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POL SCI 50 · Lec 1

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Fall 2026Thies, M.F.5 units

Seats, time, final and grades

Seats

Open, 8 seats left.

112 of 120 enrolled, lecture and all discussions summed.

Meets

MW 11:00am-12:15pm

Lecture only. You also attend a discussion, listed below.

Final

Mon 7 Dec, 11:30am to 2:30pm

One exam for the whole class, Los Angeles time.

Read 3 hours ago.

Grades

2.82
predicted, this instructor · 763 grades

763 letter grades, Thies, M.F..

Read 2 hours ago. The latest refresh is overdue. Seats and instructors may have changed since. Check the registrar before enrolling.

dibs has seen this section open 8 times since 17 August. The last time was 8 September. 3 of those were readings where the capacity figure moved and the enrolled count did not, so dibs could not tell whether a seat existed and did not send an alert.

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Before you can enroll

From the registrar limited early, then open

Political Science undergraduate class discussion sections will NOT meet prior to the first lecture meeting. Seats are held for entering students who enroll through New Student Orientation sessions beginning July 2, 2026. New student restrictions will be lifted on September 15, 2026 at 8 a.m.

The limit stands until 15 September, and lifts then. dibs still counts this class as one you can take, but not yet.

Discussions

You enroll in the discussion, not the lecture, so the seat figure above is the sum across all of them and can read open while every discussion you could actually join is full.

6 discussions, 4 open: Dis 1A, R 8:00am-8:50am, Dis 1B, R 9:00am-9:50am, Dis 1D, R 8:00am-8:50am, and Dis 1E, R 9:00am-9:50am.

  • Dis 1A

    R 8:00am-8:50am

    Ross, A.J.

    Open, 1 seat left.

  • Dis 1B

    R 9:00am-9:50am

    Ross, A.J.

    Open, 1 seat left.

  • Dis 1C

    R 10:00am-10:50am

    Ross, A.J.

    Closed.

  • Dis 1D

    R 8:00am-8:50am

    Descherer, M.

    Open, 2 seats left.

  • Dis 1E

    R 9:00am-9:50am

    Descherer, M.

    Open, 4 seats left.

  • Dis 1F

    R 10:00am-10:50am

    Descherer, M.

    Closed.

When it meets

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Meets: MW 11:00am-12:15pm

Discussions: R 8:00am-8:50am · R 9:00am-9:50am

Renee and David Kaplan Hall A51

Grades

2.82
predicted, this instructor · 763 grades

Of the 3 other people in the grade record for POL SCI 50, the 2 with the most grades: HOMOLA, JONATHAN at 3.42 over 174 grades and ROSS, MICHAEL L at 3.69 over 66 grades.

A range
33%
P/NP
3%
D/F/W
10.7%

Full grade history for POL SCI 50

What students say

dibs measures outcomes: grades, seats, how fast it fills. For what the class is actually like to sit in, BruinWalk has the reviews.

Workload, heavy. 1.9 of 5 for Michael Thies, where 5 is lightest. Read 30 days ago.

What the work looks like

  • 2 exams, said by 4 reviewers
  • Quizzes mentioned, no number given, said by 4 reviewers
  • 1 paper, said by 7 reviewers
  • 2 problem sets, said by 1 reviewer
  • 1 project, said by 1 reviewer
  • Group works mentioned, no number given, said by 1 reviewer

Read from 94 reviews about 1 month ago. dibs counts only what a review actually states, so a kind of work nobody mentioned is absent rather than zero.

POL SCI 50 reviews for Michael Thies Reviews for all professors of POL SCI 50

Will it still be here

medium risk chance of closing before your enrollment pass.

Final enrollment per term from four years of grade data. Summer excluded: different population, different pass structure.

  • 10421F
  • 6722W
  • 12322F
  • 7923W
  • 9623F
  • 6824W
  • 13224F
  • 17825S
  • 12025F
Enrollment by term: 21F 104, 22W 67, 22F 123, 23W 79, 23F 96, 24W 68, 24F 132, 25S 178, 25F 120

Peak 178 · most recent 25F at 120

Seats over time

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 2 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 20.

8 times reopened
112 of 120 · 8 left in its discussions
17 Aug 12:329 Sep 02:021 Oct 15:33 · 2 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 519 hours its hourly record covers, 32%, and did not look in 351. dibs had no hourly record before 10 Sep, which is the other 565 of 1084 plotted.112 of 120 enrolled at the newest reading, 2 hours ago, with 8 left in its discussions. Seats from 17 Aug 12:32 to 1 Oct 15:33, 92 to 112. dibs read 168 of the 519 hours its hourly record here covers, 32%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 351 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 10 September at 01:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 565 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

A dot is a reading where something moved: the seat count, the status, or the waitlist. Flat between dots joins recorded counts; changes between reads may be missed. The line starts when dibs first saw this section rather than reaching back before it existed. The last one is the last time dibs read this section, moved or not, and that was 2 hours ago. It is where the line stops, not where the count is now.

Show the readings (69)
Recorded Enrolled Capacity Status Waitlist Hours read
1 Oct 15:33 112 120 open - 1 of 1
1 Oct 15:33 112 120 open - 2 of 4
1 Oct 12:02 110 120 open - 2 of 5
1 Oct 08:33 112 120 open - 4 of 10
30 Sep 23:12 113 120 open - 4 of 12
30 Sep 12:42 112 120 open - 4 of 11
30 Sep 02:02 113 120 open - 2 of 5
29 Sep 22:32 114 120 open - 2 of 4
29 Sep 19:02 113 120 open - 2 of 5
29 Sep 15:32 114 120 open - 2 of 4
29 Sep 12:02 113 120 open - 6 of 18
28 Sep 19:42 114 120 open - 6 of 18
28 Sep 02:12 118 120 open - 2 of 5
27 Sep 22:52 117 120 open - 2 of 4
27 Sep 19:22 118 120 open - 6 of 18
27 Sep 02:22 117 120 open - 2 of 5
26 Sep 22:52 116 120 open - 2 of 4
26 Sep 19:22 117 120 open - 9 of 28
25 Sep 16:12 116 120 open - 3 of 8
25 Sep 09:32 117 120 open - 3 of 8
25 Sep 02:42 116 120 open - 5 of 15
24 Sep 12:42 117 120 open - 4 of 11
24 Sep 02:02 116 120 open - 10 of 29
22 Sep 22:02 115 120 open - 7 of 22
22 Sep 01:42 113 120 open - 4 of 11
21 Sep 15:12 114 120 open - 8 of 23
20 Sep 17:02 113 120 open - 6 of 18
20 Sep 00:52 111 120 open - 10 of 26
18 Sep 23:12 110 120 open - 15 of 44
17 Sep 04:12 111 120 open - 2 of 6
16 Sep 23:42 109 120 open - 2 of 4
16 Sep 20:12 110 120 open - 3 of 8
16 Sep 13:32 109 120 open - 5 of 15
15 Sep 23:12 110 120 open - 3 of 6
15 Sep 18:32 114 120 open - 3 of 8
15 Sep 11:32 112 120 open - 2 of 4
15 Sep 08:02 110 120 open - 26 of 79
12 Sep 02:32 111 120 open - 2 of 4
11 Sep 23:52 110 120 open - 2 of 2
11 Sep 22:02 111 120 open - 16 of 34
10 Sep 13:40 110 120 open - 7 of 13
10 Sep 01:40 110 114 open - 1 of 25, 24 no hourly record
9 Sep 01:40 109 114 open - no hourly record
9 Sep 00:40 109 110 open - no hourly record
8 Sep 22:40 109 114 open - no hourly record
8 Sep 01:40 109 110 open - no hourly record
7 Sep 22:40 110 110 closed - no hourly record
7 Sep 19:40 109 110 open - no hourly record
5 Sep 02:40 110 110 closed - no hourly record
3 Sep 23:40 107 110 open - no hourly record
3 Sep 21:40 105 105 closed - no hourly record
3 Sep 11:27 107 110 open - no hourly record
25 Aug 18:55 105 105 closed - no hourly record
24 Aug 10:55 100 105 open - no hourly record
21 Aug 00:55 100 100 closed - no hourly record
20 Aug 23:55 99 100 open - no hourly record
20 Aug 22:55 91 100 open - no hourly record
20 Aug 21:55 100 100 closed - no hourly record
20 Aug 20:55 99 100 open - no hourly record
20 Aug 19:55 100 100 closed - no hourly record
20 Aug 18:55 91 100 open - no hourly record
20 Aug 17:55 100 100 closed - no hourly record
19 Aug 17:55 91 100 open - no hourly record
19 Aug 15:55 91 95 open - no hourly record
19 Aug 14:55 91 100 open - no hourly record
19 Aug 13:55 91 95 open - no hourly record
19 Aug 11:55 91 100 open - no hourly record
17 Aug 14:12 91 95 open - no hourly record
17 Aug 12:32 92 95 open - -
How readings and alerts work

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