# POLISCI 360: The Foundations of American Liberal Democracy | UW–Madison

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### grades

```json
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      "POLISCI 360"
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]
```

### statistics

#### gpa

3.293

#### graded

150

#### counts

* 37
* 63
* 25
* 13
* 9
* 0
* 3

### grade conflicts

None recorded.

### evidence

#### history

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course\_617ba4293bc51d083038f5a4-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_617ba4293bc51d083038f5a4-0.json)

#### traces

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course\_617ba4293bc51d083038f5a4-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_617ba4293bc51d083038f5a4-0.json)

#### meetings

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/meetings/course\_617ba4293bc51d083038f5a4-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/meetings/course_617ba4293bc51d083038f5a4-0.json)

#### results

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course\_617ba4293bc51d083038f5a4-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_617ba4293bc51d083038f5a4-0.json)

### revision

e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349

## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

3.2933333333333334

#### count

150

#### university

##### size

3027

##### gpa Percentile

13

##### count Percentile

70

##### median Count

81

##### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 0     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 18    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 235   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 843   | true    |
| 3.6–4.0 | 1931  | false   |

#### departments

```json
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      "countPercentile": 70,
      "medianCount": 94,
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        },
        {
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      ]
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  }
]
```

### terms

#### 1194

##### term

1194

##### gpa

3.011627906976744

##### count

43

##### university

###### size

1040

###### gpa Percentile

10

###### count Percentile

24

###### median Count

67

###### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 1     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 23    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 220   | true    |
| 3.2–3.6 | 342   | false   |
| 3.6–4.0 | 454   | false   |

##### departments

```json
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]
```

#### 1222

##### term

1222

##### gpa

3.0384615384615383

##### count

26

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| POLISCI |            |

#### 1252

##### term

1252

##### gpa

3.4444444444444446

##### count

45

##### university

###### size

1333

###### gpa Percentile

26

###### count Percentile

29

###### median Count

69

###### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 0     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 14    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 115   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 431   | true    |
| 3.6–4.0 | 773   | false   |

##### departments

```json
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          "current": false
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          "current": false
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        {
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]
```

#### 1264

##### term

1264

##### gpa

3.625

##### count

36

##### university

###### size

1283

###### gpa Percentile

41

###### count Percentile

11

###### median Count

66

###### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 1     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 20    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 130   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 343   | false   |
| 3.6–4.0 | 789   | true    |

##### departments

```json
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]
```

### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

3027

###### gpa

3.6531079961504513

###### top Share

81.74889606194927

###### count

81

##### POLISCI

###### size

68

###### gpa

3.5606966242681763

###### top Share

78.73230013744431

###### count

94

#### terms

##### 1194

###### school

###### size

1040

###### gpa

3.4906527436719808

###### top Share

71.74728845515045

###### count

67

###### POLISCI

###### size

28

###### gpa

3.3622929055465627

###### top Share

67.77057007459834

###### count

60

##### 1222

###### school

###### size

1157

###### gpa

3.563052311875811

###### top Share

76.64869058732418

###### count

64

###### POLISCI

###### size

32

###### gpa

3.5006556757964944

###### top Share

75.79663378946314

###### count

50.5

##### 1252

###### school

###### size

1333

###### gpa

3.619494049739118

###### top Share

79.71442190500672

###### count

69

###### POLISCI

###### size

32

###### gpa

3.59050798614564

###### top Share

80.89004576107973

###### count

53.5

##### 1264

###### school

###### size

1283

###### gpa

3.6229729166451925

###### top Share

80.13669149396227

###### count

66

###### POLISCI

###### size

30

###### gpa

3.64488187596396

###### top Share

82.45733464244728

###### count

63.5

## instructor Trends

```json
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```

## following

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