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CHEM 153A

Biochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.31
n = 6,595 · 12 terms · ± 0.007
A range
55%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
55% of those passed
D / F / W
5.0%
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.

  • 27722W
  • 25122S
  • 18122F
  • 28123W
  • 31823S
  • 22223F
  • 35024W
  • 35024S
  • 20424F
  • 29825W
  • 33525S
Enrolment by term: 22W 277, 22S 251, 22F 181, 23W 281, 23S 318, 23F 222, 24W 350, 24S 350, 24F 204, 25W 298, 25S 335
Peak 350 Most recent 335 in 25S 11 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 1,228 · 18.4%
  • A 1,580 · 23.7%
  • A- 848 · 12.7%
  • B+ 703 · 10.5%
  • B 736 · 11.0%
  • B- 421 · 6.3%
  • C+ 303 · 4.5%
  • C 306 · 4.6%
  • C- 143 · 2.1%
  • D+ 80 · 1.2%
  • D 80 · 1.2%
  • D- 40 · 0.6%
  • F 127 · 1.9%
  • P 18 · 0.3%
  • NP 15 · 0.2%
  • S 1 · 0.0%
  • I 38 · 0.6%
  • DR 1 · 0.0%

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
LANNAN, RYAN 3.30 3.30 4,674 9 57%
ELLIS GUARDIOLA, KAT 3.31 3.31 1,124 2 48%
VAZQUEZ-SALAZAR, ALBERTO 3.61 3.62 419 2 77%
CLARKE, STEVEN G 2.92 2.89 200 1 37%
CLARKE, CATHERINE FREITAG 2.92 2.89 200 1 37%
LEE, ANTHONY 3.10 3.08 166 1 41%
GOBER, JAMES W 3.31 3.31 12 small sample 1 50%

“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