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Dibs Fall 2026

INF STD 30

Internet and Society

Lecture, four hours. Introduction to key historical and sociotechnical developments that have given rise to today's Internet and related information and communication technologies, from networked computing and telecommunications in 20th century to contemporary digital networks and platforms. Focus on economic, political, and cultural consequences of those developments and technologies in society today. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.62
n = 234 · 3 terms · ± 0.035
A range
62%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
0.4%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Waitlist
80 of 80
100% full
 fills MW 4:00pm-5:50pm Raval, N.A., TA
3.89n=80 · 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.

  • 7922W
  • 7523F
  • 8024F
Enrolment by term: 22W 79, 23F 75, 24F 80
Peak 80 Most recent 80 in 24F 3 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 68 · 29.1%
  • A 35 · 15.0%
  • A- 42 · 17.9%
  • B+ 53 · 22.6%
  • B 30 · 12.8%
  • B- 5 · 2.1%
  • F 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
VANCOUR, SHAWN G 3.46 3.45 154 2 44%
RAVAL, NOOPUR A 3.89 3.93 80 1 98%

“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