Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.75 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=114 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.64 GPA, 86.3% A/AB (n=131 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.41 GPA, 78.4% A/AB (n=51 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Europe and the Modern World 1815 to the Present
HISTORY 120 covers the political, economic, social, and cultural history of modern Western civilization from 1815 to the present.
Summary
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Historical reviews of Laird Boswell, Mary Roberts: Students report a moderate amount of reading, including novels and short texts, but generally find the workload manageable if they attend lectures and complete the assigned readings.
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Professors
Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Brandon Bloch is the current instructor, but reviews for Mary Roberts highlight her passion and use of art, music, and literature to teach culture. Roberts provided helpful lecture outlines and engaged students, though one review found her merely average. Historical reviews for Laird Boswell praise his clear explanations and intelligence.
BRANDON BLOCH is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
GIULIANA CHAMEDES is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LAIRD BOSWELL is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MARY LOUISE ROBERTS is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2008, Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2014, Spring 2018, Fall 2019. 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 | 128 / 159 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 18 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 306 | Classroom Instruction | 16 / 17 | 0 |
| DIS 307 | Classroom Instruction | 13 / 17 | 0 |
| DIS 308 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 333 | Classroom Instruction | 16 / 0 | 0 |
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 5 / 17 | 0 |
| DIS 304 | Classroom Instruction | 10 / 17 | 0 |
| DIS 305 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews for Mary Roberts describe an engaging, passionate lecturer who uses art, music, and literature to teach history, with students rating her highly for her enthusiasm and clear teaching style.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.71 GPA, 89.4% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.77 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=125 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.41 GPA, 78.4% A/AB (n=51 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Laird Boswell, Mary Roberts: Students report a moderate amount of reading, including novels and short texts, but generally find the workload manageable if they attend lectures and complete the assigned readings.
Historical reviews of Mary Roberts: Reviewers highlight helpful lecture outlines, clear explanations, and instructors who are enthusiastic and accessible, with one student noting the class inspired them to declare a history major.
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Fall 2026 · Projected
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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 · 0.21 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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Europe and the Modern World 1815 to the Present
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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