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Dibs Fall 2026

ENGL 91A

Introduction to Poetry

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Recommended for instructional credential candidates. Study of critical issues (metrics, diction, figurative language, symbolism, irony and ambiguity, form and structure) and aesthetic issues, including evaluative criteria, followed by close critical analysis of selection of representative poems. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.76
n = 132 · 2 terms · ± 0.045
A range
83%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
6%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
1.5%
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
44 of 46
96% full
 fills TR 2:00pm-3:15pm Bahl, A.M.
3.76n=132 · 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.

  • 7422W
  • 6922F
Enrolment by term: 22W 74, 22F 69
Peak 74 Most recent 69 in 22F 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 32 · 22.4%
  • A 62 · 43.4%
  • A- 16 · 11.2%
  • B+ 8 · 5.6%
  • B 8 · 5.6%
  • B- 4 · 2.8%
  • F 2 · 1.4%
  • P 8 · 5.6%
  • S 1 · 0.7%
  • I 2 · 1.4%

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
DICKEY, STEPHEN J 3.79 3.80 67 1 84%
STEFANS, BRIAN KIM 3.73 3.72 65 1 83%

“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