B+ 9 · 4.1%
  • B 1 · 0.5%
  • B- 1 · 0.5%
  • C+ 1 · 0.5%
  • F 1 · 0.5%
  • P 4 · 1.8%
  • I 1 · 0.5%

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
HIRANO, KATSUYA 3.90 3.90 213 1 94%

“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