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Dibs Fall 2026

CLUSTER M71A

Biotechnology and Society

(Same as Society and Genetics M71A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.86
n = 1,004 · 4 terms · ± 0.017
A range
90%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.3%
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 Open
147 of 152
97% full
 fills MW 12:30pm-1:45pm Panofsky, A.L., Rensel, M.A., Scroggins, M.J.
3.85n=764 · 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.

  • 24621F
  • 24022F
  • 26023F
  • 26024F
Enrolment by term: 21F 246, 22F 240, 23F 260, 24F 260
Peak 260 Most recent 260 in 24F 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 261 · 25.9%
  • A 550 · 54.6%
  • A- 91 · 9.0%
  • B+ 36 · 3.6%
  • B 44 · 4.4%
  • B- 10 · 1.0%
  • C+ 4 · 0.4%
  • C 3 · 0.3%
  • C- 3 · 0.3%
  • D- 1 · 0.1%
  • F 1 · 0.1%
  • P 1 · 0.1%
  • I 2 · 0.2%
  • DR 1 · 0.1%

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
PANOFSKY, AARON L 3.85 3.85 764 3 89%
RENSEL, MICHELLE A 3.85 3.85 759 3 89%
LEE, RACHEL C 3.83 3.83 260 1 88%
VAUGHN, RACHEL ANN 3.83 3.83 260 1 88%
SCROGGINS, MICHAEL JASON 3.85 3.84 259 1 86%

“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