Hardest GSC classes at Cal Poly Pomona

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

1. GSC 1950: Living in Earthquake Country Average GPA 2.26, 727 students
2. GSC 3000: Geochemistry Average GPA 2.40, 151 students
3. GSC 3000L: Geochemistry Laboratory Average GPA 2.40, 149 students
4. GSC 3600: Hydrogeology Average GPA 2.51, 112 students
5. GSC 3600L: Hydrogeology Laboratory Average GPA 2.51, 112 students
6. GSC 1120: Earth, Time, and Life Average GPA 2.57, 959 students
7. GSC 3330L: Structural Geology Laboratory Average GPA 2.64, 167 students
8. GSC 3330: Structural Geology Average GPA 2.64, 167 students
9. GSC 2150: Mineralogy Average GPA 2.66, 141 students
10. GSC 2150L: Mineralogy Laboratory Average GPA 2.66, 141 students
11. GSC 4700: Volcanology Average GPA 2.67, 100 students
12. GSC 3350: Oceanography Average GPA 2.69, 295 students
13. GSC 2700: Age of the Dinosaurs Average GPA 2.75, 1,030 students
14. GSC 3210: Engineering Geology I Average GPA 2.76, 2,390 students
15. GSC 1160: Introduction to Astronomy Average GPA 2.85, 1,760 students
16. GSC 3200: Studies of a Blue Planet Average GPA 2.85, 317 students
17. GSC 1100: Water in a Changing World Average GPA 2.88, 1,018 students
18. GSC 3210L: Egr Geology I Lab Average GPA 2.92, 2,517 students
19. GSC 4230L: Sedimentary Geology Laboratory Average GPA 2.92, 107 students
20. GSC 3230: Geomorphology Average GPA 2.95, 133 students
21. GSC 3230L: Geomorphology Laboratory Average GPA 2.95, 116 students
22. GSC 4230: Sedimentary Geology Average GPA 2.96, 129 students
23. GSC 1410L: Prin. of Geology Lab Average GPA 2.98, 588 students
24. GSC 1510L: Earth, Time, and Life Lab Average GPA 2.99, 449 students
25. GSC 4990: Spec Topic for Ud Students Average GPA 2.99, 210 students
26. GSC 4500L: Intro to Seismology Lab Average GPA 2.99, 107 students
27. GSC 3070: Intro to Global Geophysics Average GPA 3.00, 114 students
28. GSC 3500: Natural Disasters Average GPA 3.02, 2,023 students
29. GSC 3040: Meteorology Average GPA 3.02, 227 students
30. GSC 3070L: Intro to Global Geophysics Lab Average GPA 3.05, 146 students
31. GSC 4010L: Gis Apps Erth Envtal Scis Lab Average GPA 3.15, 192 students
32. GSC 1450L: Megascopic Petrography Lab Average GPA 3.21, 140 students
33. GSC 2120: Earth Sci for Elementary Edu Average GPA 3.23, 486 students
34. GSC 4910L: Field Module Laboratory Average GPA 3.26, 398 students
35. GSC 2120L: Earth Sci for Elm Edu Lab Average GPA 3.36, 487 students
36. GSC 1110: Principles of Geology Average GPA 3.61, 1,960 students
37. GSC 4100: Pres Writing Rsch in Geosci Average GPA 3.63, 106 students
38. GSC 1200: Introduction to Oceanography Average GPA 3.92, 2,326 students

See also: Easiest classes, Cal Poly Pomona course catalog, GSC course catalog.