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Dibs Fall 2026

COMM 141

Films of Persuasion: Social and Political Advocacy in Mass Society

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.92
n = 563 · 4 terms · ± 0.023
A range
96%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
2%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.4%
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.

  • 13122S
  • 14823S
  • 14624S
  • 15025S
Enrolment by term: 22S 131, 23S 148, 24S 146, 25S 150
Peak 150 Most recent 150 in 25S 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 1 · 0.2%
  • A 479 · 83.3%
  • A- 62 · 10.8%
  • B+ 16 · 2.8%
  • B 3 · 0.5%
  • F 2 · 0.3%
  • P 9 · 1.6%
  • I 3 · 0.5%

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
VON BLUM, PAUL 3.93 3.93 563 4 96%

“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