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PUB AFF

Public Affairs

68 courses on record 15 with sections in Fall 2026
68 courses

Grades awarded Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, every instructor,

A course with no letter grades has no average to report, which is not the same as a course that grades badly.

Lower division 12

Lower division courses in Public Affairs
Course Title Predicted GPA Fall 2026
10 Social Problems and Social Change GE 3.76 1,504 grades 4 sections
19 Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars Not offered
20 Power, Politics, and Policy Change 3.68 289 grades Not offered
30 Comparative Analysis of Wealth, Policy, and Power GE 3.65 590 grades Not offered
40 Microeconomics for Public Affairs 3.42 565 grades Not offered
50 Foundations and Debates in Public Thought 3.63 540 grades Not offered
60 Using Data to Learn about Society: Introduction to Empirical Research and Statistics 3.52 771 grades 5 sections
70 Information, Evidence, and Persuasion 3.69 485 grades 3 sections
80 How Social Environments Shape Human Development 3.88 905 grades Not offered
87 Introduction to the Professional Workplace 3.88 12 grades · Not offered
M98T People in Parks: Public Space and Participation 3.77 16 grades · Not offered
M98TW What Is This Place: Developing Socio-Historical Senses to Understand Urban Places 3.88 20 grades Not offered

Upper division 56

Upper division courses in Public Affairs
Course Title Predicted GPA Fall 2026
M109 Introduction to Cities and Planning 3.82 688 grades 7 sections
110 Urban Revolution: Space and Society in Global Context 3.73 521 grades Not offered
111 Microeconomics: Market Failures and Inequality 3.64 83 grades Not offered
112 Social Movements 3.83 502 grades 5 sections
113 Policy Analysis: Approaches to Addressing Social Problems 3.87 178 grades Not offered
114 People, Organizations, and Systems 3.89 1,162 grades Not offered
115 Using Quantitative Methods to Understand Social Problems and their Potential Solutions 3.64 580 grades Not offered
116 Using Qualitative Methods to Understand Social Problems and Their Potential Solutions 3.84 1,105 grades 5 sections
M117B Network Science Using R 3.11 23 grades 1 section
M117C Community-Engaged Research Methods 3.87 10 grades · Not offered
M117D Data Analysis for Educational Equity and Improvement 3.93 37 grades Not offered
M117DX Data Analysis for Educational Equity and Improvement 3.88 11 grades · Not offered
121 Race, Class, Gender, and Spatial Inequality 3.77 49 grades Not offered
123 History and Public Policy 3.82 37 grades Not offered
M124 Child Welfare Policy in America 3.75 63 grades Not offered
M125 Creating Safe and Welcoming Schools 3.86 258 grades Not offered
128 Practical Applications of Research on Emerging Adults 3.93 173 grades Not offered
M129XP Intergenerational Communication across Lifespan 3.55 37 grades Not offered
M130 Biomedical, Social, and Policy Frontiers in Human Aging GE 3.61 123 grades Not offered
M131 Diversity in Aging: Roles of Gender and Ethnicity 3.86 45 grades Not offered
134 Politics of U.S. Health Policy 3.68 248 grades Not offered
135 Firearm Violence Prevention Policy 3.80 75 grades Not offered
136 Cannabis Policy and Society 3.67 30 grades Not offered
137 Gangs, Criminal Justice, and Mass Incarceration 3.87 165 grades Not offered
M138 Crime and Public Policy no grade history 1 section
140 Race, Rights, and Citizenship: Encounters with Bureaucracies 3.83 38 grades Not offered
145 California Policy Issues 3.71 61 grades Not offered
148 U.S. Housing Policy and Geography of Opportunity 3.85 87 grades Not offered
149 International Housing Policy 3.65 43 grades Not offered
M153 Parking and City 3.52 68 grades Not offered
154 Green Transportation 3.61 39 grades Not offered
155 Economics and Equity in Transportation Systems and Policies 3.78 33 grades Not offered
M157 Built Environment and Health 3.91 32 grades Not offered
158XP Trees in City 3.78 19 grades · 1 section
M159 Politics of Water 3.50 141 grades Not offered
M160 Urban Sustainability 3.93 76 grades Not offered
M161 Environmental Justice through Multiple Lenses 3.94 138 grades Not offered
162 U.S. Environmental Politics 3.72 92 grades Not offered
M165 Advanced Technology: Public Policy, Regulation, and Law 3.88 116 grades Not offered
170 Civil Society, Nonprofit Organizations, and Philanthropy: Comparative Perspectives 3.66 111 grades Not offered
172 Development and Its Governance 3.52 53 grades Not offered
174 Cultural Policy and Cultural Diplomacy: Soft Power, Creative Economy, Innovation, and Arts 3.72 87 grades Not offered
177 Truth and Consequences: Problems in Contemporary American Journalism 3.87 29 grades Not offered
M179A Social Movements in Theory and Practice 3.10 22 grades Not offered
180 Lawyers, Law, and Public Affairs 3.91 463 grades 1 section
M183 Science Policy and the Crisis of Expertise 3.69 17 grades · 1 section
187A Experiential Learning Capstone 3.87 96 grades Not offered
187AX Experiential Learning Capstone 3.86 429 grades 9 sections
187B Experiential Learning Capstone 3.86 104 grades Not offered
187BX Experiential Learning Capstone 3.88 356 grades Not offered
187C Experiential Learning Capstone 3.86 98 grades Not offered
187CX Experiential Learning Capstone 3.87 349 grades Not offered
191A Variable Topics Seminar: Public Affairs: Seminar 1 3.87 134 grades 1 section
M191P Variable Topics Seminar: Public Policy 3.89 157 grades Not offered
195 Community or Corporate Internships in Public Affairs no grade history 1 section
195CE Community or Corporate Internships in Public Affairs 3.93 74 grades 1 section