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SLAVC 87

Languages of Los Angeles

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Comprehensive interdisciplinary investigation of Los Angeles as multilingual and multicultural metropolis Review and analysis of features of major linguistic communities in Los Angeles area (Armenian, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and others), with particular attention to social and cultural factors that play role in maintenance of language used in any given ethnic group. Familiarization with discipline and methodology of urban linguistics as part of urban geographical studies and as tool for investigating growing linguistic and cultural diversity of America's large cities. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.93
n = 77 · 2 terms · ± 0.058
A range
99%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
1%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.0%
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.

  • 2524S
  • 5325S
Enrolment by term: 24S 25, 25S 53
Peak 53 Most recent 53 in 25S 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 70 · 89.7%
  • A 6 · 7.7%
  • C 1 · 1.3%
  • P 1 · 1.3%

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
IVANOVA-SULLIVAN, TANYA 3.97 3.97 77 2 99%

“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