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Dibs Fall 2026

RELIGN 11

Religion in Los Angeles

Lecture, four hours. Introduction to varieties of religious experience in Los Angeles and its environs. Presentations, required readings, and (where possible) site visits to examine selected faiths and spiritual practices throughout Southern California and provide deeper understanding of myriad ways that sacred is made manifest and encountered. Foundational academic orientations within study of religion (anthropological, historical, psychological, sociological, etc.) used as framework to examine and interpret almost unparalleled religious diversity of City of Angels. Recognizing that spiritual traditions are crucial reflection of region's ever-changing demographics, emphasis on role of ethnicity, gender, nationality, and race in shaping of religious landscape. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.68
n = 345 · 4 terms · ± 0.029
A range
78%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
5%
95% of those passed
D / F / W
1.2%
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 70
97% full
 fills TR 12:30pm-1:45pm Joseph, S.J.
3.68n=345 · 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.

  • 9621F
  • 10022F
  • 8923F
  • 8524F
Enrolment by term: 21F 96, 22F 100, 23F 89, 24F 85
Peak 100 Most recent 85 in 24F 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 108 · 29.1%
  • A 105 · 28.3%
  • A- 56 · 15.1%
  • B+ 20 · 5.4%
  • B 28 · 7.5%
  • B- 15 · 4.0%
  • C+ 8 · 2.2%
  • C- 1 · 0.3%
  • F 4 · 1.1%
  • P 19 · 5.1%
  • NP 1 · 0.3%
  • I 6 · 1.6%

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
JOSEPH, SIMON JONATHAN 3.68 3.68 345 4 78%

“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