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COMM 187 · Lec 1

Ethical and Policy Issues in Institutions of Mass Communication

Fall 2026Newton, J.4 units

Seats, time, final and grades

Seats

Closed.

125 of 125 · 2 over enrolled.

Meets

MW 9:30am-10:45am

Every meeting the registrar lists for this section.

Final

None on the page dibs read

No exam time on the page dibs read. That is not the registrar saying there is no final.

Grades

3.83
predicted, all instructors · 1,158 grades

1,158 letter grades, everyone who has taught COMM 187.

Read 3 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 29 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

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.

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Restrictions read 2 days ago. dibs re-reads these slowly because they rarely change; watch the section and it moves to every 6 hours.

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Meets: MW 9:30am-10:45am

Haines Hall A2

Grades

3.83
predicted, all instructors · 1,158 grades

2 people have taught COMM 187 in the grade record: NEWTON, JAMES at 3.83 over 912 grades and NEWTON, JAMES S at 3.84 over 246 grades.

A range
86%
P/NP
2%
D/F/W
0.3%

Full grade history for COMM 187

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.

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Reviews for COMM 187 Search the reviews for J. Newton

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.

  • 12221F
  • 12022W
  • 11322F
  • 11323W
  • 11923F
  • 11324W
  • 12824F
  • 12425W
  • 12225F
Enrollment by term: 21F 122, 22W 120, 22F 113, 23W 113, 23F 119, 24W 113, 24F 128, 25W 124, 25F 122

Peak 128 · most recent 25F at 122

Seats over time

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 14.

10 times reopened
125 of 125 · no seats left
17 Aug 15:079 Sep 03:401 Oct 16:13 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 553 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 385. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 529 of 1082 plotted.125 of 125 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, and no seats left. Seats from 17 Aug 15:07 to 1 Oct 16:13, 111 to 125. dibs read 168 of the 553 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 385 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 529 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 3 hours ago. It is where the line stops, not where the count is now.

Show the readings (50)
Recorded Enrolled Capacity Status Waitlist Hours read
1 Oct 16:13 125 125 closed - 15 of 49
29 Sep 16:42 125 125 closed - 3 of 8
29 Sep 09:42 124 125 open - 5 of 15
28 Sep 19:42 125 125 closed - 6 of 18
28 Sep 02:12 124 125 open - 2 of 5
27 Sep 22:52 123 125 open - 7 of 21
27 Sep 02:22 125 125 closed - 2 of 5
26 Sep 22:52 122 125 open - 2 of 4
26 Sep 19:22 125 125 closed - 2 of 5
26 Sep 15:52 122 125 open - 2 of 4
26 Sep 12:22 123 125 open - 3 of 8
26 Sep 05:22 122 125 open - 2 of 5
26 Sep 01:52 123 125 open - 3 of 8
25 Sep 18:52 124 125 open - 2 of 4
25 Sep 15:22 125 125 closed - 4 of 11
25 Sep 05:22 124 125 open - 70 of 235
15 Sep 11:32 125 125 closed - 3 of 7
15 Sep 05:02 121 125 open - 2 of 6
15 Sep 00:22 120 125 open - 2 of 5
14 Sep 20:52 121 125 open - 2 of 4
14 Sep 17:22 120 125 open - 2 of 4
14 Sep 14:42 121 125 open - 47 of 140
8 Sep 19:40 120 125 open - 2 of 56, 52 no hourly record
6 Sep 12:40 121 125 open - no hourly record
3 Sep 01:40 122 125 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 22:40 123 125 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 18:40 123 123 closed - no hourly record
2 Sep 15:40 123 125 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 13:40 123 123 closed - no hourly record
2 Sep 11:40 123 125 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 10:40 123 123 closed - no hourly record
2 Sep 09:40 123 125 open - no hourly record
1 Sep 01:40 123 123 closed - no hourly record
31 Aug 23:40 120 121 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 22:40 120 123 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 21:40 120 121 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 19:40 120 123 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 16:40 120 121 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 15:40 120 123 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 13:40 120 121 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 12:40 120 123 open - no hourly record
28 Aug 01:40 120 121 open - no hourly record
27 Aug 22:40 118 121 open - no hourly record
27 Aug 21:40 120 121 open - no hourly record
27 Aug 20:40 118 121 open - no hourly record
27 Aug 19:40 120 121 open - no hourly record
27 Aug 07:40 118 121 open - no hourly record
21 Aug 17:40 118 118 closed - no hourly record
18 Aug 04:30 115 115 closed - no hourly record
17 Aug 15:07 111 115 open - -
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