Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=67 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.56 GPA, 77.9% A/AB (n=86 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.54 GPA, 84.4% A/AB (n=64 letter grades).
Fall 2026
American History, Civil War Era to the Present
HISTORY 102 covers American political, economic, and social development from the Civil War era to the present.
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Historical reviews of Allison Useche, Athan Biss: Workload expectations vary by instructor. Athan Biss required strict attendance, frequent pop quizzes, and tough essay grading, while Allison Useche involved reading approximately six primary sources weekly.
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Patrick Iber praise his engaging, thorough lectures and thoughtful approach to difficult topics, noting quizzes are easy. Allison Useche is described as caring and knowledgeable, with students recommending her for her unique teaching style and helpful TAs, though one reviewer noted she primarily reads from slides.
ALLISON USECHE is recorded teaching in Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ATHAN BISS is recorded teaching in Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
NAN ENSTAD is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
PATRICK IBER is recorded teaching in Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SCOTT BURKHARDT is recorded teaching in Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SEAN DINCES is recorded teaching in Fall 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SIMON BALTO is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 96 / 96 | 2 |
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 17 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 17 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 306 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 18 | 2 |
| DIS 333 | Classroom Instruction | 26 / 0 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 17 / 18 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Allison Useche: Recent reviews for Allison Useche describe the course as easy and enjoyable, particularly for students with prior US history background. Reviewers highlight her caring nature and the accessibility of online slides, though one notes she primarily reads from them.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=67 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.56 GPA, 77.9% A/AB (n=86 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.54 GPA, 84.4% A/AB (n=64 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Allison Useche, Athan Biss: Workload expectations vary by instructor. Athan Biss required strict attendance, frequent pop quizzes, and tough essay grading, while Allison Useche involved reading approximately six primary sources weekly.
Historical reviews of Patrick Iber: Patrick Iber received high praise for being funny, thoughtful on sensitive topics, and allowing students to influence their grades through effort. Reviewers found his lectures engaging and the class thorough.
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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.17 GPA average error.
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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
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American History, Civil War Era to the Present
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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