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Dibs Fall 2026

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Ancient Near East

38 courses on record · 4 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.

38 courses

Lower division 16

Lower division courses in Ancient Near East
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
10 Jerusalem: Holy City GE no grade history 1 section
10W Jerusalem: Holy City GE 3.62 n=1,152
12W Jerusalem: Holy City 3.59 n=104
14 Medicine, Magic, and Science in Ancient Times GE no grade history
14W Medicine, Magic, and Science in Ancient Times GE 3.46 n=387
15 Women and Power in Ancient World GE 3.44 n=510
15W Women and Power in Ancient World GE 3.70 n=3,046 1 section
M25 Perceptions of Blackness in the Ancient World GE no grade history
M50A First Civilizations GE 3.32 n=151 1 section
M50B Origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam GE 3.38 n=84
M60 Achaemenid Civilization and Empire of Alexander GE no grade history
M60W Achaemenid Civilization and Empire of Alexander GE 3.65 n=155
M70 Demons, Fear, and Uncanny in Ancient World GE 3.82 n=272
M75 Foundation Myths: Kings, Heroes, and Sorceresses in Ancient and Modern Imaginations GE no grade history 1 section
88S Ages of Enchantment: Witch and Her Origins through Modern Popular Culture no letter grades
98TW Fashion in Ancient World 3.75 n=16 small sample

Upper division 16

Upper division courses in Ancient Near East
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
M103A History of Ancient Egypt 3.45 n=57
M103B History of Ancient Egypt 3.70 n=31
C106A Earliest Empires: Mesopotamian History in 3rd Millennium 3.65 n=19 small sample
C106B The Great Powers: Mesopotamian History from Hammurabi to the Late Bronze Age Collapse 3.63 n=11 small sample
C106C Age of Assyria: Mesopotamian History in 1st Millennium 3.74 n=19 small sample
120A Elementary Ancient Egyptian 3.71 n=14 small sample
M130 Ancient Egyptian Religion GE 3.51 n=404
M135 Religion in Ancient Israel 3.46 n=48
140A Elementary Sumerian 3.66 n=9 small sample
150A Heroes, Gods, and Monsters: Literature and Epic in Mesopotamia 3.72 n=28
162 Archaeology, Identity, and Bible 3.18 n=168
M162 Archaeology, Identity, and Bible GE no grade history
CM163 Archaeology of Iran 3.64 n=78
164 Archaeology of Levant 3.41 n=22
M166 Art and Death in Ancient Egypt 3.76 n=21
M168A Elementary Hittite no grade history

Graduate 6

Graduate courses in Ancient Near East
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
210 Late Egyptian no grade history
220 Seminar: Ancient Egypt 3.89 n=25
230 Seminar: Ancient Syria/Palestine no grade history
240A Seminar: Sumerian Language and Literature no grade history
C267A Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, Predynastic Period to New Kingdom 3.79 n=8 small sample
C267B Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom to Greco-Roman Period 3.81 n=10 small sample

“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.