HNRS 70A
Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Not open to students with credit for Life Sciences 3, 4, former Microbiology 7, or Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology 70. Historical and scientific study of genetic engineering in medicine, agriculture, and law, including examination of social, ethical, and legal issues raised by new technology. P/NP or letter grading.
Course statistics
- Predicted GPA
- 3.98
- n = 97 · 3 terms · ± 0.052
- A range
- 99%
- of letter grades
- Taken P/NP
- 4%
- 100% of those passed
- D / F / W
- 0.0%
- incl. withdrawals
Sections 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.
- 4122W
- 3223W
Grade distribution
- A+ 10 · 9.9%
- A 86 · 85.1%
- B 1 · 1.0%
- P 4 · 4.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDBERG, ROBERT B | 3.99 | 3.99 | 97 | 3 | 99% |
“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
- 22W 4.00 n=40
- 23W 3.97 n=30
- 24S 4.00 n=27