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PLS
College of Social Science · Michigan State University
59,781 grades61 courses196 professors44 terms
Department and course prefixes as Michigan State University lists them in its own catalog.
3.24
average GPA across 59,781 grades
−2% vs. Michigan State University overall (3.30)
83%
A or B
of 59,781 grades
7.1%
D, F or withdrew
of 59,838 enrolled
Every term against the 3.24 department average
44 terms
Fall 2011Spring 2026
Most taken
PLS 100
Intro to Amer Ntl Government
3.29
7,703 grades
+2% vs. dept
PLS 200
Intro to Political Science
3.32
5,391 grades
+2% vs. dept
PLS 201
Intro Meth of Political Anly
3.35
4,540 grades
+3% vs. dept
PLS 320
The American Judicial Process
3.10
4,234 grades
−4% vs. dept
PLS 140
Govt & Politics of the World
3.05
4,042 grades
−6% vs. dept
PLS 160
Intro to Interntl Relations
3.07
4,005 grades
−5% vs. dept
PLS 170
Intro to Political Philosophy
2.98
3,521 grades
−8% vs. dept
PLS 422
Sem in Political Science (W)
3.57
3,232 grades
+10% vs. dept
Courses with a grade record · 61
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level5 courses
3.29
+2% vs. dept
7,703
3.61
+11% vs. dept
232
3.05
−6% vs. dept
4,042
3.07
−5% vs. dept
4,005
2.98
−8% vs. dept
3,521
200 level3 courses
3.32
+2% vs. dept
5,391
3.35
+3% vs. dept
4,540
3.56
+10% vs. dept
1,470
300 level33 courses
3.39
+5% vs. dept
224
3.37
+4% vs. dept
877
3.22
−1% vs. dept
626
3.28
+1% vs. dept
984
3.32
+3% vs. dept
1,160
3.10
−4% vs. dept
4,234
3.13
−3% vs. dept
2,165
2.66
−18% vs. dept
314
2.79
−14% vs. dept
38
3.48
+7% vs. dept
1,168
3.60
+11% vs. dept
721
2.85
−12% vs. dept
191
2.79
−14% vs. dept
703
2.96
−8% vs. dept
720
3.16
−3% vs. dept
332
3.04
−6% vs. dept
628
3.26
+1% vs. dept
156
2.90
−10% vs. dept
378
2.99
−8% vs. dept
310
3.14
−3% vs. dept
739
3.81
+18% vs. dept
252
3.05
−6% vs. dept
518
3.40
+5% vs. dept
412
3.65
+13% vs. dept
93
3.36
+4% vs. dept
166
3.00
−7% vs. dept
117
3.12
−4% vs. dept
274
3.14
−3% vs. dept
518
3.00
−7% vs. dept
1,043
3.16
−3% vs. dept
1,489
3.19
−1% vs. dept
725
3.52
+9% vs. dept
2,659
3.04
−6% vs. dept
178
400 level5 courses
2.58
−20% vs. dept
13
3.57
+10% vs. dept
3,232
3.84
+19% vs. dept
22
3.71
+15% vs. dept
19
3.70
+14% vs. dept
99
800 level12 courses
3.67
+14% vs. dept
40
3.66
+13% vs. dept
38
3.65
+13% vs. dept
36
3.60
+11% vs. dept
45
3.64
+13% vs. dept
38
4.00
+24% vs. dept
12
4.00
+24% vs. dept
12
3.86
+19% vs. dept
14
3.84
+19% vs. dept
25
3.82
+18% vs. dept
11
3.85
+19% vs. dept
13
3.56
+10% vs. dept
9
900 level3 courses
3.79
+17% vs. dept
51
3.94
+22% vs. dept
25
3.64
+12% vs. dept
11
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