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Dibs Fall 2026

CESC 50XP

Engaging Los Angeles

(Formerly numbered 50SL.) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Community-engaged learning course with focus on diverse communities of Los Angeles. Analysis of general shared history of Los Angeles. Comparing or contrasting of experiences of several different racial/ethnic groups. Engagement in meaningful work off campus to reflect on assets, injustices, and inequities that have shaped experiences of native or immigrant communities. Analysis of Los Angeles in which residents coexist and interact while managing tensions and social justice issues inherent in minority/majority city. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.78
n = 1,311 · 12 terms · ± 0.015
A range
89%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
2.4%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 2 Closed
25 of 25
100% full
 fills W 2:00pm-4:50pm Ritter, Z.S.
3.78n=1,311 · 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.

  • 10921F
  • 12222W
  • 12122S
  • 11222F
  • 10923W
  • 11223S
  • 11223F
  • 10624W
  • 9924S
  • 9924F
  • 10525W
  • 11025S
Enrolment by term: 21F 109, 22W 122, 22S 121, 22F 112, 23W 109, 23S 112, 23F 112, 24W 106, 24S 99, 24F 99, 25W 105, 25S 110
Peak 122 Most recent 110 in 25S 12 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 3 · 0.2%
  • A 1,014 · 76.8%
  • A- 147 · 11.1%
  • B+ 36 · 2.7%
  • B 52 · 3.9%
  • B- 11 · 0.8%
  • C+ 6 · 0.5%
  • C 7 · 0.5%
  • C- 4 · 0.3%
  • D 5 · 0.4%
  • F 26 · 2.0%
  • I 10 · 0.8%

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
STAUB, SHALOM DAVID 3.79 3.79 1,008 9 89%
MARQUEZ, RIGOBERTO 3.75 3.75 303 3 88%

“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