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MUSCLG 60

American Musical

Lecture, four hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Survey of American musical in 20th century, beginning with its roots in operetta, vaudeville, and Gilbert and Sullivan, and focusing on its connections to politics, technology, film, opera, and variety of popular musical styles, including Tin Pan Alley, jazz, and rock. Credit for both courses 60 and 160 not allowed. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.81
n = 215 · 2 terms · ± 0.036
A range
88%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
2%
80% of those passed
D / F / W
0.9%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 10223F
  • 11825S
Enrolment by term: 23F 102, 25S 118
Peak 118 Most recent 118 in 25S 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 69 · 31.4%
  • A 100 · 45.5%
  • A- 20 · 9.1%
  • B+ 9 · 4.1%
  • B 8 · 3.6%
  • B- 2 · 0.9%
  • C+ 3 · 1.4%
  • C 1 · 0.5%
  • C- 1 · 0.5%
  • F 2 · 0.9%
  • P 4 · 1.8%
  • NP 1 · 0.5%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. 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 Raw n Terms A range
REPLOGLE, HOLLEY D 3.81 3.81 215 2 88%

“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.

By term