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Dibs Fall 2026

AF AMER 1

Introduction to Black Studies

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction of methods, theories, conceptual frameworks, and key debates in black studies. Interrogation of how race structures notions of identity and meaning of blackness in relation to class, gender, and sexuality; essential role of African people in development of capitalism, liberalism, and democracy; what various disciplinary lenses and epistemologies (history, literature, sociology, geography, cultural studies, political theory, philosophy, etc.) reveal about experiences of black people in modern world. Key thinkers and ideas from across humanities and social sciences are highlighted. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.69
n = 1,156 · 7 terms · ± 0.016
A range
80%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
3%
90% of those passed
D / F / W
2.1%
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
101 of 110
92% full
 fills Time TBA The Staff
3.69n=1,156 · course average

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.

  • 9421F
  • 17322F
  • 19323F
  • 10524F
Enrolment by term: 21F 94, 22F 173, 23F 193, 24F 105
Peak 193 Most recent 105 in 24F 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 416 · 34.7%
  • A 387 · 32.3%
  • A- 120 · 10.0%
  • B+ 83 · 6.9%
  • B 50 · 4.2%
  • B- 34 · 2.8%
  • C+ 19 · 1.6%
  • C 9 · 0.8%
  • C- 14 · 1.2%
  • D+ 3 · 0.3%
  • D 2 · 0.2%
  • F 19 · 1.6%
  • P 27 · 2.3%
  • NP 3 · 0.3%
  • S 1 · 0.1%
  • I 12 · 1.0%
  • R 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
EDU, UGO FELICIA 3.68 3.68 498 3 80%
PIERRE, JEMIMA 3.76 3.77 322 2 85%
STREETER, CAROLINE ANNE 3.68 3.68 209 1 79%
MONTEIRO, NATALINA 3.54 3.52 127 1 69%

“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