Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Thermodynamics, Fluids, Waves, Light, and Optics

University of California, Los Angeles

PHYSICS 5B at UCLA: average GPA 3.49 across 4,668 students. Grade distribution by term.

Average GPA: 3.49

Grade distribution records: 4,668 students across 14 terms.

Grade distribution

Grade	Students	Percent
A+	691	14.8%
A	1,773	38.0%
A-	593	12.7%
B+	408	8.7%
B	414	8.9%
B-	231	4.9%
C+	150	3.2%
C	140	3.0%
C-	94	2.0%
D+	38	0.8%
D	31	0.7%
D-	8	0.2%
F	52	1.1%
P	10	0.2%
NP	5	0.1%

Based on 4,668 student grade records across 14 terms and 10 professors.

Instructors

• Joshua Fred Samani 1,429 students, Average GPA 3.30
• Karoly Holczer 766 students, Average GPA 3.87
• David Jeffrey Bauer 547 students, Average GPA 3.31
• Jacqueline Tze-Ho Pau 462 students, Average GPA 3.46
• Ian Emmanuel Powell 365 students, Average GPA 3.35
• Pietro Musumeci 362 students, Average GPA 3.54
• David Schriver 204 students, Average GPA 3.87
• Daniel Frederick Mckeown 180 students, Average GPA 3.57
• Mayank R Mehta 177 students, Average GPA 3.89
• Christoph Niemann 176 students, Average GPA 3.28