PHILOS 172
Philosophy of Language and Communication
Course statistics
- Predicted GPA
- 3.70
- n = 165 · 3 terms · ± 0.041
- A range
- 77%
- of letter grades
- Taken P/NP
- 1%
- 100% of those passed
- D / F / W
- 0.6%
- 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.
- 7421F
- 4923S
- 5024W
Peak 74
Most recent
50
in 24W
3 terms on record
Grade distribution
- A+ 5 · 2.9%
- A 83 · 48.0%
- A- 39 · 22.5%
- B+ 20 · 11.6%
- B 12 · 6.9%
- B- 4 · 2.3%
- C+ 1 · 0.6%
- D+ 1 · 0.6%
- P 2 · 1.2%
- I 6 · 3.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, JOSHUA DAVID | 3.71 | 3.71 | 165 | 3 | 77% |
“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
- 21F 3.68 n=68
- 23S 3.55 n=49
- 24W 3.93 n=48