GovernmentGOV / UT Austin
Compare 154 GOV courses by average GPA, A share and recent reported semester.
- Average GPA / 4.00
- 3.21
- A grades · excludes A−
- 33.7%
- Letter grades reported
- 197,530
Source: UT Austin Office of Institutional Reporting; updated .
GOV courses
| Course | Average GPA | % A | Letter grades | Latest term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOV 303DIntroduction to the Middle East: Adjustment and Change in Modern Times | 3.72 | 62.6% | 99 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 306CPolitics and Government in Contemporary Texas | 3.26 | 42.1% | 233 | Summer 2026 |
| GOV 307Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies | 3.17 | 25.5% | 208 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 310LAmerican and Texas Government | 3.21 | 33.9% | 67,008 | Summer 2026 |
| GOV 312LIssues and Policies in American Government | 3.19 | 35.6% | 70,024 | Summer 2026 |
| GOV 312PConstitutional Principles: Core Texts | 3.34 | 35.7% | 2,269 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 312RCONSTITUTIONAL PRINS: EQUALITY | 3.24 | 34.1% | 88 | Spring 2012 |
| GOV 314Introductory Topics in Political Science | 3.20 | 28.6% | 660 | Spring 2019 |
| GOV 314EClassics of Social and Political Thought | 3.37 | 34.5% | 226 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 320KUnited States Constitutional Development: Structures | 3.33 | 21.6% | 398 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 320LArab-Israeli Politics | 3.12 | 18.4% | 38 | Summer 2014 |
| GOV 320NUnited States Constitutional Development: Rights | 3.35 | 19.4% | 515 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 321MPolitics in Japan | 3.04 | 23.4% | 478 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 322CWar and Peace: China, Japan, and Taiwan | 3.20 | 29.8% | 57 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 322MPolitics in China | 3.30 | 33.2% | 367 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 324CPolitical Ideologies and Manifestos | 3.75 | 71.8% | 78 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 324EIntelligence and Espionage in the Eastern Bloc | 3.81 | 83.2% | 226 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 324FEconomic Development in Post-Communist States | 3.67 | 50.0% | 12 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 324GCentral Asian Politics and Economies | 3.52 | 45.2% | 42 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 324JGovernments and Politics of Eastern Europe | 3.32 | 40.1% | 269 | Fall 2022 |
| GOV 324LGovernments and Politics of Western Europe | 3.33 | 39.2% | 1,140 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 324OConstitutionalism in Divided Societies | 3.89 | 81.8% | 33 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 325Political Parties | 2.93 | 12.2% | 852 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 327LPublic Opinion and American Politics | 2.90 | 20.0% | 225 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 328LIntroduction to Latin American Government and Politics | 2.99 | 25.7% | 1,138 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 330KThe American President | 3.09 | 26.8% | 1,637 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 334CThomas Paine, Liberalism, and the Enlightenment | 3.02 | 33.3% | 18 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 334ECitizenship and Patriotism | 3.40 | 24.1% | 58 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 335CReligion in American Political Thought | 3.15 | 38.5% | 39 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 335DNatural Law Theory | 2.74 | 27.0% | 89 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 335GAfrican American Social and Political Thought | 3.30 | 40.0% | 10 | Fall 2023 |
| GOV 335IPolitical Bioethics | 3.17 | 50.0% | 16 | Fall 2022 |
| GOV 335MTopics in Political Thought | 3.05 | 18.3% | 1,320 | Spring 2024 |
| GOV 335NTopics in American State Government and Politics | 3.01 | 27.7% | 887 | Spring 2019 |
| GOV 335OPolitics and Literature | 3.67 | 37.1% | 35 | Spring 2024 |
| GOV 335QGlobal Justice | 3.29 | 24.2% | 198 | Summer 2026 |
| GOV 335RIntellectual World of the American Founders | 3.14 | 42.9% | 49 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 336MGovernments and Politics of Russia | 2.97 | 27.7% | 292 | Summer 2023 |
| GOV 337CThe Politics of Mexico | 3.02 | 17.3% | 225 | Spring 2024 |
| GOV 337EInternational Politics of Latin America | 2.89 | 27.3% | 143 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 337FPolitics, Economy, and Society of Contemporary Brazil | 3.28 | 27.5% | 80 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 337GThe Politics of Development in Latin America | 3.30 | 30.7% | 75 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 337M6-POLITICS OF MEXICO | 2.90 | 14.9% | 866 | Spring 2020 |
| GOV 339LResearch Methods in Government | 2.71 | 20.9% | 387 | Fall 2022 |
| GOV 341MDecision Theory | 2.94 | 30.5% | 478 | Spring 2018 |
| GOV 342NPublic Choice | 2.90 | 21.7% | 396 | Spring 2017 |
| GOV 344American Foreign Relations | 2.72 | 15.7% | 185 | Fall 2014 |
| GOV 344LIntroduction to Comparative Politics | 3.25 | 27.9% | 445 | Summer 2026 |
| GOV 345CGender and Politics in a Comparative Perspective | 3.67 | 65.9% | 85 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 347KGovernments and Politics of South Asia | 3.86 | 75.3% | 174 | Spring 2022 |
| GOV 347NGovernments and Politics of Southeast Asia | 3.12 | 21.8% | 87 | Spring 2023 |
| GOV 347PPolitics of Protecting the Great Barrier Reef | 4.00 | 100.0% | 22 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 350KStatistical Analysis in Political Science | 3.24 | 39.4% | 2,126 | Summer 2026 |
| GOV 351CThe Classical Quest for Justice | 3.21 | 19.6% | 941 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 351DThe Theoretical Foundations of Modern Politics | 3.23 | 21.1% | 834 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 351FVisions of Emancipation | 3.38 | 34.9% | 63 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 351GCritics of Modern Liberalism | 3.15 | 16.8% | 351 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 351JMight and Right among Nations | 3.00 | 13.9% | 628 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 351LMorality and Politics | 3.20 | 17.4% | 662 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 353DDarwin and the Politics of Evolution | 2.93 | 14.0% | 465 | Spring 2022 |
| GOV 355CApplied Research Methods I | 3.42 | 53.8% | 160 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 355DApplied Research Methods II | 3.62 | 55.8% | 86 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 355JHuman Behavior as Rational Action | 3.33 | 30.9% | 162 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 355MTopics in Political Science | 3.46 | 45.6% | 2,242 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 355NWorld War I in Real Time | 3.71 | 68.1% | 138 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 357CConstitutional Interpretation | 3.07 | 19.6% | 469 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 357DCivil Liberties | 3.27 | 28.8% | 233 | Spring 2024 |
| GOV 357ESupreme Court and Public Policy | 3.39 | 48.8% | 291 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 357FConstitutional Structure of Power | 3.42 | 29.0% | 69 | Spring 2023 |
| GOV 357GStructure of Individual Liberties | 3.33 | 41.3% | 75 | Fall 2023 |
| GOV 357JLaw of Politics | 3.35 | 23.1% | 199 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 357LJudicial Process and Behavior | 3.21 | 23.5% | 928 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 357MTopics in Public Law | 3.08 | 20.7% | 2,680 | Spring 2020 |
| GOV 358Introduction to Public Policy | 3.18 | 25.5% | 1,195 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 360CIntroduction to International Relations | 3.38 | 46.6% | 191 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 360DInternational Security | 3.20 | 25.7% | 612 | Summer 2026 |
| GOV 360EInternational Political Economy | 3.45 | 39.6% | 814 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 360FGlobal Governance | 3.20 | 36.0% | 675 | Summer 2026 |
| GOV 360GCauses of War | 3.66 | 61.5% | 161 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 360IThe Politics of International Trade | 3.51 | 46.9% | 390 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 360JGlobalization and the Nation State | 3.06 | 5.9% | 51 | Fall 2020 |
| GOV 360N11-INTERNATL POLITICAL ECONOMY | 3.08 | 22.1% | 3,908 | Spring 2020 |
| GOV 360OBusiness and Society | 3.70 | 63.3% | 109 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 360PInternational Organization | 3.95 | 85.7% | 21 | Summer 2022 |
| GOV 360RCivil Wars and Ethnic Violence | 3.42 | 36.2% | 210 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 360STerrorism and Counterterrorism | 3.37 | 35.8% | 190 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 362LGovernment Research Internship | 3.80 | 77.0% | 152 | Spring 2019 |
| GOV 362SMemories of War | 2.97 | 38.5% | 13 | Fall 2021 |
| GOV 362USecurity and Policy in Eastern Europe and Russia | 3.85 | 75.7% | 37 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 363USwitzerland and Globalization | 3.56 | 41.7% | 12 | Fall 2021 |
| GOV 364CIslam and Politics | 3.33 | 32.7% | 49 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 364DEvolution of Special Operation Forces | 3.80 | 58.1% | 31 | Fall 2021 |
| GOV 364EMonarchies and Mini-States | 3.06 | 29.4% | 17 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 364VPolitical Warfare and Propaganda | 3.64 | 62.0% | 50 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 365CJapanese Foreign Policy | 3.47 | 37.5% | 32 | Spring 2024 |
| GOV 365DInternational Relations of East and Southeast Asia | 3.16 | 20.8% | 332 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 365EPolitical Economy of Asia | 3.43 | 31.7% | 41 | Spring 2023 |
| GOV 365FAsian Regionalism and Multilateral Cooperation | 3.92 | 89.5% | 95 | Spring 2023 |
| GOV 365GThe Military in Politics | 3.02 | 16.4% | 55 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 365IAuthoritarianism | 3.50 | 52.4% | 42 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 365JAustralian Society and Politics | 3.33 | 45.1% | 51 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 365L5-ASIAN RGNLISM/MULTILAT COOP | 3.24 | 30.8% | 744 | Spring 2019 |
| GOV 365N2-IMMIGRATION AND COMPAR POLIT | 3.27 | 30.3% | 4,344 | Spring 2020 |
| GOV 365QComparative Political Parties | 3.10 | 30.6% | 36 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 365RInstitutions and Comparative Political Economic Development | 3.14 | 28.3% | 53 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 365SComparative Legal Systems | 3.39 | 41.3% | 189 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 365TSuicide Terrorism | 3.59 | 49.4% | 413 | Fall 2022 |
| GOV 365UEuropean Environmental Politics | 3.76 | 60.6% | 104 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 365VComprehensive Notions of European Security | 3.62 | 51.2% | 121 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 365WHuman Rights and World Politics | 3.52 | 49.8% | 1,148 | Summer 2026 |
| GOV 366CThe Ethics of Foreign Intervention | 3.15 | 38.6% | 44 | Spring 2024 |
| GOV 366GBritish Politics and Government | 3.14 | 40.2% | 102 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 366JEthnic Politics in Taiwan and Asia | 3.86 | 64.3% | 14 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 366LInternational Development and Global Justice | 3.53 | 43.1% | 109 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 366NContemporary Middle Eastern Cinema | 3.36 | 27.3% | 11 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 366ORule of Law in the Middle East | 3.36 | 36.4% | 11 | Summer 2022 |
| GOV 366PThe Shock of Modernity in the Middle East | 3.66 | 42.9% | 28 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 366TThe Levant: From Colonialism to Coexistence | 3.63 | 44.4% | 9 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 366UMiddle East Outlaws and Lawmen | 3.49 | 27.3% | 11 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 368TGerman Nationalisms | 3.40 | 29.6% | 27 | Spring 2024 |
| GOV 368VNazi Culture and Politics | 3.54 | 37.5% | 16 | Spring 2024 |
| GOV 370CElection Campaigns | 3.34 | 21.0% | 62 | Spring 2022 |
| GOV 370ECongressional Elections | 3.28 | 31.6% | 374 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 370FPublic Opinion and Representation | 3.64 | 58.2% | 110 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 370IThe Politics of Food in America | 3.41 | 43.2% | 259 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 370JCampaigns and Elections | 3.27 | 14.9% | 282 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 370KTopics in Racial and Ethnic Politics | 2.90 | 16.3% | 791 | Fall 2022 |
| GOV 370LTopics in American Government and Politics | 3.15 | 23.8% | 4,788 | Spring 2020 |
| GOV 370MResearch on the United States Congress | 3.94 | 91.6% | 167 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 370NResearch on the United States Congress II | 3.89 | 90.7% | 97 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 370OThe Politics of Title IX | 3.42 | 22.2% | 144 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 370QPolitical Psychology | 3.64 | 38.0% | 50 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 370RMoney in United States Politics | 2.95 | 15.1% | 93 | Fall 2020 |
| GOV 370SSocial Movements: Theory and Practice | 3.53 | 48.5% | 402 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 370UUrban Politics | 3.45 | 49.3% | 357 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 370VThe Politics of Health Care | 3.43 | 43.0% | 107 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 371CProblems in United States Politics | 2.87 | 18.8% | 101 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 371DRace, Policing, and Incarceration | 3.49 | 33.3% | 24 | Fall 2020 |
| GOV 371EPolicy Formulation and Implementation | 3.69 | 63.6% | 55 | Fall 2020 |
| GOV 371FThe Black Church in African American Politics | 3.19 | 28.0% | 25 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 371GAfrican-American Politics | 2.84 | 6.5% | 62 | Spring 2024 |
| GOV 371IThe United States Congress | 3.78 | 77.1% | 490 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 371JPolitics of Voter Suppression | 3.58 | 51.4% | 109 | Fall 2024 |
| GOV 371LLatino Politics | 3.34 | 25.0% | 120 | Spring 2023 |
| GOV 371MAfrican-American Women's Political Activism | 3.23 | 16.6% | 145 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 371RPolitics and Religion in the United States | 3.05 | 30.4% | 102 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 371SNews Media as a Political Institution | 3.26 | 27.0% | 37 | Fall 2023 |
| GOV 371UPolitics and Film | 3.53 | 52.6% | 899 | Summer 2026 |
| GOV 372CUnited States Immigration Policy and Stories of Migration | 3.67 | 50.0% | 10 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 374NPolitical Internship | 3.63 | 48.8% | 1,119 | Spring 2026 |
| GOV 379GJerusalem and Athens | 3.80 | 73.9% | 23 | Fall 2025 |
| GOV 379STopics in Honors Seminar | 3.94 | 81.8% | 11 | Fall 2011 |
| GOV 679HAHONORS TUTORIAL COURSE | 3.81 | 56.5% | 209 | Spring 2025 |
| GOV 679HBHONORS TUTORIAL COURSE | 3.90 | 80.0% | 55 | Fall 2025 |
How this department is summarized
The Government hub includes 154 undergraduate courses with reported letter-grade data. Its 3.21 average combines 197,530 letter grades, weighting each grade equally. A large course therefore contributes more than a small seminar.
The A share is 33.7%, counting A separately from A−. Course-level pages show the available semesters and syllabus sources. Historical grades do not establish workload or teaching quality.