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Dibs Fall 2026

PHYSCI 5

Issues in Human Physiology: Diet and Exercise

Lecture, three hours; discussion, 30 minutes; laboratory, 90 minutes. Not open to Physiological Science majors. Basic introduction to principles of human biology, with special emphasis on roles that exercise and nutrition play in health, and prevention and management of such illnesses as hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.71
n = 3,714 · 14 terms · ± 0.009
A range
79%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
8%
99% of those passed
D / F / W
0.9%
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
263 of 302
87% full
 fills MWF 9:00am-9:50am Esdin, J.
3.71n=3,714 · 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.

  • 43522W
  • 31022S
  • 33522F
  • 23723W
  • 18923S
  • 37923F
  • 39324W
  • 39824S
  • 24524F
  • 40725W
  • 25225S
Enrolment by term: 22W 435, 22S 310, 22F 335, 23W 237, 23S 189, 23F 379, 24W 393, 24S 398, 24F 245, 25W 407, 25S 252
Peak 435 Most recent 252 in 25S 11 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 96 · 2.4%
  • A 2,389 · 58.8%
  • A- 456 · 11.2%
  • B+ 322 · 7.9%
  • B 178 · 4.4%
  • B- 88 · 2.2%
  • C+ 76 · 1.9%
  • C 72 · 1.8%
  • C- 3 · 0.1%
  • D 9 · 0.2%
  • F 25 · 0.6%
  • P 329 · 8.1%
  • NP 4 · 0.1%
  • I 13 · 0.3%

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
ESDIN, JOSEPH 3.71 3.71 3,714 14 79%

“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