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Dibs Fall 2026

LING 1

Introduction to Study of Language

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Summary for general undergraduates of what is known about human language; biological basis of language, scientific study of language and human cognition; uniqueness of human language, its structure, universality, its diversity; language in social and cultural setting; language in relation to other aspects of human inquiry and knowledge. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.62
n = 6,654 · 15 terms · ± 0.007
A range
74%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
6%
96% of those passed
D / F / W
2.2%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Closed
375 of 375
100% full
 fills Time TBA Silvestri, G., TA
3.65n=4,090 · this instructor

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.

  • 49321F
  • 47622W
  • 24422S
  • 49122F
  • 48523W
  • 24423S
  • 49423F
  • 48524W
  • 24224S
  • 49624F
  • 1225W
  • 1625S
Enrolment by term: 21F 493, 22W 476, 22S 244, 22F 491, 23W 485, 23S 244, 23F 494, 24W 485, 24S 242, 24F 496, 25W 12, 25S 16
Peak 496 Most recent 16 in 25S 12 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 2,268 · 31.8%
  • A 1,832 · 25.7%
  • A- 833 · 11.7%
  • B+ 555 · 7.8%
  • B 460 · 6.5%
  • B- 237 · 3.3%
  • C+ 145 · 2.0%
  • C 113 · 1.6%
  • C- 68 · 1.0%
  • D+ 33 · 0.5%
  • D 32 · 0.4%
  • D- 18 · 0.3%
  • F 60 · 0.8%
  • P 422 · 5.9%
  • NP 17 · 0.2%
  • I 35 · 0.5%
  • DR 1 · 0.0%

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
SILVESTRI, GIUSEPPINA 3.65 3.65 4,090 9 76%
RETT, JESSICA L 3.65 3.65 1,036 3 77%
TORRENCE, WILLIAM HAROLD 3.45 3.45 898 2 63%
TORRENCE, WILLIAM HAROLD, JR 3.57 3.57 451 1 71%
FULLER, CORRINA 3.80 3.81 233 1 85%
AZIZ, JAKE 3.78 3.80 179 1 87%

“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