ETHNMUS 163
Theory, Practice, and Improvisation in Iranian Music
Grades
4.00
Average grade awarded in ETHNMUS 163. Not a student rating: this is what the grades were.
In the A range
100%
of the 30 letter grades
D, F or W
0.0%
of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals
Taken pass/no pass
0%
nobody in the record took it pass/no pass
The registrar's own records: 30 grades over 2 terms, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Every instructor is pooled here.
What is inside that record
No summer session is in that record.
The table below splits them.
Historical grades for all professors, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
- A+ 10 · 33.3%
- A 20 · 66.7%
Percentages are of the 30 letter grades. Grey bars are non-letter outcomes.
How the non-letter outcomes are counted
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 GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Winter 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HADADI, PEJMAN reviews ↗ | 3.98 | 4.00 | 30 | 2 | 100% | - | not teaching it |
Why Predicted is not the Raw average
“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.
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Workload and assignments
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What comes first
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Counted in courses rather than quarters: dibs does not know which of them a department lets you take together.
From the registrar's catalog
Seminar, three hours. Requisites: courses 5 or M25, and 8. Designed to expose students from wide background of experience, outlooks, and training to many facets of art and craft of improvisation in Iranian music. Examination of how organization of radif (collection of melodic figures preserved through oral tradition that provides basis of improvisation), and master and disciple teaching and tutoring, shape improvisational and performance practices in Iranian traditional music. Comparison of radif to num,ber of related musical cultures: Arabic maqam, Turkish makam, and number of ragas from North Indian tradition. Includes in part workshop format in which students are encouraged to bring their own musical instruments, or for vocalist to join in, in exploring radif. Students read about theoretical issues of radif, and learn how to memorize, compose, and improvise important parts of radif. P/NP or letter grading.
Sections in Winter 2026
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