Hardest classes at UCR

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

  1. MDCL 231: FOUNDATIONS OF MEDICINE I Average GPA 0.00, 485 students
  2. MDCL 233: Gastro,endocrine, Repro Hlth I Average GPA 0.00, 398 students
  3. MDCL 232: CARDIOVASCULAR, RENAL AND RESPIRATORY SCIENCES I Average GPA 0.00, 398 students
  4. MDCL 254: FOURTH YEAR ELECTIVE Average GPA 0.00, 203 students
  5. MDCL 234: Musculoskeletal Medicine Average GPA 0.00, 158 students
  6. CPLT 070: INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN LITERATURE Average GPA 1.87, 528 students
  7. MATH 008B Average GPA 1.90, 145 students
  8. SOC 123: Human Societies Average GPA 1.94, 138 students
  9. SOC 157 Average GPA 1.96, 176 students
  10. ENGL 004: English Writing Average GPA 2.03, 20,698 students
  11. CPLT 175: Women in African Lit Average GPA 2.05, 158 students
  12. MATH 004: INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE MATHEMATICS FOR BUSINESS AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Average GPA 2.11, 8,262 students
  13. AST 047: Introduction to Korean Film Average GPA 2.23, 147 students
  14. AHS 155: Art at Fall of Roman Empire Average GPA 2.23, 130 students
  15. ME 103: Dynamics Average GPA 2.25, 1,735 students
  16. CPLT 030: Intro to Chinese Civilization Average GPA 2.25, 142 students
  17. ME 002: INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Average GPA 2.26, 1,877 students
  18. STAT 169: Design of Experiments Average GPA 2.28, 540 students
  19. MCS 102 Average GPA 2.28, 157 students
  20. HIST 044: Gods, Ghosts, and Grandparents Average GPA 2.29, 275 students
  21. SOC 002J: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Average GPA 2.30, 554 students
  22. SOC 135 Average GPA 2.30, 200 students
  23. AHS 160: Renaissance Architecture Average GPA 2.33, 222 students
  24. ME 174: MACHINE DESIGN Average GPA 2.34, 1,354 students
  25. GEO 010: Earth Resources&sustainability Average GPA 2.34, 398 students
  26. CHEM 135: Atmospheric Chemistry Average GPA 2.34, 111 students
  27. CHEM 008A: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Average GPA 2.36, 14,664 students
  28. ME 018A: INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING COMPUTATION Average GPA 2.36, 1,976 students
  29. CLA 010A: ANCIENT CIVILIZATION: EARLY GREECE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN Average GPA 2.36, 341 students
  30. CHEM 12B Average GPA 2.38, 1,206 students
  31. MATH 022: CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS Average GPA 2.39, 5,400 students
  32. CS 111: DISCRETE STRUCTURES Average GPA 2.40, 5,037 students
  33. CBNS 169: Human Embryology Average GPA 2.40, 294 students
  34. PSYC 126: NEUROSCIENCE OF LEARNING AND MEMORY Average GPA 2.40, 234 students
  35. ETST 147: History of Black Education Average GPA 2.40, 113 students
  36. ECON 173: Global Poverty Average GPA 2.40, 108 students
  37. ME 135: TRANSPORT PHENOMENA Average GPA 2.41, 1,371 students
  38. POSC 153: RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY Average GPA 2.41, 481 students
  39. AHS 170: Baroque Architecture Average GPA 2.41, 117 students
  40. STAT 156B: Math Stat with App Data Sc Ii Average GPA 2.42, 346 students
  41. CHEM 008B: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Average GPA 2.43, 13,303 students
  42. LING 141: Phonology Average GPA 2.43, 398 students
  43. HIST 048: Chinese Food History Average GPA 2.43, 123 students
  44. LING 111: PHONETICS Average GPA 2.44, 549 students
  45. CHN 030: Intro to Chinese Civilization Average GPA 2.45, 373 students
  46. JPN 101A: THIRD-YEAR JAPANESE Average GPA 2.45, 118 students
  47. GEO 012: At Home in the Universe Average GPA 2.46, 1,303 students
  48. PHIL 030J: Late Modern Philosophy Average GPA 2.46, 609 students
  49. ME 100A: THERMODYNAMICS Average GPA 2.48, 1,556 students
  50. LING 021: Grammar Average GPA 2.49, 1,633 students
  51. BPSC 104: FOUNDATIONS OF PLANT BIOLOGY Average GPA 2.49, 892 students
  52. AHS 028: Art&architecture of Latn Amer Average GPA 2.49, 733 students
  53. CHEM 12A Average GPA 2.50, 1,341 students
  54. RLST 044: Gods, Ghosts, and Grandparents Average GPA 2.50, 414 students
  55. SOC 184: ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 2.51, 784 students
  56. SOC 176: Sociology of Work in Orgnzatns Average GPA 2.51, 210 students
  57. PHYS 008: COLOR AND SOUND: DIMENSIONS IN COMMUNICATION Average GPA 2.53, 567 students
  58. HISE 123: Law&society in Medieval Europe Average GPA 2.53, 322 students
  59. SOC 121: Sociology of the 1960s Average GPA 2.53, 266 students
  60. GSST 022B: INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE BY WOMEN Average GPA 2.53, 242 students
  61. ENSC 165: Princples of Grndwater Science Average GPA 2.53, 118 students
  62. AHS 017A: Wstrn Art:prehist to Byzantine Average GPA 2.54, 1,290 students
  63. SOC 160: SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Average GPA 2.54, 575 students
  64. BIOL 005A: INTRODUCTION TO CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Average GPA 2.55, 19,247 students
  65. ME 118: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MODELING AND ANALYSIS Average GPA 2.55, 1,449 students
  66. POSC 164S: THE NATION STATE AND CAPITALISM Average GPA 2.55, 677 students
  67. ME 110: MECHANICS OF MATERIALS Average GPA 2.56, 1,616 students
  68. SOC 122: SOCIAL CHANGE Average GPA 2.56, 1,091 students
  69. POSC 130: Politcs & Econ of Pacific Rim Average GPA 2.56, 470 students
  70. AST 046: Pol Reprsn in Mod Chn Lit&film Average GPA 2.56, 302 students
  71. CPLT 022B: INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE BY WOMEN Average GPA 2.56, 249 students
  72. ME 113: FLUID MECHANICS Average GPA 2.57, 1,430 students
  73. ENTX 150: Cancer Biology Average GPA 2.57, 193 students
  74. ENTX 101: Fundamental Toxicology Average GPA 2.57, 124 students
  75. HISE 173: Relign&nationlty in Imprl Russ Average GPA 2.57, 111 students
  76. ME 010: STATICS Average GPA 2.58, 2,427 students
  77. STAT 160B: Prob & Stat Theory Average GPA 2.58, 471 students
  78. CBNS 106: INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE Average GPA 2.59, 8,108 students
  79. GEO 001: THE EARTH'S CRUST AND INTERIOR Average GPA 2.59, 1,736 students
  80. CHN 046: Pol Reprsn in Mod Chn Lit&film Average GPA 2.59, 206 students
  81. AHS 018 Average GPA 2.59, 128 students
  82. CBNS 120: CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE: MEMBRANE AND SYNAPTIC PHENOMENA Average GPA 2.60, 1,936 students
  83. SOC 030: IDENTITY AND SOCIETY Average GPA 2.60, 1,020 students
  84. POSC 134S: Poltcal Economy of Intl Financ Average GPA 2.60, 629 students
  85. CPLT 017A: Masterworks of World Lit Average GPA 2.60, 305 students
  86. ECON 151: Econmics of Education Average GPA 2.60, 220 students
  87. HISE 115: THE ROMAN REPUBLIC Average GPA 2.60, 206 students
  88. PHIL 110: ASIAN PHILOSOPHY Average GPA 2.60, 153 students
  89. ENSC 135: Atmospheric Chemistry Average GPA 2.60, 103 students
  90. BIOL 178: HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR Average GPA 2.61, 1,964 students
  91. KOR 047: INTRODUCTION TO KOREAN FILM Average GPA 2.62, 404 students
  92. AHS 124: Conceptual Art: Latin America Average GPA 2.62, 210 students
  93. LING 160E: HISTORICAL LINGUISITCS Average GPA 2.62, 158 students
  94. ECON 152: Cost Benefit Analysis Average GPA 2.62, 129 students
  95. PHIL 121K: Hume Average GPA 2.62, 106 students
  96. GEO 008: EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY Average GPA 2.63, 2,845 students
  97. BLKS 019: Black Religion in Us Average GPA 2.63, 141 students
  98. MATH 150A: Intermediate Analysis Average GPA 2.64, 639 students
  99. AHS 013: Arts&architectre: Islamic Wrld Average GPA 2.64, 467 students
  100. STAT 160C: Prob & Stat Theory Average GPA 2.64, 409 students

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