CRWN 80F: Science Fiction
University of California, Santa Cruz
Examines how science fictions have imagined better and worse worlds, social relations, and identities by using science and technology. Students read novels and short stories from the 19th Century to the present and discuss and debate questions of justice, freedom, difference, and identity. (Formerly "Seminar in Science Fiction.")
Average GPA: 3.74
Grade distribution records: 276 students across 10 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 56 | 20.3% |
| A | 110 | 39.9% |
| A- | 30 | 10.9% |
| B+ | 14 | 5.1% |
| B | 18 | 6.5% |
| C+ | 2 | 0.7% |
| C | 2 | 0.7% |
| F | 4 | 1.4% |
| P | 36 | 13.0% |
| NP | 1 | 0.4% |
| W | 3 | 1.1% |
Based on 276 student grade records across 10 terms and 2 professors.
Instructors
- Dion N Farquhar 231 students, Average GPA 3.70
- Marilyn Dilworth Patton 45 students, Average GPA 3.95