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Dibs Fall 2026

FILM TV 108

History of Documentary Film

Lecture/screenings, six hours; discussion, one hour. Philosophy of documentary approach in motion pictures. Development of critical standards and examination of techniques of teaching and persuasion used in selected documentary, educational, and propaganda films. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.59
n = 213 · 2 terms · ± 0.036
A range
79%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
4%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
5.2%
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.

  • 11322W
  • 11124W
Enrolment by term: 22W 113, 24W 111
Peak 113 Most recent 111 in 24W 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 34 · 15.2%
  • A 93 · 41.5%
  • A- 42 · 18.8%
  • B+ 14 · 6.3%
  • B 9 · 4.0%
  • B- 3 · 1.3%
  • C+ 1 · 0.4%
  • C 1 · 0.4%
  • C- 5 · 2.2%
  • D+ 1 · 0.4%
  • D 2 · 0.9%
  • D- 2 · 0.9%
  • F 6 · 2.7%
  • P 10 · 4.5%
  • 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
ANDERSON, STEVEN FRANKLIN 3.58 3.58 213 2 79%

“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