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Dibs Fall 2026

POL SCI 142A

Political Parties and Interest Groups: Political Parties

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.54
n = 551 · 2 terms · ± 0.023
A range
68%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
2%
89% of those passed
D / F / W
2.2%
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.

  • 33322W
  • 23223W
Enrolment by term: 22W 333, 23W 232
Peak 333 Most recent 232 in 23W 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 12 · 2.1%
  • A 282 · 49.9%
  • A- 83 · 14.7%
  • B+ 49 · 8.7%
  • B 55 · 9.7%
  • B- 22 · 3.9%
  • C+ 13 · 2.3%
  • C 22 · 3.9%
  • C- 3 · 0.5%
  • D+ 1 · 0.2%
  • D 2 · 0.4%
  • F 7 · 1.2%
  • P 8 · 1.4%
  • NP 1 · 0.2%
  • I 3 · 0.5%
  • DR 2 · 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
ZALLER, JOHN R 3.54 3.54 551 2 68%

“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