UCLA Ancient Near East Courses

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Grades awarded Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, every instructor,

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Lower division 16

Lower division courses in Ancient Near East
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Winter 2026
10	Jerusalem: Holy City GE	no grade history	not checked
10W	Jerusalem: Holy City GE	3.62 1,171 grades	not checked
12W	Jerusalem: Holy City	3.59 104 grades	not checked
14	Medicine, Magic, and Science in Ancient Times GE	no grade history	not checked
14W	Medicine, Magic, and Science in Ancient Times GE	3.48 406 grades	not checked
15	Women and Power in Ancient World GE	3.44 510 grades	not checked
15W	Women and Power in Ancient World GE	3.72 3,840 grades	not checked
M25	Perceptions of Blackness in the Ancient World GE	no grade history	not checked
M50A	First Civilizations GE	3.22 191 grades	not checked
M50B	Origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam GE	3.39 84 grades	not checked
M60	Achaemenid Civilization and Empire of Alexander GE	no grade history	not checked
M60W	Achaemenid Civilization and Empire of Alexander GE	3.62 260 grades	not checked
M70	Demons, Fear, and Uncanny in Ancient World GE	3.86 504 grades	not checked
M75	Foundation Myths: Kings, Heroes, and Sorceresses in Ancient and Modern Imaginations GE	no grade history	not checked
88S	Ages of Enchantment: Witch and Her Origins through Modern Popular Culture		not checked
98TW	Fashion in Ancient World	3.75 16 grades ·	not checked

Upper division 16

Upper division courses in Ancient Near East
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Winter 2026
M103A	History of Ancient Egypt	3.46 57 grades	not checked
M103B	History of Ancient Egypt	3.70 31 grades	not checked
C106A	Earliest Empires: Mesopotamian History in 3rd Millennium	3.66 19 grades ·	not checked
C106B	The Great Powers: Mesopotamian History from Hammurabi to the Late Bronze Age Collapse	3.64 11 grades ·	not checked
C106C	Age of Assyria: Mesopotamian History in 1st Millennium	3.74 19 grades ·	not checked
120A	Elementary Ancient Egyptian	3.71 14 grades ·	not checked
M130	Ancient Egyptian Religion GE	3.52 421 grades	not checked
M135	Religion in Ancient Israel	3.47 48 grades	not checked
140A	Elementary Sumerian	3.67 9 grades ·	not checked
150A	Heroes, Gods, and Monsters: Literature and Epic in Mesopotamia	3.72 28 grades	not checked
162	Archaeology, Identity, and Bible	3.19 168 grades	not checked
M162	Archaeology, Identity, and Bible GE	no grade history	not checked
CM163	Archaeology of Iran	3.65 78 grades	not checked
164	Archaeology of Levant	3.43 22 grades	not checked
M166	Art and Death in Ancient Egypt	3.76 21 grades	not checked
M168A	Elementary Hittite	no grade history	not checked

Graduate 10

Graduate courses in Ancient Near East
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Winter 2026
210	Late Egyptian	no grade history	not checked
220	Seminar: Ancient Egypt	3.88 25 grades	not checked
225	Readings on the Ancient Near East	no grade history	not checked
230	Seminar: Ancient Syria/Palestine	no grade history	not checked
240A	Seminar: Sumerian Language and Literature	no grade history	not checked
C267A	Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, Predynastic Period to New Kingdom	3.78 8 grades ·	not checked
C267B	Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom to Greco-Roman Period	3.80 10 grades ·	not checked
596	Directed Individual Study	no grade history	not checked
597	Examination Preparation	no grade history	not checked
599	PhD Dissertation Research and Preparation	no grade history	not checked