ENGL 179
Topics in Literature, circa 1850 to Present: Reading Black British Writers
Course statistics
- Predicted GPA
- 3.54
- n = 269 · 6 terms · ± 0.033
- A range
- 64%
- of letter grades
- Taken P/NP
- 2%
- 100% of those passed
- D / F / W
- 1.5%
- incl. withdrawals
Sections in Fall 2026
Not offered in Fall 2026.
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.
- 2722W
- 2122S
- 2823S
- 3023F
- 3524W
- 3325S
Peak 35
Most recent
33
in 25S
6 terms on record
Grade distribution
- A+ 27 · 9.8%
- A 89 · 32.2%
- A- 55 · 19.9%
- B+ 44 · 15.9%
- B 30 · 10.9%
- B- 12 · 4.3%
- C+ 2 · 0.7%
- C 4 · 1.4%
- C- 2 · 0.7%
- F 4 · 1.4%
- P 6 · 2.2%
- I 1 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELTZER, MARK | 3.59 | 3.60 | 68 | 2 | 65% |
| RUSSELL, DAVID JAMES | 3.46 | 3.43 | 36 | 1 | 47% |
| BRISTOW, JOSEPH E | 3.42 | 3.37 | 30 | 1 | 53% |
| HORNBY, LOUISE E J | 3.47 | 3.43 | 29 | 1 | 69% |
| NORTH, MICHAEL A | 3.38 | 3.31 | 28 | 1 | 46% |
| SELTZER, MARK I | 3.61 | 3.65 | 22 | 1 | 77% |
| SIMPSON, MONA ELIZABETH | 3.65 | 3.72 | 19 small sample | 1 | 74% |
| D'AGUIAR, FREDERICK M | 3.79 | 3.97 | 19 small sample | 1 | 100% |
| KAUFMAN, ELEANOR K | 3.52 | 3.50 | 18 small sample | 1 | 61% |
“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
- 22W 3.45 n=79
- 22S 3.74 n=37
- 23S 3.53 n=55
- 23F 3.37 n=30
- 24W 3.51 n=35
- 25S 3.70 n=33