Hardest BIO classes at Cal Poly Pomona

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

  1. BIO 2380L: Intro to Vertebrate Zoo Lab Average GPA 1.96, 149 students
  2. BIO 2380: Intro to Vertebrate Zoology Average GPA 2.10, 162 students
  3. BIO 4840: Herpetology Average GPA 2.25, 117 students
  4. BIO 4840L: Herpetology Laboratory Average GPA 2.26, 117 students
  5. BIO 2070: Animal Biology Average GPA 2.30, 670 students
  6. BIO 2070L: Animal Biology Laboratory Average GPA 2.33, 322 students
  7. BIO 2370L: Intro to Invertebrate Zoo Lab Average GPA 2.65, 155 students
  8. BIO 2370: Intro to Invertebrate Zoology Average GPA 2.65, 155 students
  9. BIO 4390: Cancer Cell Biology Average GPA 2.69, 205 students
  10. BIO 4800: Entomology Average GPA 2.72, 129 students
  11. BIO 3090: Biology of the Brain Average GPA 2.74, 313 students
  12. BIO 4380: Bioinformatics Average GPA 2.76, 182 students
  13. BIO 4400: Stem Cell Biology Average GPA 2.79, 308 students
  14. BIO 1210: Energy, Matter, and Info Average GPA 2.80, 4,838 students
  15. BIO 2050: Form and Function in Plants Average GPA 2.80, 661 students
  16. BIO 4450: Physiology I: Cells Average GPA 2.83, 345 students
  17. BIO 3030: Stds and Safer Sex Average GPA 2.86, 221 students
  18. BIO 3640: Food Microbiology Average GPA 2.88, 418 students
  19. BIO 1020: Plagues Pandemic Bioterrorism Average GPA 2.89, 334 students
  20. BIO 3240: Principles of Evolution Average GPA 2.90, 1,927 students
  21. BIO 4670: General Virology Average GPA 2.90, 611 students
  22. BIO 1220L: Evolution Eclgy Biodvrsty Lab Average GPA 2.91, 4,012 students
  23. BIO 3250: Principles of Ecology Average GPA 2.91, 2,026 students
  24. BIO 3120: Biodiversity Conservation Average GPA 2.92, 295 students
  25. BIO 2350: Human Physiology Average GPA 2.93, 2,721 students
  26. BIO 3220: Cell and Molecular Biology Average GPA 2.93, 2,551 students
  27. BIO 4300: Concepts of Molecular Biology Average GPA 2.94, 537 students
  28. BIO 2340L: Human Anatomy Laboratory Average GPA 2.95, 2,170 students
  29. BIO 4800L: Entomology Laboratory Average GPA 2.95, 104 students
  30. BIO 2400: Genetics Average GPA 2.96, 2,994 students
  31. BIO 2340: Human Anatomy Average GPA 2.96, 2,180 students
  32. BIO 4380L: Bioinformatics Laboratory Average GPA 2.99, 180 students
  33. BIO 4660: Microbial Physiology Average GPA 3.03, 238 students
  34. BIO 1220: Evolution Eclgy and Biodvrsty Average GPA 3.06, 4,109 students
  35. BIO 1150: Basic Biology Average GPA 3.07, 4,419 students
  36. BIO 1060: Human Biology Average GPA 3.07, 720 students
  37. BIO 4650: Immunology Average GPA 3.10, 806 students
  38. BIO 4460: Physiology Ii: Systems Average GPA 3.13, 302 students
  39. BIO 4260: Neuroscience Average GPA 3.14, 105 students
  40. BIO 2060: Basic Microbiology Average GPA 3.16, 3,446 students
  41. BIO 2050L: Form and Funct in Plants Lab Average GPA 3.17, 620 students
  42. BIO 4320: Molecular Biology Techniques Average GPA 3.19, 572 students
  43. BIO 4360: Recomb Dna and Prt Tech Average GPA 3.20, 169 students
  44. BIO 3000: Genetics and Human Issues Average GPA 3.22, 897 students
  45. BIO 4635: Medical Microbiology Average GPA 3.24, 1,394 students
  46. BIO 4480: Plant Physiology Average GPA 3.27, 226 students
  47. BIO 4060: Reg Affairs and Safety Assmnt Average GPA 3.30, 234 students
  48. BIO 1110: Life Science Average GPA 3.35, 15,525 students
  49. BIO 1210L: Energy Matter and Info Lab Average GPA 3.36, 4,555 students
  50. BIO 1040: What Is Evolution? Average GPA 3.36, 420 students
  51. BIO 4635L: Medical Microbiology Lab Average GPA 3.38, 1,099 students
  52. BIO 4680: Microbial Ecology Average GPA 3.38, 203 students
  53. BIO 4650L: Immunology Laboratory Average GPA 3.40, 454 students
  54. BIO 4480L: Plant Physiology Laboratory Average GPA 3.40, 206 students
  55. BIO 3130: Marine Biology Average GPA 3.41, 1,113 students
  56. BIO 2350L: Human Physiology Laboratory Average GPA 3.42, 2,514 students
  57. BIO 4450L: Physiology I: Cells Laboratory Average GPA 3.43, 286 students
  58. BIO 3640L: Food Microbiology Laboratory Average GPA 3.46, 329 students
  59. BIO 4030: Human Genetics Average GPA 3.47, 118 students
  60. BIO 2060L: Basic Microbiology Laboratory Average GPA 3.49, 3,340 students
  61. BIO 3040: Environment and Society Average GPA 3.49, 903 students
  62. BIO 1150L: Basic Biology Laboratory Average GPA 3.51, 4,126 students
  63. BIO 4540: Plant Genetics Average GPA 3.51, 164 students
  64. BIO 1110L: Life Science Laboratory Average GPA 3.54, 7,921 students
  65. BIO 2120: Life Sci for Elem Educators Average GPA 3.54, 188 students
  66. BIO 2120L: Life Sci for Elem Edu Lab Average GPA 3.54, 188 students
  67. BIO 4990: Spec Topic for Ud Students Average GPA 3.55, 1,684 students
  68. BIO 2110L: Biostatistics Laboratory Average GPA 3.58, 1,600 students
  69. BIO 4020: Developmental Biology Average GPA 3.58, 497 students
  70. BIO 4180L: Marine Ecology Laboratory Average GPA 3.60, 235 students
  71. BIO 4180: Marine Ecology Average GPA 3.60, 235 students
  72. BIO 4360L: Recomb Dna and Prt Tech Lab Average GPA 3.61, 118 students
  73. BIO 4320L: Molecular Bio Techniques Lab Average GPA 3.62, 432 students
  74. BIO 2300: Horizons in Biotechnology Average GPA 3.63, 284 students
  75. BIO 4990L: Spec Topic for Ud Students Lab Average GPA 3.63, 202 students
  76. BIO 3010: Human Sexuality Average GPA 3.64, 10,040 students
  77. BIO 4670L: General Virology Laboratory Average GPA 3.64, 418 students
  78. BIO 4660L: Microbial Physiology Lab Average GPA 3.65, 123 students
  79. BIO 4700: Hematology Average GPA 3.71, 794 students
  80. BIO 4400L: Stem Cell Biology Laboratory Average GPA 3.71, 131 students
  81. BIO 3070: Biology of Human Pregnancy Average GPA 3.75, 562 students
  82. BIO 3250L: Ecology Laboratory Average GPA 3.75, 118 students
  83. BIO 3600: General Epidemiology Average GPA 3.77, 384 students
  84. BIO 2990: Spec Topic for Ld Students Average GPA 3.81, 566 students
  85. BIO 4700L: Hematology Laboratory Average GPA 3.83, 395 students
  86. BIO 5990: Spec Topic for Grad Studnt Average GPA 3.86, 700 students
  87. BIO 2020: Medical Terminology Average GPA 3.87, 1,430 students
  88. BIO 4550L: Field Biology Laboratory Average GPA 3.89, 164 students
  89. BIO 6800: Seminar in Biology Average GPA 3.93, 375 students
  90. BIO 4550: Field Biology Average GPA 3.93, 134 students
  91. BIO 4000: Spec Study for Ud Students Average GPA 3.97, 131 students
  92. BIO 5100: Stats for Biologists Using R Average GPA 3.98, 115 students
  93. BIO 5100L: Stats for Biologists R Lab Average GPA 3.98, 115 students
  94. BIO 5800L: Rsrch Tchng Prfsnl Dvlpmnt Lab Average GPA 3.99, 205 students

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