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ASTR 279

Seminar: Current Astronomical Research

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.31
n = 0 · 12 terms · ± 0.152
A range
—
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
—
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Sem 1 Open
10 of 95
11% full
 seats likely W 3:00pm-5:50pm Shapley, A.E. no grade history

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.

  • 3721F
  • 3722W
  • 3722S
  • 3922F
  • 3823W
  • 3623S
  • 3323F
  • 3124W
  • 3324S
  • 3524F
  • 3625W
  • 2925S
Enrolment by term: 21F 37, 22W 37, 22S 37, 22F 39, 23W 38, 23S 36, 23F 33, 24W 31, 24S 33, 24F 35, 25W 36, 25S 29
Peak 39 Most recent 29 in 25S 12 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • P 2 · 0.5%
  • S 419 · 99.5%

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
SHAPLEY, ALICE EVE 3.31 0 small sample 12 —

“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