Hardest BIOL classes at NDSU
Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.
- BIOL 472: Struct & Diversity/plants/fung Average GPA 2.65, 129 students
- BIOL 461: Plant Ecology Average GPA 2.71, 351 students
- BIOL 315: Genetics Average GPA 2.82, 2,477 students
- BIOL 460: Animal Physiology Average GPA 2.87, 372 students
- BIOL 220: Human Anat & Physiology I Average GPA 2.90, 4,923 students
- BIOL 150: General Biology I Average GPA 2.92, 5,387 students
- BIOL 220L: Human Anat & Physiol I Lab Average GPA 2.92, 4,284 students
- BIOL 364: General Ecology Average GPA 2.92, 1,171 students
- BIOL 370: Cell Biology Average GPA 3.03, 852 students
- BIOL 151: General Biology Ii Average GPA 3.11, 4,180 students
- BIOL 221: Human Anat & Physiology Ii Average GPA 3.11, 3,933 students
- BIOL 126: Human Biology Average GPA 3.17, 3,797 students
- BIOL 458: Mammalogy Average GPA 3.23, 105 students
- BIOL 465: Hormones and Behavior Average GPA 3.24, 175 students
- BIOL 221L: Human Anatomy & Physiol II Lab Average GPA 3.25, 3,504 students
- BIOL 456: Ornithology Average GPA 3.28, 128 students
- BIOL 150L: General Biology I Laboratory Average GPA 3.29, 4,946 students
- BIOL 111: Concepts of Biology Average GPA 3.30, 5,159 students
- BIOL 475: Conservation Biology Average GPA 3.33, 244 students
- BIOL 100L: Non-majors Biology Lab Average GPA 3.34, 3,174 students
- BIOL 151L: General Biology II Laboratory Average GPA 3.37, 3,840 students
- BIOL 463: Animal Behavior Average GPA 3.39, 344 students
- BIOL 359: Evolution Average GPA 3.43, 1,505 students
- BIOL 124L: Environmental Science Laborato Average GPA 3.44, 318 students
- BIOL 479: Biomed Genetics and Genomics Average GPA 3.45, 213 students
- BIOL 124: Environmental Science Average GPA 3.46, 2,616 students
- BIOL 111L: Concepts of Biology Lab Average GPA 3.48, 1,501 students
- BIOL 126L: Human Biology Laboratory Average GPA 3.48, 876 students
- BIOL 189: Skills for Academic Success Average GPA 3.50, 817 students
- BIOL 464: Endocrinology Average GPA 3.55, 172 students
- BIOL 271: Wildlife Ecol & Conservation Average GPA 3.59, 241 students
- BIOL 444: Vertebrate Histology Average GPA 3.60, 266 students
- BIOL 252: Plant and Animal Diversity Average GPA 3.65, 517 students
- BIOL 481: Wetland Science Average GPA 3.69, 204 students
- BIOL 482: Developmental Biology Average GPA 3.70, 383 students
- BIOL 476: Wildlife Ecology & Management Average GPA 3.71, 269 students
- BIOL 483: Mechanisms of Diseases Average GPA 3.80, 311 students
- BIOL 272: Research Exp: Learning in Biol Average GPA 3.81, 146 students
- BIOL 270: Antibiotic Drug Discovery Average GPA 3.82, 518 students
- BIOL 315L: Genetics Laboratory Average GPA 3.83, 1,530 students
- BIOL 480: Ecotoxicology Average GPA 3.85, 169 students
- BIOL 491: Seminar Average GPA 3.87, 395 students
- BIOL 884: Biol Research Principles Average GPA 3.97, 104 students
See also: Easiest classes, NDSU course catalog, BIOL course catalog.