Success Rates of High Enrollment Courses
Fall 2010
Note:
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The following table lists courses with enrollments of 100 students or more in
descending order of success rate.
The Fall 2010 College-wide success rate is 69%.
Courses with Enrollments of 100 or More by Success Rate
Course
Title
Sections
Enrollment
Enrollment
per Section
Success
Rate
NURS 808
Open Skills Laboratory
1
107
107.0
97.2
ADAP 875
Adapted Evaluation
2
154
77.0
89.6
MUS. 202
Music Listening and Enjoyment
3
116
38.7
84.5
PSYC 200
Developmental Psychology
2
121
60.5
81.0
ENGL 102
English Practicum
4
108
27.0
77.8
CRER 120
Life and Career Planning
3
112
37.3
77.7
MUS. 100
Fundamentals of Music
6
207
34.5
77.3
FITN 116
Body Conditioning
4
161
40.3
77.0
FITN 201/202
Beg Interm Weight Training
8
210
26.3
76.7
HSCI 100
General Health Science
3
147
49.0
76.2
SPCH 120
Interpersonal Communication
11
348
31.6
73.3
BUS. 100
Contemporary American Business
3
119
39.7
73.1
READ 830
College and Career Reading
4
108
27.0
73.1
BIOL 110
Genl Principles of Biology
7
226
32.3
73.0
ETHN 102
Intro Ethnic Studies II
4
168
42.0
72.6
FITN 334
Yoga
5
184
36.8
72.3
CIS 110
Introduction to CIS
4
122
30.5
72.1
ENGL 110
Compos., Lit. & Crit. Thinking
13
360
27.7
71.7
ACTG 131
Managerial Accounting
3
116
38.7
69.8
ECON 102
Principles of Micro Economics
4
147
36.8
68.7
ETHN 101
Intro to Ethnic Studies I
4
196
49.0
68.4
SPCH 100
Public Speaking
11
296
26.9
67.2
PSYC 100
General Psychology
7
498
71.1
67.1
CRER 121
Planning for Student Success
5
139
27.8
66.9
CHEM 210
General Chemistry I
6
180
30.0
66.7
ENGL 100
Composition and Reading
30
820
27.3
66.1
ACTG 145
QuickBooksPayroll/Merchndising
3
106
35.3
66.0
BUS. 315/316/
317/416
Keyboarding I II Skillbldg Spreadsht II
11
204
18.5
65.7
MATH 122
Intermediate Algebra I
4
142
35.5
65.5
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CSM Courses by Success Rate: Fall 2010
Sections
Enrollment
Enrollment
per Section
Success
Rate
Intensive Intro to Comp/Reading
16
431
26.9
65.0
FILM 100
Introduction to Film
3
137
45.7
65.0
ENGL 838
Intensive Intro toComp/Reading
9
242
26.9
64.5
ETHN 300
Introduction to LaRaza Studies
2
138
69.0
64.5
Course
Title
ENGL 848
ACTG 121
Financial Accounting
5
221
44.2
64.3
ECON 100
Principles of Macro Economics
5
221
44.2
63.8
FITN 237
Total Core Training
2
111
55.5
63.1
MATH 200
Elem. Probability & Statistics
7
274
39.1
62.0
ASTR 100
Introduction To Astronomy
8
258
32.3
61.2
MATH 125
Elementary Finite Math
4
138
34.5
60.9
ENGL 828
Basic Composition and Reading
4
108
27.0
59.3
MATH 241
Applied Calculus I
4
135
33.8
57.8
MATH 130
Analytic Trigonometry
4
127
31.8
57.5
SOCI 100
Introduction To Sociology
8
352
44.0
57.4
BIOL 130
Human Biology
3
128
42.7
57.0
ACTG 100
Accounting Procedures
5
213
42.6
56.8
PHIL 100
Introduction to Philosophy
5
237
47.4
56.1
GEOL 100
Survey of Geology
2
109
54.5
56.0
MATH 110
Elementary Algebra
8
311
38.9
55.9
HIST 202
United States History II
3
127
42.3
55.1
MATH 112
Elementary Algebra II
3
102
34.0
54.9
BIOL 250
Anatomy
6
157
26.2
54.1
MATH 120
Intermediate Algebra
12
463
38.6
54.0
MATH 811
Arithmetic Review
9
341
37.9
54.0
MATH 111
Elementary Algebra I
8
254
31.8
49.6
BIOL 100
Intro to the Life Sciences
5
232
46.4
47.8
PLSC 210
American Politics
10
323
32.3
47.1
MATH 251
Calculus/Analytic Geometry I
5
187
37.4
46.5
HIST 201
United States History I
5
206
41.2
38.3
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