POLS 2220: Political Science Methods
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
This course builds the knowledge skills ability (KSA) of students, in other words increases their information literacy. Emphasis on how to do literature searches, write professional papers as political scientists, understand and calculate statistics, and manipulate data with computer statistical packages. Recommended to be taken before majors begin to take upper-level courses. Three hours of lecture and one hour of computer laboratory per week.
Average GPA: 2.67
Grade distribution records: 2,230 students across 28 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A | 616 | 27.6% |
| B | 637 | 28.6% |
| C | 377 | 16.9% |
| D | 143 | 6.4% |
| F | 202 | 9.1% |
| W | 152 | 6.8% |
Based on 2,230 student grade records across 28 terms and 15 professors.
Instructors
- Jason Giersch 446 students, Average GPA 2.77
- Helen King 389 students, Average GPA 2.23
- Jason Windett 303 students, Average GPA 2.85
- Samuel Grubbs 233 students, Average GPA 2.71
- Yaoyao Dai 217 students, Average GPA 3.06
- Frederico Batista Pereira 187 students, Average GPA 2.30
- Alexander Kustov 122 students, Average GPA 2.98
- Benjamin Radford 89 students, Average GPA 2.78
- Lauren Austin 75 students, Average GPA 2.87
- Martha Kropf 46 students, Average GPA 1.95
- Holly Brasher 40 students, Average GPA 2.94
- Christopher Marcoux 25 students, Average GPA 2.75
- Joellen Pope 25 students, Average GPA 2.70
- Tengteng Cai 22 students, Average GPA 2.30
- Melissa Duscha 11 students, Average GPA 2.64