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Dibs Fall 2026

AN N EA M50A

First Civilizations

(Same as Middle Eastern Studies M50A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of great civilizations of ancient Near East--Egypt, Israel, and Mesopotamia--with attention to emergence of writing, monotheism, and urban societies. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.32
n = 151 · 3 terms · ± 0.043
A range
52%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
1%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
4.0%
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 Waitlist
66 of 66
100% full
 fills MW 2:00pm-3:15pm Burke, A.A.
3.30n=151 · 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.

  • 5321F
  • 5323F
  • 4624F
Enrolment by term: 21F 53, 23F 53, 24F 46
Peak 53 Most recent 46 in 24F 3 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 19 · 12.5%
  • A 36 · 23.7%
  • A- 24 · 15.8%
  • B+ 18 · 11.8%
  • B 21 · 13.8%
  • B- 13 · 8.6%
  • C+ 5 · 3.3%
  • C 7 · 4.6%
  • C- 2 · 1.3%
  • D 2 · 1.3%
  • D- 1 · 0.7%
  • F 3 · 2.0%
  • P 1 · 0.7%

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
BURKE, AARON ALEXANDER 3.30 3.30 151 3 52%

“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