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ASTR 115

Statistical Mechanics and Its Application to Astrophysics

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.19
n = 137 · 4 terms · ± 0.045
A range
43%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
1%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
2.9%
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.

  • 3822W
  • 5023W
  • 2324W
  • 3025W
Enrolment by term: 22W 38, 23W 50, 24W 23, 25W 30
Peak 50 Most recent 30 in 25W 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 10 · 7.1%
  • A 27 · 19.1%
  • A- 22 · 15.6%
  • B+ 21 · 14.9%
  • B 20 · 14.2%
  • B- 9 · 6.4%
  • C+ 10 · 7.1%
  • C 10 · 7.1%
  • C- 4 · 2.8%
  • D+ 1 · 0.7%
  • D 2 · 1.4%
  • F 1 · 0.7%
  • P 2 · 1.4%
  • I 2 · 1.4%

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
LARKIN, JAMES E 3.01 2.98 66 2 35%
TURNER, JEAN L 3.45 3.52 48 1 58%
VASSILIEV, VLADIMIR V 3.11 3.07 23 1 35%

“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