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Dibs Fall 2026

HIST 180A

Topics in History of Science: Prison Science

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.66
n = 166 · 2 terms · ± 0.041
A range
75%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
3%
60% of those passed
D / F / W
1.2%
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.

  • 8624S
  • 8525S
Enrolment by term: 24S 86, 25S 85
Peak 86 Most recent 85 in 25S 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 22 · 12.8%
  • A 72 · 41.9%
  • A- 30 · 17.4%
  • B+ 15 · 8.7%
  • B 18 · 10.5%
  • B- 3 · 1.7%
  • C+ 1 · 0.6%
  • C 2 · 1.2%
  • C- 1 · 0.6%
  • D 1 · 0.6%
  • F 1 · 0.6%
  • P 3 · 1.7%
  • NP 2 · 1.2%
  • I 1 · 0.6%

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
ALEXANDER, AMIR 3.66 3.66 166 2 75%

“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