MECH&AE 171A
Introduction to Feedback and Control Systems: Dynamic Systems Control I
Grades
3.09
Average grade awarded in MECH&AE 171A. Not a rating: this is what the grades were.
In the A range
41%
of the 1,153 letter grades
D, F or W
6.6%
of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals
Taken pass/no pass
-
the registrar has this letter grade only this term
The registrar's own records: 1,153 grades over 17 terms, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, summer excluded. Every instructor is pooled here. The table below splits them, and term averages across those 17 terms ran 2.45 to 3.54.
- A+ 85 · 7.4%
- A 253 · 21.9%
- A- 138 · 12.0%
- B+ 130 · 11.3%
- B 192 · 16.7%
- B- 84 · 7.3%
- C+ 70 · 6.1%
- C 92 · 8.0%
- C- 33 · 2.9%
- D+ 27 · 2.3%
- D 22 · 1.9%
- D- 14 · 1.2%
- F 13 · 1.1%
- I 6 of 1,159
Percentages are of the 1,153 letter grades. Grey bars are non-letter outcomes: incompletes (I). 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 GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Summer Session A 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWASAKI, TETSUYA reviews ↗ | 3.10 | 3.10 | 424 | 5 | 37% | average | not teaching it |
| LOPEZ, BRETT THOMAS reviews ↗ | 3.15 | 3.15 | 340 | 4 | 45% | - | not teaching it |
| FRANCO, ELISA reviews ↗ | 2.95 | 2.94 | 217 | 3 | 40% | light | not teaching it |
| KIM, DENNIS reviews ↗ | 2.94 | 2.91 | 86 | 2 | 35% | - | not teaching it |
| SEPULVEDA, ABDON reviews ↗ | 3.38 | 3.54 | 30 | 1 | 63% | - | not teaching it |
| OSMANOVIC, DINO reviews ↗ | 3.11 | 3.12 | 30 | 1 | 43% | - | not teaching it |
| SEPULVEDA, ABDON EDUARDO reviews ↗ | 3.24 | 3.33 | 26 | 1 | 58% | - | not teaching it |
“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.
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From the registrar's catalog
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