POL SCI 171B Lec 1

Seats

Open, 2 seats left.

78 of 80 enrolled, lecture and all discussions summed.

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

Meets

TR 2:00pm-3:15pm

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

Final

Mon 7 Dec, 8:00am to 11:00am

One exam for the whole class, Los Angeles time.

Read 44 hours ago.

Grades

no grade history

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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.

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Discussions

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6 discussions, 1 open: Dis 1E, R 6:00pm-6:50pm.

Dis 1A
R 5:00pm-5:50pm

Nguyen, Z.

Closed.
Dis 1B
R 6:00pm-6:50pm

Nguyen, Z.

Closed.
Dis 1C
R 7:00pm-7:50pm

Reynolds, R.

Closed.
Dis 1D
R 5:00pm-5:50pm

Reynolds, R.

Closed.
Dis 1E
R 6:00pm-6:50pm

Reynolds, R.

Open, 2 seats left.
Dis 1F
R 7:00pm-7:50pm

Nguyen, Z.

Closed.

Discussion sections, with the seats read in the same sweep as the lecture
Section	Meets	Instructor	Seats
Dis 1A	R 5:00pm-5:50pm	Nguyen, Z.	Closed.
Dis 1B	R 6:00pm-6:50pm	Nguyen, Z.	Closed.
Dis 1C	R 7:00pm-7:50pm	Reynolds, R.	Closed.
Dis 1D	R 5:00pm-5:50pm	Reynolds, R.	Closed.
Dis 1E	R 6:00pm-6:50pm	Reynolds, R.	Open, 2 seats left.
Dis 1F	R 7:00pm-7:50pm	Nguyen, Z.	Closed.

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7pm

2pm-3:15pm

2pm-3:15pm

5pm-5:50pm

5pm-5:50pm

6pm-6:50pm

6pm-6:50pm

7pm-7:50pm

7pm-7:50pm

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Lec 1
TR 2:00pm-3:15pm
Dis 1A (alternative; recorded closed)
R 5:00pm-5:50pm
Dis 1B (alternative; recorded closed)
R 6:00pm-6:50pm
Dis 1C (alternative; recorded closed)
R 7:00pm-7:50pm
Dis 1D (alternative; recorded closed)
R 5:00pm-5:50pm
Dis 1E (alternative)
R 6:00pm-6:50pm
Dis 1F (alternative; recorded closed)
R 7:00pm-7:50pm

Royce Hall 190

Grades

no grade history

More about POL SCI 171B, though its grade history is empty too.

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. 3.0 of 5 for Kathleen Bawn, where 5 is lightest. Read 15 days ago.

What the work looks like

Exams mentioned, no number given, 1 mention in past reviews
Problem sets mentioned, no number given, 1 mention in past reviews

Based on 2 reviews; source checked 5 days ago. dibs counts only what a review actually states, so a kind of work nobody mentioned is absent rather than zero.

POL SCI 171B reviews for Kathleen Bawn Reviews for all professors of POL SCI 171B

Will it still be here

high risk chance of closing before your enrollment pass.

Seats over time

Nothing read since 16 Oct, 2 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 18.

2 times reopened

78 of 80 · 2 left in its discussions

18 Aug 22:4017 Sep 06:3116 Oct 14:23 · 2 hours ago

Checked 168 of the 606 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 438 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 803 of 1409 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 (54)

Recorded	Enrolled	Capacity	Status	Waitlist	Hours read
16 Oct 14:23	78	80	open	-	4 of 10
16 Oct 05:02	78	80	open	-	3 of 9
15 Oct 21:22	79	80	open	-	2 of 5
15 Oct 17:52	78	80	open	-	14 of 45
13 Oct 21:42	79	80	open	-	45 of 164
7 Oct 02:42	80	80	closed	-	3 of 8
6 Oct 19:42	82	120	open	-	2 of 5
6 Oct 15:12	80	80	closed	-	26 of 108
2 Oct 04:12	82	120	open	-	2 of 5
2 Oct 00:42	83	120	open	-	3 of 6
1 Oct 19:02	82	120	open	-	10 of 30
30 Sep 14:42	83	120	open	-	2 of 4
30 Sep 11:12	84	120	open	-	5 of 16
29 Sep 20:12	83	120	open	-	8 of 26
28 Sep 19:42	84	120	open	-	8 of 25
27 Sep 19:42	83	120	open	-	6 of 18
27 Sep 02:22	86	120	open	-	2 of 5
26 Sep 22:52	87	120	open	-	2 of 4
26 Sep 19:22	86	120	open	-	6 of 18
26 Sep 02:22	87	120	open	-	2 of 4
25 Sep 23:12	84	120	open	-	2 of 5
25 Sep 19:42	87	120	open	-	3 of 7
25 Sep 13:02	84	120	open	-	2 of 5
25 Sep 09:32	85	120	open	-	3 of 8
25 Sep 02:42	84	120	open	-	4 of 10
24 Sep 17:02	85	120	open	-	5 of 16
24 Sep 02:02	86	120	open	-	3 of 8
23 Sep 19:02	85	120	open	-	2 of 5
23 Sep 15:32	83	120	open	-	2 of 4
23 Sep 12:02	85	120	open	-	7 of 22
22 Sep 15:32	83	120	open	-	6 of 18
21 Sep 22:12	81	120	open	-	5 of 21, 7 no hourly record
21 Sep 02:12	80	120	open	-	no hourly record
20 Sep 17:02	79	120	open	-	no hourly record
20 Sep 02:02	78	120	open	-	no hourly record
19 Sep 22:32	77	120	open	-	no hourly record
18 Sep 15:12	78	120	open	-	no hourly record
17 Sep 23:12	79	120	open	-	no hourly record
17 Sep 20:32	80	120	open	-	no hourly record
17 Sep 10:22	78	120	open	-	no hourly record
16 Sep 23:42	77	120	open	-	no hourly record
16 Sep 20:12	76	120	open	-	no hourly record
15 Sep 23:12	77	120	open	-	no hourly record
15 Sep 15:32	75	120	open	-	no hourly record
15 Sep 08:32	69	120	open	-	no hourly record
9 Sep 12:40	61	120	open	-	no hourly record
9 Sep 09:40	62	120	open	-	no hourly record
9 Sep 01:40	61	120	open	-	no hourly record
9 Sep 00:40	60	120	open	-	no hourly record
8 Sep 22:40	61	120	open	-	no hourly record
3 Sep 05:40	60	120	open	-	no hourly record
27 Aug 11:40	60	108	open	-	no hourly record
21 Aug 09:40	60	102	open	-	no hourly record
18 Aug 22:40	60	97	open	-	-

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