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Dibs Fall 2026

POL SCI 10

Introduction to Political Theory

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exposition and analysis of selected political theorists and concepts from Plato to the present. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.73
n = 1,793 · 11 terms · ± 0.013
A range
81%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
2%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
1.3%
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 Closed
96 of 96
100% full
 fills MW 9:30am-10:45am Branstetter, J.G.
3.91n=524 · 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.

  • 23321F
  • 21922W
  • 29122F
  • 13523S
  • 13523F
  • 16824W
  • 15924S
  • 17324F
  • 13125W
  • 12625S
Enrolment by term: 21F 233, 22W 219, 22F 291, 23S 135, 23F 135, 24W 168, 24S 159, 24F 173, 25W 131, 25S 126
Peak 291 Most recent 126 in 25S 10 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 467 · 25.5%
  • A 721 · 39.3%
  • A- 273 · 14.9%
  • B+ 161 · 8.8%
  • B 81 · 4.4%
  • B- 28 · 1.5%
  • C+ 15 · 0.8%
  • C 13 · 0.7%
  • C- 10 · 0.5%
  • D+ 2 · 0.1%
  • D 3 · 0.2%
  • D- 2 · 0.1%
  • F 17 · 0.9%
  • P 31 · 1.7%
  • I 9 · 0.5%

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
BRANSTETTER, JOHN GAVIN 3.91 3.91 524 4 93%
PIANO, NATASHA 3.67 3.67 493 3 80%
PANAGIA, DAVIDE 3.74 3.74 286 2 85%
TROJAN, CODY 3.83 3.83 286 1 89%
DIENSTAG, JOSHUA F 3.32 3.30 204 1 40%

“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