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Dibs Fall 2026

EPS SCI 10

Exploring Mars, Red Planet

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. History and future of Mars exploration, origin of planet, surface materials, and atmosphere. History of climate. Questions regarding water and life. Scientific and practical issues in mission design. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.67
n = 306 · 3 terms · ± 0.031
A range
73%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
3%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.0%
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
21 of 63
33% full
 fills TR 3:30pm-4:45pm Paige, D.A.
3.67n=306 · 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.

  • 9922W
  • 10523W
  • 11325W
Enrolment by term: 22W 99, 23W 105, 25W 113
Peak 113 Most recent 113 in 25W 3 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 33 · 10.4%
  • A 151 · 47.6%
  • A- 39 · 12.3%
  • B+ 36 · 11.4%
  • B 25 · 7.9%
  • B- 9 · 2.8%
  • C+ 4 · 1.3%
  • C 3 · 0.9%
  • C- 6 · 1.9%
  • P 9 · 2.8%
  • I 2 · 0.6%

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
PAIGE, DAVID A 3.67 3.67 306 3 73%

“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