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Dibs Fall 2026

COMM 10

Introduction to Communication

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to study of interpersonal and mass communication using interdisciplinary approach. Exploration of basic methods and theoretical perspectives that social scientists and others use to study interpersonal and mass communication, and basic concepts used to describe and explain that communication. Historical overview of each major mass media. Study of significant current topical issues related to means of communication that reach large numbers of people. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
2.73
n = 1,715 · 15 terms · ± 0.013
A range
26%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
75% of those passed
D / F / W
11.4%
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 Open
216 of 225
96% full
 fills TR 4:00pm-5:50pm Jones, G., TA
3.32n=180 · 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.

  • 20421F
  • 15222W
  • 12722S
  • 12022F
  • 15623W
  • 12423S
  • 13523F
  • 18025W
Enrolment by term: 21F 204, 22W 152, 22S 127, 22F 120, 23W 156, 23S 124, 23F 135, 25W 180
Peak 204 Most recent 180 in 25W 8 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 46 · 2.5%
  • A 161 · 8.6%
  • A- 242 · 13.0%
  • B+ 221 · 11.9%
  • B 207 · 11.1%
  • B- 212 · 11.4%
  • C+ 186 · 10.0%
  • C 136 · 7.3%
  • C- 108 · 5.8%
  • D+ 66 · 3.5%
  • D 53 · 2.8%
  • D- 18 · 1.0%
  • F 59 · 3.2%
  • P 3 · 0.2%
  • NP 1 · 0.1%
  • I 144 · 7.7%

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
SUMAN, MICHAEL 2.67 2.67 1,040 10 23%
SUMAN, MICHAEL WESLEY 2.63 2.62 495 4 22%
JONES, GABE 3.32 3.36 180 1 58%

“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