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What’s the average grade in Government classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Government classes by average grade

UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

  1. GOV 351J Might and Right among Nations140 grades2.87
  2. GOV 328L Introduction to Latin American Government and Politics174 grades3.00
  3. GOV 357C Constitutional Interpretation151 grades3.01
  4. GOV 365D International Relations of East and Southeast Asia122 grades3.12
  5. GOV 325 Political Parties122 grades3.16
  6. GOV 321M Politics in Japan184 grades3.22
  7. GOV 344L Introduction to Comparative Politics143 grades3.23
  8. GOV 360D International Security364 grades3.24
  9. GOV 324L Governments and Politics of Western Europe179 grades3.31
  10. GOV 360F Global Governance433 grades3.32
  11. GOV 370J Campaigns and Elections150 grades3.34
  12. GOV 314E Classics of Social and Political Thought115 grades3.34
  13. GOV 351C The Classical Quest for Justice175 grades3.34
  14. GOV 358 Introduction to Public Policy136 grades3.35
  15. GOV 370U Urban Politics195 grades3.37
  16. GOV 360C Introduction to International Relations191 grades3.38
  17. GOV 330K The American President344 grades3.39
  18. GOV 371U Politics and Film527 grades3.40
  19. GOV 350K Statistical Analysis in Political Science787 grades3.41
  20. GOV 312L Issues and Policies in American Government17,353 grades3.42
  21. GOV 360I The Politics of International Trade186 grades3.45
  22. GOV 370I The Politics of Food in America162 grades3.45
  23. GOV 370S Social Movements: Theory and Practice225 grades3.45
  24. GOV 320N United States Constitutional Development: Rights155 grades3.47
  25. GOV 357L Judicial Process and Behavior208 grades3.48
  26. GOV 351D The Theoretical Foundations of Modern Politics129 grades3.50
  27. GOV 355M Topics in Political Science949 grades3.51
  28. GOV 357E Supreme Court and Public Policy141 grades3.51
  29. GOV 360R Civil Wars and Ethnic Violence100 grades3.52
  30. GOV 322M Politics in China116 grades3.55
  31. GOV 312P Constitutional Principles: Core Texts540 grades3.55
  32. GOV 360E International Political Economy246 grades3.56
  33. GOV 306C Politics and Government in Contemporary Texas123 grades3.56
  34. GOV 365W Human Rights and World Politics565 grades3.57
  35. GOV 310L American and Texas Government17,548 grades3.59
  36. GOV 374N Political Internship283 grades3.63
  37. GOV 324E Intelligence and Espionage in the Eastern Bloc203 grades3.83
  38. GOV 371I The United States Congress193 grades3.86
By year2025–26: 3.45
School yearAverage gradeGrades
2023–243.3614,014
2024–253.6216,929
2025–263.4516,609

Across every term since summer 2011, Government classes average 3.21 on 197,530 grades.

Compare departments28th-lowest of 83

Government has the 28th-lowest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

  1. Computational Engineering3.49
  2. Philosophy3.48
  3. Government3.48
  4. African and African Diaspora Studies3.48
  5. Kinesiology3.48

Every department

Professor evaluationsUT’s public results

UT posts its course evaluation results as one public list per term. Look up a class or professor for its syllabi and UT’s results.

SourcesUT grade reports

We averaged every A to F grade UT reported in GOV classes from fall 2023 to summer 2026, using UT’s grade points (A is 4.0, A- is 3.67). This is a course-grade average. A class is listed once it gave 100 grades across at least two terms.

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