POL SCI 20
World Politics
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Required of all students concentrating in Field II. Introduction to problems of world politics. P/NP or letter grading.
Course statistics
- Predicted GPA
- 3.65
- n = 2,564 · 12 terms · ± 0.011
- A range
- 76%
- of letter grades
- Taken P/NP
- 1%
- 93% of those passed
- D / F / W
- 1.9%
- incl. withdrawals
Sections in Fall 2026
| Section | Status | Enrolled | Seat risk | Meets | Instructor | Predicted GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lec 1 | Closed |
190 of 190
100% full
|
fills | MW 9:30am-10:45am | Ying, L. | 3.76n=818 · 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.
- 29721F
- 28122W
- 12022S
- 29722F
- 16723S
- 29924W
- 29824S
- 35824F
- 29425W
- 11625S
Grade distribution
- A+ 442 · 17.0%
- A 1,137 · 43.7%
- A- 367 · 14.1%
- B+ 230 · 8.8%
- B 170 · 6.5%
- B- 69 · 2.7%
- C+ 35 · 1.3%
- C 41 · 1.6%
- C- 24 · 0.9%
- D+ 21 · 0.8%
- D 5 · 0.2%
- D- 4 · 0.2%
- F 19 · 0.7%
- P 27 · 1.0%
- NP 2 · 0.1%
- I 8 · 0.3%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN, ERIC ARAM | 3.56 | 3.56 | 1,169 | 4 | 70% |
| YING, LUWEI | 3.76 | 3.76 | 818 | 3 | 83% |
| WILKINSON, DAVID O | 3.78 | 3.78 | 278 | 1 | 87% |
| ROBERTS, TYSON | 3.69 | 3.69 | 117 | 1 | 78% |
| JOHNS, LESLIE NICOLE | 3.37 | 3.34 | 115 | 1 | 51% |
| PERRY, JOSEPH BRIAN | 3.91 | 4.00 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| HIRONAKA, RYAN TODD | 3.66 | 3.66 | 29 | 1 | 72% |
“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
- 21F 3.73 n=291
- 22W 3.78 n=278
- 22S 3.69 n=117
- 221 4.00 n=38
- 22F 3.75 n=295
- 23S 3.52 n=166
- 24W 3.38 n=295
- 24S 3.84 n=295
- 241 3.66 n=29
- 24F 3.82 n=357
- 25W 3.39 n=288
- 25S 3.34 n=115