CLUSTER M71A · Dis 1K
Biotechnology and Society
Also listed as SOC GEN M71A (closed by the department, standing limit): the same class, and each department holds its own seats and its own grade history.
This is a year, not a class
Clusters run across three quarters, fall, winter, then the spring seminar, and UCLA counts the credit on completing the yearlong cluster: four GE requirements and the Writing II requirement. Signing up for the first quarter is signing up for the year.
Dibs only reads Fall 2026, so the later parts show no sections here: that is this term, not the sequence ending. What you keep if you take only part of a cluster is a question for the Cluster Program, not something these numbers answer.
Seats, time, final and grades
Seats
Closed.
23 of 23 enrolled.
Read 56 minutes ago. This is a recent reading, not a live seat count.
Its lecture reads closed (263 of 263 enrolled): you attend both, so this seat is not one you can take while that holds. No waitlist listed.
Meets
W 4:00pm-5:50pm
This discussion only. You also attend Lec 1.
Final
Thu 10 Dec, 3:00pm to 6:00pm
One exam for the whole class, Los Angeles time.
Read 9 hours ago.
Grades
Predicted GPA
dibs has seen this section open 6 times since 17 August. The last time was 30 September. 2 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
Registrar's Restrictions cell, read 4 hours ago: "First-Year Freshmen Only".
From the registrar Registrar note
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. Upon satisfactorily completing Clusters M71A, M71B, and M71CW, students receive credit for the following requirements: one GE each in Literary and Cultural Analysis, Historical Analysis, Social Analysis, and Life Sciences w/o lab. Upon satisfactorily completing Clusters M71A, M71B, and M71CW, students will fulfill the Writing II requirement. Students must receive a grade of D- or better each quarter to receive general education credit and continue in the course. To receive credit for Writing II, students must satisfy Writing I by the end of the year, successfully complete fall and winter quarters, and earn a grade of C or better in spring quarter. For a complete summary of clusters credits, see https://www.uei.ucla.edu/academic-programs/ucla-cluster-program/benefits .
The new-student hold ended on 15 September. This class is also First-Year Freshmen Only, which the end of the new-student hold does not lift.
Restrictions read 4 hours ago.
When it meets
Covel Commons 225
Grades
Predicted GPA
Of the 5 people in the grade record for CLUSTER M71A, the 2 with the most grades: PANOFSKY, AARON L at 3.85 over 1,031 grades and RENSEL, MICHELLE A at 3.85 over 1,026 grades.
- A range
- 90%
- P/NP
- <1%
- D/F/W
- 0.6%
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.
What the work looks like
- 2 exams, 3 mentions in past reviews
- Quizzes mentioned, no number given, 1 mention in past reviews
- 1 paper, 2 mentions in past reviews
- Projects mentioned, no number given, 1 mention in past reviews
- Presentations mentioned, no number given, 1 mention in past reviews
Based on 62 reviews; source checked about 2 months ago. dibs counts only what a review actually states, so a kind of work nobody mentioned is absent rather than zero.
Will it still be here
high 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.
- 24621F
- 24022F
- 26023F
- 26024F
- 26725F
Peak 267 · most recent 25F at 267
Seats over time
Filled by 11 over about 2 months
6 times reopenedA 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: 56 minutes ago.
Show the readings (39)
| Recorded | Enrolled | Capacity | Status | Waitlist | Hours read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 15:52 | 23 | 23 | closed | - | 101 of 391 |
| 30 Sep 09:12 | 23 | 23 | closed | - | 3 of 9 |
| 30 Sep 01:12 | 22 | 23 | open | - | 66 of 249, 18 no hourly record |
| 19 Sep 17:52 | 23 | 23 | closed | - | no hourly record |
| 16 Sep 21:42 | 22 | 23 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 16 Sep 05:02 | 23 | 23 | closed | - | no hourly record |
| 16 Sep 00:52 | 22 | 23 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 15 Sep 20:52 | 23 | 23 | closed | - | no hourly record |
| 15 Sep 16:12 | 22 | 23 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 11 Sep 22:42 | 23 | 23 | closed | - | no hourly record |
| 10 Sep 13:40 | 19 | 23 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 9 Sep 21:40 | 19 | 21 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 9 Sep 07:40 | 18 | 21 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 9 Sep 00:40 | 18 | 19 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 8 Sep 19:40 | 18 | 21 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 5 Sep 05:40 | 18 | 19 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 3 Sep 16:40 | 17 | 19 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 25 Aug 19:40 | 17 | 18 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 25 Aug 18:40 | 16 | 18 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 25 Aug 17:55 | 17 | 18 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 24 Aug 19:55 | 16 | 18 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 24 Aug 17:55 | 16 | 16 | closed | - | no hourly record |
| 24 Aug 10:55 | 16 | 18 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 24 Aug 01:55 | 16 | 16 | closed | - | no hourly record |
| 21 Aug 01:55 | 15 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 20 Aug 22:55 | 12 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 20 Aug 21:55 | 15 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 20 Aug 20:55 | 12 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 20 Aug 19:55 | 15 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 20 Aug 18:55 | 12 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 20 Aug 17:55 | 15 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 19 Aug 21:55 | 12 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 19 Aug 19:55 | 12 | 14 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 19 Aug 18:55 | 12 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 19 Aug 15:55 | 12 | 14 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 19 Aug 14:55 | 12 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 19 Aug 13:55 | 12 | 14 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 19 Aug 12:55 | 12 | 16 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 17 Aug 16:42 | 12 | 14 | open | - | - |
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