POL SCI 169 · Lec 1
Special Studies in Comparative Politics: Development Economics for Political Scientists
Seats, time, final and grades
Seats
Closed.
75 of 75 enrolled.
Read 5 hours ago. The latest refresh is overdue. Seats and instructors may have changed since. Check the registrar before enrolling.
Meets
TR 9:30am-10:45am
Every meeting the registrar lists for this section.
Final
Fri 11 Dec, 11:30am to 2:30pm
One exam for the whole class, Los Angeles time.
Read 3 days ago.
Grades
Predicted GPA
dibs has seen this section open 3 times since 18 August. The last time was 11 October.
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Enrollment is limited to Political Science pre-majors and majors on the priority enrollment pass. Enrollment in upper-division courses is limited to Political Science majors on the first enrollment pass. Political Science pre-majors and majors may enroll on the second pass. Any student may enroll beginning June 31, 2026. 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 eases on a later pass rather than coming off: the note names who may enroll then, and it is not everyone. The registrar writes it as “Political Science pre-majors and majors may enroll on the second pass.” dibs still counts this class as one you can take, because it cannot tell whether you are in that group.
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When it meets
Public Affairs Building 1234
Grades
Predicted GPA
Of the 9 other people in the grade record for POL SCI 169, the 2 with the most grades: ROBERTS, TYSON at 3.37 over 288 grades and MOUSA, SALMA at 3.66 over 179 grades.
- A range
- 86%
- P/NP
- <1%
- D/F/W
- 0.3%
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, very light. 5.0 of 5 for Michael Lofchie, where 5 is lightest. Read 14 days ago.
What the work looks like
- Exams mentioned, no number given, 10 mentions in past reviews
- Quizzes mentioned, no number given, 3 mentions in past reviews
- Papers mentioned, no number given, 5 mentions in past reviews
- Problem sets mentioned, no number given, 2 mentions in past reviews
- Projects mentioned, no number given, 1 mention in past reviews
- Group works mentioned, no number given, 2 mentions in past reviews
Based on 64 reviews; source checked 6 days 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.
- 7321F
- 12122W
- 9222F
- 8123S
- 7823F
- 5624S
- 7524F
- 8425S
- 7225F
Peak 121 · most recent 25F at 72
Seats over time
Nothing read since 16 Oct, 5 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 26.
3 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, and that was 5 hours ago. It is where the line stops, not where the count is now.
Show the readings (51)
| Recorded | Enrolled | Capacity | Status | Waitlist | Hours read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 17:02 | 75 | 75 | closed | - | 34 of 112 |
| 12 Oct 02:22 | 75 | 75 | closed | - | 4 of 12 |
| 11 Oct 15:52 | 74 | 75 | open | - | 1 of 1 |
| 11 Oct 15:02 | 75 | 75 | closed | - | 5 of 14 |
| 11 Oct 02:02 | 74 | 75 | open | - | 28 of 104 |
| 6 Oct 19:42 | 75 | 75 | closed | - | 2 of 5 |
| 6 Oct 15:12 | 74 | 75 | open | - | 100 of 512, 151 no hourly record |
| 15 Sep 08:32 | 75 | 75 | closed | - | no hourly record |
| 15 Sep 05:22 | 60 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 12 Sep 02:32 | 61 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 11 Sep 23:52 | 60 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 11 Sep 19:42 | 61 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 11 Sep 16:40 | 60 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 11 Sep 13:40 | 61 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 11 Sep 10:40 | 60 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 11 Sep 09:40 | 61 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 10 Sep 13:40 | 60 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 10 Sep 01:40 | 59 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 9 Sep 23:40 | 58 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 9 Sep 19:40 | 59 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 9 Sep 16:40 | 58 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 9 Sep 13:40 | 59 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 9 Sep 01:40 | 58 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 9 Sep 00:40 | 57 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 8 Sep 22:40 | 58 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 3 Sep 11:27 | 57 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 2 Sep 22:40 | 55 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 2 Sep 18:40 | 55 | 71 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 2 Sep 15:40 | 55 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 2 Sep 13:40 | 55 | 71 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 2 Sep 11:40 | 55 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 2 Sep 10:40 | 55 | 71 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 2 Sep 09:40 | 55 | 75 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 1 Sep 01:40 | 55 | 71 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 31 Aug 23:40 | 53 | 67 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 31 Aug 22:40 | 53 | 71 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 31 Aug 21:40 | 53 | 67 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 31 Aug 19:40 | 53 | 71 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 31 Aug 16:40 | 53 | 67 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 31 Aug 15:40 | 53 | 71 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 31 Aug 13:40 | 53 | 67 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 31 Aug 12:40 | 53 | 71 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 28 Aug 01:40 | 53 | 67 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 27 Aug 22:40 | 50 | 67 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 27 Aug 21:40 | 53 | 67 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 27 Aug 20:40 | 50 | 67 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 27 Aug 19:40 | 53 | 67 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 27 Aug 10:40 | 50 | 67 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 22 Aug 00:40 | 50 | 63 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 21 Aug 11:40 | 49 | 63 | open | - | no hourly record |
| 18 Aug 18:40 | 49 | 59 | open | - | - |
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