Hardest LIN classes at UC Davis

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

1. LIN 131: Intro Syntax Theory Average GPA 3.05, 395 students
2. LIN 103B: Linguistic Analysis Ii Average GPA 3.16, 841 students
3. LIN 001: Intro Linguistics Average GPA 3.22, 8,351 students
4. LIN 171: Intro Psycholinguistics Average GPA 3.22, 270 students
5. LIN 182: Multilingualism Average GPA 3.24, 371 students
6. LIN 152: Lang Universals & Typol Average GPA 3.24, 166 students
7. LIN 175: Biol Basis Lang Average GPA 3.29, 185 students
8. LIN 177: Computational Linguistic Average GPA 3.32, 2,535 students
9. LIN 105: Topics in Lang & Ling Average GPA 3.32, 175 students
10. LIN 141: Semantics Average GPA 3.38, 401 students
11. LIN 006: Language & Society Average GPA 3.40, 589 students
12. LIN 165: Applied Linguistics Average GPA 3.41, 217 students
13. LIN 127: Text Proc & Corpus Ling Average GPA 3.45, 252 students
14. LIN 150: Languages of the World Average GPA 3.48, 154 students
15. LIN 163: Lang, Gender & Society Average GPA 3.49, 119 students
16. LIN 103A: Linguistic Analysis I Average GPA 3.50, 928 students
17. LIN 003: Language & the Body Average GPA 3.57, 301 students
18. LIN 001Y: Intro Linguistics Average GPA 3.61, 7,370 students
19. LIN 111: Intro Phono Theory Average GPA 3.64, 404 students
20. LIN 151: Historical Linguistics Average GPA 3.64, 171 students
21. LIN 112: Phonetics Average GPA 3.69, 387 students
22. LIN 160: American Voices Average GPA 3.71, 130 students
23. LIN 002: Language,mind,&computers Average GPA 3.77, 240 students
24. LIN 173: Language Development Average GPA 3.87, 280 students
25. LIN 002V: Language,mind,&computers Average GPA 3.88, 393 students

See also: Easiest classes, UC Davis course catalog, LIN course catalog.