CLUSTER M71A Lec 1

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.

M71A: you are here
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M71B
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M71CW

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

Open, 2 seats left.

261 of 263 enrolled, lecture and all discussions summed.

Meets

MW 12:30pm-1:45pm

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

Final

Thu 10 Dec, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

One exam for the whole class, Los Angeles time.

Read 14 hours ago.

Grades

3.85

predicted, this instructor · 1,031 grades

1,031 letter grades, Panofsky, A.L., Rensel, M.A., and Scroggins, M.J..

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 10 times since 17 August. The last time was 28 September. 5 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 14 hours ago: "First-Year Freshmen Only".

From the registrar limited early, then open

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 limit stands until 15 September, and lifts then. dibs still counts this class as one you can take, but not yet. This class is also First-Year Freshmen Only, which that date does not lift.

Restrictions read 14 hours ago.

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.

11 discussions, 2 open: Dis 1I, R 4:00pm-5:50pm, and Dis 1J, W 2:00pm-3:50pm.

Dis 1A
M 2:00pm-3:50pm

Dey, P.

Closed.
Dis 1B
M 4:00pm-5:50pm

Dey, P.

Closed.
Dis 1C
T 10:00am-11:50am

Kumar, S.

Closed.
Dis 1D
T 12:00pm-1:50pm

Kumar, S.

Closed.
Dis 1E
R 10:00am-11:50am

Epps, J.L.

Closed.
Dis 1F
R 12:00pm-1:50pm

Daaboul, J.

Closed.
Dis 1G
T 2:00pm-3:50pm

Gurumoorthy, A.

Closed.
Dis 1H
T 12:00pm-1:50pm

Gurumoorthy, A.

Closed.
Dis 1I
R 4:00pm-5:50pm

Daaboul, J.

Open, 1 seat left.
Dis 1J
W 2:00pm-3:50pm

Toubian, S.H.

Open, 1 seat left.
Dis 1K
W 4:00pm-5:50pm

Toubian, S.H.

Closed.

Discussion sections, with the seats read in the same sweep as the lecture
Section	Meets	Instructor	Seats
Dis 1A	M 2:00pm-3:50pm	Dey, P.	Closed.
Dis 1B	M 4:00pm-5:50pm	Dey, P.	Closed.
Dis 1C	T 10:00am-11:50am	Kumar, S.	Closed.
Dis 1D	T 12:00pm-1:50pm	Kumar, S.	Closed.
Dis 1E	R 10:00am-11:50am	Epps, J.L.	Closed.
Dis 1F	R 12:00pm-1:50pm	Daaboul, J.	Closed.
Dis 1G	T 2:00pm-3:50pm	Gurumoorthy, A.	Closed.
Dis 1H	T 12:00pm-1:50pm	Gurumoorthy, A.	Closed.
Dis 1I	R 4:00pm-5:50pm	Daaboul, J.	Open, 1 seat left.
Dis 1J	W 2:00pm-3:50pm	Toubian, S.H.	Open, 1 seat left.
Dis 1K	W 4:00pm-5:50pm	Toubian, S.H.	Closed.

When it meets

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Meets: MW 12:30pm-1:45pm

Discussions: R 4:00pm-5:50pm · W 2:00pm-3:50pm

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Grades

3.85

predicted, this instructor · 1,031 grades

Of the 4 other people in the grade record for CLUSTER M71A, the 2 with the most grades: RENSEL, MICHELLE A at 3.85 over 1,026 grades and SCROGGINS, MICHAEL JASON at 3.84 over 526 grades.

A range: 89%
P/NP: <1%
D/F/W: 0.7%

Full grade history for CLUSTER M71A

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, average. 2.7 of 5 for Aaron Panofsky, where 5 is lightest. Read 30 days ago.

What the work looks like

2 exams, said by 3 reviewers
Quizzes mentioned, no number given, said by 1 reviewer
1 paper, said by 2 reviewers
Projects mentioned, no number given, said by 1 reviewer
Presentations mentioned, no number given, said by 1 reviewer

Read from 62 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.

CLUSTER M71A reviews for Aaron Panofsky, one of 3 listed Reviews for all professors of CLUSTER M71A

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

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 2 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 114.

10 times reopened

261 of 263 · 2 left in its discussions

17 Aug 12:329 Sep 01:471 Oct 15:02 · 2 hours ago

dibs read 168 of the 635 hours its hourly record covers, 26%, and did not look in 467. dibs had no hourly record before 5 Sep, which is the other 449 of 1084 plotted.

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 (52)

Recorded	Enrolled	Capacity	Status	Waitlist	Hours read
1 Oct 15:02	261	263	open	-	1 of 1
1 Oct 15:02	261	263	open	-	10 of 31
30 Sep 09:12	262	263	open	-	3 of 9
30 Sep 01:12	261	263	open	-	8 of 23
29 Sep 03:52	260	263	open	-	3 of 8
28 Sep 20:52	261	263	open	-	6 of 18
28 Sep 03:22	262	263	open	-	8 of 26
27 Sep 02:22	263	263	closed	-	2 of 5
26 Sep 22:52	262	263	open	-	2 of 4
26 Sep 19:22	263	263	closed	-	13 of 43
25 Sep 01:32	262	263	open	-	4 of 11
24 Sep 15:02	261	263	open	-	2 of 5
24 Sep 11:32	262	263	open	-	12 of 41
22 Sep 19:42	263	263	closed	-	2 of 4
22 Sep 16:42	262	263	open	-	7 of 22
21 Sep 19:42	261	263	open	-	15 of 51
19 Sep 17:52	262	263	open	-	7 of 22
18 Sep 20:52	261	263	open	-	16 of 51
16 Sep 18:12	262	263	open	-	6 of 19
16 Sep 00:52	263	263	closed	-	3 of 9
15 Sep 16:12	262	263	open	-	27 of 91
11 Sep 22:42	263	263	closed	-	2 of 3
11 Sep 20:32	240	263	open	-	2 of 5
11 Sep 16:40	239	263	open	-	2 of 4
11 Sep 13:40	240	263	open	-	5 of 25
10 Sep 13:40	239	263	open	-	4 of 17
9 Sep 21:40	239	241	open	-	4 of 15
9 Sep 07:40	218	241	open	-	2 of 8
9 Sep 00:40	218	220	open	-	2 of 6
8 Sep 19:40	218	241	open	-	17 of 87
5 Sep 05:40	218	220	open	-	1 of 38, 37 no hourly record
3 Sep 16:40	197	220	open	-	no hourly record
26 Aug 01:40	197	198	open	-	no hourly record
25 Aug 00:55	175	198	open	-	no hourly record
24 Aug 22:55	175	175	closed	-	no hourly record
24 Aug 20:55	175	198	open	-	no hourly record
24 Aug 16:55	175	175	closed	-	no hourly record
24 Aug 15:55	175	198	open	-	no hourly record
24 Aug 14:55	175	175	closed	-	no hourly record
24 Aug 13:55	175	198	open	-	no hourly record
24 Aug 11:55	175	175	closed	-	no hourly record
24 Aug 10:55	175	198	open	-	no hourly record
24 Aug 01:55	175	175	closed	-	no hourly record
21 Aug 01:55	173	175	open	-	no hourly record
20 Aug 22:55	147	175	open	-	no hourly record
20 Aug 21:55	173	175	open	-	no hourly record
20 Aug 20:55	147	175	open	-	no hourly record
20 Aug 19:55	173	175	open	-	no hourly record
20 Aug 18:55	147	175	open	-	no hourly record
20 Aug 17:55	173	175	open	-	no hourly record
20 Aug 01:55	147	175	open	-	no hourly record
17 Aug 12:32	147	152	open	-	-

How readings and alerts work

A reading and an hourly record are different things, and most charts here hold more of the second missing than present. dibs has taken readings of a section since long before it began keeping an hour-by-hour log of when it looked, so the empty stretches are dibs saying it was not keeping that log yet, not that it looked and found nothing. That is the age of the record and not a fault.

Seat counts show the last successful read, not live availability. Refreshes can be delayed by request limits or upstream interruptions. Watched sections receive priority, but an hourly update for every section is not guaranteed.

The registrar can change a seat count between our checks. Alerts depend on dibs detecting an opening and completing delivery; a quiet watch does not prove that no seat opened. Check the registrar before enrolling.

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