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Dibs Fall 2026

GJ STDS M50A

Jazz in American Culture: Late 19th Century through 1940s

(Same as Ethnomusicology M50A.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Course M50A is not requisite to M50B. Survey of development of jazz in American culture. Discussion of different compositional/performance techniques and approaches that distinguish different sub-styles of jazz from one another, as well as key historical figures that shaped development of jazz from its early years through modern jazz. Important historical social issues (segregation, Depression, World War II, Civil Rights Movement) that intersect with history of U.S. and jazz music. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.77
n = 75 · 2 terms · ± 0.058
A range
83%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
3%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
2.7%
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
34 of 45
76% full
 could fill TR 9:00am-10:50am Bolin, M.T.
3.76n=75 · 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.

  • 4323F
  • 3424F
Enrolment by term: 23F 43, 24F 34
Peak 43 Most recent 34 in 24F 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 35 · 45.5%
  • A 24 · 31.2%
  • A- 3 · 3.9%
  • B+ 5 · 6.5%
  • B 5 · 6.5%
  • B- 1 · 1.3%
  • D 1 · 1.3%
  • F 1 · 1.3%
  • P 2 · 2.6%

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
BOLIN, MARC TIMOTHY 3.76 3.76 75 2 83%

“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