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Dibs Fall 2026

EPS SCI 200A

Introduction to Geophysics and Space Physics I: Solid Earth and Planets

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.55
n = 20 · 2 terms · ± 0.095
A range
65%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
0.0%
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
7 of 13
54% full
 could fill MW 1:30pm-2:50pm Stixrude, L.P.
3.56n=20 · 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.

  • 1021F
  • 1023F
Enrolment by term: 21F 10, 23F 10
Peak 10 Most recent 10 in 23F 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 1 · 5.0%
  • A 8 · 40.0%
  • A- 4 · 20.0%
  • B+ 1 · 5.0%
  • B 3 · 15.0%
  • B- 3 · 15.0%

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
STIXRUDE, LARS P 3.56 3.56 20 2 65%

“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