IRANIAN 164
Ancient Cities of Iran: Archaeological Survey of Historic Cities and Sites of Iran from 4000 BC to 1900 AD
Grades
3.94
Average grade awarded in IRANIAN 164. Not a student rating: this is what the grades were.
In the A range
95%
of the 160 letter grades
D, F or W
0.0%
of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals
Taken pass/no pass
1%
1 of 1 student passed
The registrar's own records: 160 grades over 4 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, and term averages across those 4 terms ran 3.90 to 4.00.
Historical grades for all professors, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
- A+ 43 · 26.9%
- A 104 · 65.0%
- A- 5 · 3.1%
- B+ 3 · 1.9%
- B 4 · 2.5%
- C 1 · 0.6%
- P 1 of 161
Percentages are of the 160 letter grades. Grey bars are non-letter outcomes: passes (P).
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 | Spring 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOUSAVI, SEYED-ALI reviews ↗ | 3.94 | 3.94 | 160 | 4 | 95% | - | 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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In Springs
Has not run in Spring in the 4 Springs dibs holds records for, back to Fall 2021. That is 4 years of grade records rather than the course catalog, so it says what has happened and not what the department will do next. dibs has no record of it in any quarter since Fall 2024.
From the terms dibs holds, which start in Fall 2021 and exclude summer. A department can run a course in a quarter it never has before.
From the registrar's catalog
Lecture, four hours. Introduction to archaeological and historical monuments and sites of Iran from earliest periods to early 20th century. Examination of emergence of early Iranian villages, formation of cities and their development and expansion throughout late Sasanian and early Islamic periods to preindustrial era in early years of past century. Study of selection of ancient Iranian sites and cities, from fifth millennium BC to Qajar period, based on relevant archaeological, historical, and geographical sources. Study of archaeology and historical geography of each site or city with aerial views, which reveal rich array of architecture and town planning—from ordinary settlements and vernacular constructions to worldly-known royal and religious monuments. P/NP or letter grading.
Sections in Spring 2027
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