ETHNMUS 161P
Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: African American Music Ensemble
Grades
3.96
Average grade awarded in ETHNMUS 161P. Not a student rating: this is what the grades were.
In the A range
97%
of the 319 letter grades
D, F or W
0.0%
of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals
Taken pass/no pass
-
the registrar has this letter grade only this term
The registrar's own records: 319 grades over 13 terms, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Every instructor is pooled here.
What is inside that record
No summer session is in that record.
The table below splits them, and term averages across those 13 terms ran 3.81 to 4.00.
Historical grades for all professors, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
- A+ 217 · 68.0%
- A 91 · 28.5%
- A- 2 · 0.6%
- B+ 3 · 0.9%
- B 2 · 0.6%
- C+ 1 · 0.3%
- C 3 · 0.9%
Percentages are of the 319 letter grades. Grey bars are non-letter outcomes.
How the non-letter outcomes are counted
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 GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Summer Session A 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE-CLAYTON, DIANE LAVERNE reviews ↗ | 3.96 | 3.96 | 319 | 13 | 97% | - | not teaching it |
Why Predicted is not the Raw average
“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.
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Workload and assignments
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From the registrar's catalog
Activity, three hours; outside practice, three hours. Performance of diverse range of vocal repertoire including spirituals, gospel, freedom/Civil Rights songs, and other works by African-diasporic composers, including anthems, hymn arrangements, and various forms of contemporary choral music. Tracing development of this music from 1600s to present, African American choral music is medium performed a cappella or with instrumental accompaniment. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Letter grading.
Sections in Summer Session A 2026
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