Hardest HISTORY classes at Ohio State

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

  1. HISTORY 2221: Introduction to the New Testament: History and Literature Average GPA 2.66, 195 students
  2. HISTORY 1102: Lat Amer 1825-pres Average GPA 2.80, 163 students
  3. HISTORY 2125: Latin Amer in Film Average GPA 2.87, 277 students
  4. HISTORY 3404: Modern China 1750-1949 Average GPA 2.90, 166 students
  5. HISTORY 2002: Making US Modern Average GPA 3.00, 2,282 students
  6. HISTORY 2651: Pre-mod World Hist Average GPA 3.03, 364 students
  7. HISTORY 2401: Hist E Asia Prmdrn Average GPA 3.03, 268 students
  8. HISTORY 2675: Hist Indian Ocean Average GPA 3.03, 139 students
  9. HISTORY 3040: The American City Average GPA 3.04, 184 students
  10. HISTORY 3106: History of Mexico Average GPA 3.08, 393 students
  11. HISTORY 2001: Multiple Americas: US History from Colonialism to Reconstruction Average GPA 3.10, 2,224 students
  12. HISTORY 2453: History of Zionism and Modern Israel Average GPA 3.12, 117 students
  13. HISTORY 3426: History of Modern Japan Average GPA 3.15, 122 students
  14. HISTORY 3560: Citizenship and American Military History: 1607 - 1902 Average GPA 3.16, 249 students
  15. HISTORY 3505: US Diplo Mid East Average GPA 3.16, 109 students
  16. HISTORY 3307: History of African Health and Healing Average GPA 3.17, 105 students
  17. HISTORY 2680: It's The End of The World!: Apocalypticism in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam Average GPA 3.19, 115 students
  18. HISTORY 2105: Latin Amer & World Average GPA 3.21, 159 students
  19. HISTORY 2220: History of Christianity Average GPA 3.23, 151 students
  20. HISTORY 2641: Globalhistpre1500 Average GPA 3.23, 101 students
  21. HISTORY 3642: Women and Gender in Modern Europe (1750-1950): Diversity in Context Average GPA 3.25, 157 students
  22. HISTORY 3475: History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Average GPA 3.25, 145 students
  23. HISTORY 3216: War in the Ancient Mediterranean World Average GPA 3.27, 192 students
  24. HISTORY 2642: Global History 1500 to Present Average GPA 3.28, 180 students
  25. HISTORY 2302: Africa 1800-1960s Average GPA 3.28, 142 students
  26. HISTORY 2402: History of East Asia in the Modern Era Average GPA 3.29, 271 students
  27. HISTORY 3306: History of African Christianity Average GPA 3.32, 176 students
  28. HISTORY 3281: Imperial Russia Average GPA 3.32, 127 students
  29. HISTORY 3017: The Sixties Average GPA 3.33, 645 students
  30. HISTORY 3247: Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (1450-1750) Average GPA 3.34, 889 students
  31. HISTORY 2231: The Crusades Average GPA 3.34, 342 students
  32. HISTORY 3312: Africa&wwii Average GPA 3.34, 251 students
  33. HISTORY 2010: Hist Amer Cptlism Average GPA 3.34, 230 students
  34. HISTORY 2204: Mod Euro Hist Average GPA 3.37, 527 students
  35. HISTORY 3231: Mdvlmonsters Average GPA 3.37, 306 students
  36. HISTORY 3580: Vietnam War Average GPA 3.38, 593 students
  37. HISTORY 3552: War in World History, 1900 - Present Average GPA 3.38, 426 students
  38. HISTORY 3551: War 1651-1899 Average GPA 3.38, 153 students
  39. HISTORY 1152: American History since 1877 Average GPA 3.39, 2,007 students
  40. HISTORY 3304: Islam in Africa Average GPA 3.39, 161 students
  41. HISTORY 2475: Hist of Holocaust Average GPA 3.40, 485 students
  42. HISTORY 3351: Intellectual and Social Movements in the Muslim World Average GPA 3.40, 184 students
  43. HISTORY 2350: Islam, Politics, and Society in History Average GPA 3.40, 143 students
  44. HISTORY 3105: History of Brazil Average GPA 3.40, 112 students
  45. HISTORY 3030: History of Ohio Average GPA 3.41, 1,525 students
  46. HISTORY 3365: Afghan History Average GPA 3.42, 239 students
  47. HISTORY 3620: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in the United States, 1940-Present Average GPA 3.42, 205 students
  48. HISTORY 2455: Jews in American Film Average GPA 3.42, 155 students
  49. HISTORY 2620: Women Change World Average GPA 3.42, 137 students
  50. HISTORY 3015: From the New Era to the New Frontier, 1921-1963 Average GPA 3.43, 254 students
  51. HISTORY 3016: The Contemporary U.S. since 1963 Average GPA 3.43, 247 students
  52. HISTORY 2650: The World since 1914 Average GPA 3.44, 2,130 students
  53. HISTORY 2704: Water: A Human History Average GPA 3.44, 673 students
  54. HISTORY 3501: U.S. Diplomacy, 1920-Present Average GPA 3.44, 403 students
  55. HISTORY 3704: HIV: From Microbiology to Macrohistory Average GPA 3.44, 291 students
  56. HISTORY 3250: Subjects to Citizens: A History of Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe Average GPA 3.44, 254 students
  57. HISTORY 2206: History of Paris, Origins to the Present Average GPA 3.44, 149 students
  58. HISTORY 3701: History of American Medicine Average GPA 3.45, 186 students
  59. HISTORY 2202: Medieval History: Late Rome to the Early Renaissance Average GPA 3.46, 756 students
  60. HISTORY 3253: 20th Century Europe to 1950 Average GPA 3.46, 407 students
  61. HISTORY 2750: US (im)migration Average GPA 3.46, 216 students
  62. HISTORY 3301: History of Modern West Africa, post 1800 Average GPA 3.47, 356 students
  63. HISTORY 1682: World History from 1500 to the Present Average GPA 3.48, 1,293 students
  64. HISTORY 3570: World War II Average GPA 3.48, 1,134 students
  65. HISTORY 3215: Sex and Gender in the Ancient World Average GPA 3.48, 227 students
  66. HISTORY 3245: The Age of Reformation Average GPA 3.48, 175 students
  67. HISTORY 3006: The United States Constitution and American Society since 1877 Average GPA 3.49, 142 students
  68. HISTORY 2301: Afr Ppl & Empires Average GPA 3.49, 102 students
  69. HISTORY 2015: History of American Criminal Justice Average GPA 3.50, 385 students
  70. HISTORY 2065: Colonialism Film Average GPA 3.50, 219 students
  71. HISTORY 2275: Children West Wrld Average GPA 3.50, 217 students
  72. HISTORY 3221: Rome Repub to Empi Average GPA 3.51, 339 students
  73. HISTORY 3254: Europe Since 1950: From the Iron Curtain to Fortress Europe Average GPA 3.51, 209 students
  74. HISTORY 3706: Coca-Cola Globalization: The History of American Business and Global Environmental Change 1800-Today Average GPA 3.52, 396 students
  75. HISTORY 3222: The Roman Empire, 69-337 CE Average GPA 3.52, 373 students
  76. HISTORY 2353: The Middle East Since 1914 Average GPA 3.53, 220 students
  77. HISTORY 3712: Science and Society in Europe, from Newton to Hawking Average GPA 3.53, 165 students
  78. HISTORY 2201: Ancient Greece and Rome Average GPA 3.54, 2,015 students
  79. HISTORY 3070: Nat Am 1560-removl Average GPA 3.54, 126 students
  80. HISTORY 3014: Gilded Age to Progressive Era, 1877-1920 Average GPA 3.55, 2,524 students
  81. HISTORY 4015: Seminar in Modern U.S. History Average GPA 3.55, 174 students
  82. HISTORY 3085: African American History Through Contemporary Film Average GPA 3.55, 164 students
  83. HISTORY 2710: History of the Car Average GPA 3.55, 153 students
  84. HISTORY 2550: History of War Average GPA 3.56, 2,646 students
  85. HISTORY 2703: History of Public Health, Medicine and Disease Average GPA 3.56, 1,571 students
  86. HISTORY 3232: Crimemdvleurope Average GPA 3.56, 190 students
  87. HISTORY 2700: Global Env Hist Average GPA 3.57, 1,156 students
  88. HISTORY 1681: World History to 1500 Average GPA 3.57, 864 students
  89. HISTORY 2610: A Survey of U.S. Women's and Gender History: Diversity and Intersections Average GPA 3.57, 332 students
  90. HISTORY 3641: Womenearlymodeurop Average GPA 3.57, 246 students
  91. HISTORY 3590: Wars of Empire and Decolonization Average GPA 3.57, 195 students
  92. HISTORY 3480: Israel/Palestine: History of the Present Average GPA 3.57, 185 students
  93. HISTORY 4125: Seminar in Latin American History Average GPA 3.57, 131 students
  94. HISTORY 2800: Introduction to the Discipline of History Average GPA 3.58, 803 students
  95. HISTORY 3002: U.S. Political History Since 1877 Average GPA 3.58, 247 students
  96. HISTORY 3550: War 500-1650 Average GPA 3.58, 167 students
  97. HISTORY 3011: The American Revolution and the New Nation Average GPA 3.58, 119 students
  98. HISTORY 1211: European History I Average GPA 3.59, 1,067 students
  99. HISTORY 3561: Citizenship and American Military History: 1902 to the Present Average GPA 3.59, 674 students
  100. HISTORY 3708: Vaccines: A Global History Average GPA 3.61, 570 students

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