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Dibs Fall 2026

PUB AFF 10

Social Problems and Social Change

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to social scientific approaches to study of social problems and their solutions. Using selected contemporary social problems as cases, and drawing on variety of sources (such as scholarly readings, video clips, and guest speakers), exploration of how social problems and their solutions come to be defined, roles that economic, political, educational, and cultural institutions play in perpetuating or solving social problems, and how individuals, social advocates, and communities can lead or impede social change. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.77
n = 1,358 · 9 terms · ± 0.015
A range
83%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.6%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Open
68 of 69
99% full
 fills MW 11:00am-12:15pm Sherrer, T.A.
3.66n=614 · 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.

  • 12421F
  • 10922W
  • 12422S
  • 19722F
  • 19723W
  • 15323F
  • 18424S
  • 14124F
  • 13625S
Enrolment by term: 21F 124, 22W 109, 22S 124, 22F 197, 23W 197, 23F 153, 24S 184, 24F 141, 25S 136
Peak 197 Most recent 136 in 25S 9 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 605 · 44.3%
  • A 371 · 27.2%
  • A- 155 · 11.4%
  • B+ 74 · 5.4%
  • B 78 · 5.7%
  • B- 28 · 2.1%
  • C+ 18 · 1.3%
  • C 12 · 0.9%
  • C- 9 · 0.7%
  • D 5 · 0.4%
  • F 3 · 0.2%
  • P 1 · 0.1%
  • I 6 · 0.4%

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
SHERRER, THOMAS A 3.66 3.65 614 4 75%
RITTERBUSCH, AMY ELIZABETH 3.98 3.98 514 3 99%
STOLL, MICHAEL A 3.58 3.56 121 1 69%
COVINGTON, KENYA L 3.65 3.63 109 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