POL SCI 169
Special Studies in Comparative Politics: Mixed Methods Research
Course statistics
- Predicted GPA
- 3.66
- n = 1,146 · 10 terms · ± 0.016
- A range
- 75%
- of letter grades
- Taken P/NP
- 1%
- 91% of those passed
- D / F / W
- 1.5%
- 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.
- 7321F
- 12122W
- 9222F
- 8123S
- 7823F
- 5624S
- 7524F
- 8425S
Peak 121
Most recent
84
in 25S
8 terms on record
Grade distribution
- A+ 138 · 11.6%
- A 547 · 46.1%
- A- 179 · 15.1%
- B+ 89 · 7.5%
- B 116 · 9.8%
- B- 26 · 2.2%
- C+ 18 · 1.5%
- C 13 · 1.1%
- C- 3 · 0.3%
- D+ 1 · 0.1%
- D 3 · 0.3%
- F 13 · 1.1%
- P 10 · 0.8%
- NP 1 · 0.1%
- S 1 · 0.1%
- I 28 · 2.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOFCHIE, MICHAEL F | 3.81 | 3.82 | 519 | 7 | 87% |
| ROBERTS, TYSON | 3.37 | 3.35 | 288 | 3 | 49% |
| MCNAMEE, LACHLAN ANDREW | 3.85 | 3.87 | 117 | 1 | 91% |
| MOUSA, SALMA | 3.54 | 3.53 | 113 | 2 | 78% |
| TREJO, ALFREDO | 3.48 | 3.42 | 35 | 1 | 74% |
| VALENZUELA, NALLELY | 3.77 | 3.83 | 25 | 1 | 84% |
| STECHER, ELAYNE RUTH | 3.74 | 3.79 | 25 | 1 | 80% |
| MICHEL, JULIAN | 3.54 | 3.43 | 14 small sample | 1 | 50% |
| TREJO, ALFREDO, III | 3.55 | 3.40 | 10 small sample | 1 | 50% |
“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 3.98 n=72
- 22W 3.87 n=117
- 221 3.42 n=24
- 22F 3.62 n=177
- 23S 3.75 n=77
- 23F 3.63 n=230
- 24S 3.48 n=128
- 241 3.65 n=85
- 24F 3.73 n=75
- 25S 3.54 n=161