FILM TV 6A
History of American Motion Picture
Lecture/screenings, six hours; discussion, one hour. Historical and critical survey, with examples, of American motion picture both as developing art form and as medium of mass communication. Letter grading.
Course statistics
- Predicted GPA
- 3.75
- n = 1,465 · 7 terms · ± 0.014
- A range
- 85%
- of letter grades
- Taken P/NP
- 0%
- — of those passed
- D / F / W
- 1.6%
- incl. withdrawals
Sections in Fall 2026
| Section | Status | Enrolled | Seat risk | Meets | Instructor | Predicted GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lec 1 | Closed |
160 of 160
100% full
|
fills | MW 1:00pm-3:50pm | Mann, D.R. | 3.73n=646 · 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.
- 23923W
- 18523S
- 23323F
- 23124S
- 23124F
- 20225W
- 15025S
Grade distribution
- A+ 420 · 28.6%
- A 602 · 40.9%
- A- 224 · 15.2%
- B+ 79 · 5.4%
- B 61 · 4.1%
- B- 31 · 2.1%
- C+ 12 · 0.8%
- C 8 · 0.5%
- C- 4 · 0.3%
- D+ 2 · 0.1%
- D 2 · 0.1%
- F 20 · 1.4%
- I 6 · 0.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANN, DENISE R | 3.73 | 3.73 | 646 | 3 | 84% |
| WUEST, BRYAN G | 3.81 | 3.81 | 387 | 2 | 88% |
| RASTEGAR, ROYA ZAHRA | 3.79 | 3.79 | 230 | 1 | 87% |
| SCOTT, ELLEN | 3.70 | 3.69 | 202 | 1 | 82% |
“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
- 23W 3.85 n=238
- 23S 3.55 n=182
- 23F 3.78 n=233
- 24S 3.79 n=230
- 24F 3.82 n=231
- 25W 3.69 n=202
- 25S 3.74 n=149