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CLUSTER M71CW

Biotechnology and Society: Special Topics

(Same as Society and Genetics M71CW.) Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course M71B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics include in-depth examination of ethics and human genetics, bioweapons and biodefense, sex and biotechnology. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.92
n = 877 · 4 terms · ± 0.018
A range
96%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.9%
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.

  • 2022S
  • 1923S
  • 2024S
  • 1925S
Enrolment by term: 22S 20, 23S 19, 24S 20, 25S 19
Peak 20 Most recent 19 in 25S 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 394 · 44.7%
  • A 399 · 45.3%
  • A- 50 · 5.7%
  • B+ 11 · 1.2%
  • B 10 · 1.1%
  • B- 2 · 0.2%
  • C 2 · 0.2%
  • C- 1 · 0.1%
  • D 1 · 0.1%
  • D- 1 · 0.1%
  • F 6 · 0.7%
  • P 2 · 0.2%
  • I 2 · 0.2%

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
RENSEL, MICHELLE A 3.92 3.92 711 4 97%
SCROGGINS, MICHAEL JASON 3.90 3.90 129 3 95%
VAUGHN, RACHEL ANN 3.88 3.87 37 3 92%

“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