COMM 187
Ethical and Policy Issues in Institutions of Mass Communication
Course statistics
- Predicted GPA
- 3.83
- n = 1,010 · 11 terms · ± 0.017
- A range
- 86%
- of letter grades
- Taken P/NP
- 2%
- 100% of those passed
- D / F / W
- 0.3%
- incl. withdrawals
Sections in Fall 2026
| Section | Status | Enrolled | Seat risk | Meets | Instructor | Predicted GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lec 1 | Open |
111 of 115
97% full
|
fills | MW 9:30am-10:45am | Newton, J. | 3.83n=1,010 · course average |
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.
- 12221F
- 12022W
- 11322F
- 11323W
- 11923F
- 11324W
- 12824F
- 12425W
Peak 128
Most recent
124
in 25W
8 terms on record
Grade distribution
- A+ 237 · 22.9%
- A 495 · 47.8%
- A- 139 · 13.4%
- B+ 76 · 7.3%
- B 52 · 5.0%
- B- 4 · 0.4%
- C+ 1 · 0.1%
- C 3 · 0.3%
- F 3 · 0.3%
- P 25 · 2.4%
- I 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWTON, JAMES | 3.83 | 3.83 | 764 | 8 | 86% |
| NEWTON, JAMES S | 3.84 | 3.84 | 246 | 3 | 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
- 21F 3.85 n=115
- 22W 3.83 n=118
- 221 3.79 n=13
- 22F 3.86 n=112
- 23W 3.75 n=110
- 231 3.52 n=24
- 23F 3.83 n=118
- 24W 3.85 n=111
- 241 3.78 n=38
- 24F 3.84 n=127
- 25W 3.91 n=124