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Dibs Fall 2026

MUSCLG 5

History of Rock and Roll

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Analysis of forms, practices, and meanings of rock and roll music, broadly conceived, from its origin to present. Emphasis on how this music has reflected and influenced changes in sexual, racial, and class identities and attitudes. Credit for both courses 5 and 185 not allowed. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.90
n = 1,241 · 4 terms · ± 0.015
A range
94%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
0.5%
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.

  • 39521F
  • 39722F
  • 22223F
  • 22825S
Enrolment by term: 21F 395, 22F 397, 23F 222, 25S 228
Peak 397 Most recent 228 in 25S 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 642 · 51.7%
  • A 457 · 36.8%
  • A- 65 · 5.2%
  • B+ 27 · 2.2%
  • B 19 · 1.5%
  • B- 10 · 0.8%
  • C+ 5 · 0.4%
  • C 8 · 0.6%
  • C- 2 · 0.2%
  • F 6 · 0.5%
  • I 1 · 0.1%

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
CARLOS, CAITLIN CLAIRE 3.94 3.94 1,013 3 97%
MACFADYEN, DAVID W 3.75 3.74 228 1 81%

“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