Hardest PHIL classes at UCR

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

  1. PHIL 030J: Late Modern Philosophy Average GPA 2.46, 609 students
  2. PHIL 110: ASIAN PHILOSOPHY Average GPA 2.60, 153 students
  3. PHIL 121K: Hume Average GPA 2.62, 106 students
  4. PHIL 169E: Ethics Average GPA 2.73, 145 students
  5. PHIL 030I: Intro to History of Philosophy Average GPA 2.82, 1,308 students
  6. PHIL 008: INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC Average GPA 2.88, 5,393 students
  7. PHIL 007: INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING Average GPA 2.92, 4,471 students
  8. PHIL 165: Philosophy of Law Average GPA 2.93, 1,120 students
  9. PHIL 003: ETHICS AND THE MEANING OF LIFE Average GPA 2.95, 1,733 students
  10. PHIL 010: Language, Mind, and Reality Average GPA 2.95, 715 students
  11. PHIL 132: PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Average GPA 2.95, 264 students
  12. PHIL 134: Philosophy of Mind Average GPA 2.98, 253 students
  13. PHIL 101: Sophomore-junior Seminar Average GPA 2.98, 169 students
  14. PHIL 006 Average GPA 3.00, 146 students
  15. PHIL 001: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Average GPA 3.03, 8,340 students
  16. PHIL 002: CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES Average GPA 3.04, 5,705 students
  17. PHIL 161: ETHICS Average GPA 3.04, 306 students
  18. PHIL 131: 20th-century Analytic Phil Average GPA 3.05, 101 students
  19. PHIL 005: EVIL Average GPA 3.07, 6,098 students
  20. PHIL 130: Theory of Knowledge Average GPA 3.07, 189 students
  21. PHIL 004: INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF RACE Average GPA 3.10, 2,664 students
  22. PHIL 122M: Moral Theories of Hume and Kan Average GPA 3.10, 134 students
  23. PHIL 030E: HELLENC PHIL:PRE-SOCRTCS-ARIST Average GPA 3.11, 1,238 students
  24. PHIL 122E: Ancient Philosophy Average GPA 3.15, 223 students
  25. PHIL 108: PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES OF RACE AND GENDER Average GPA 3.15, 193 students
  26. PHIL 120E: Plato Average GPA 3.16, 125 students
  27. PHIL 003W: Ethics & the Meaning of Life Average GPA 3.19, 1,659 students
  28. PHIL 100: SOPHOMORE-JUNIOR SEMINAR Average GPA 3.19, 267 students
  29. PHIL 009: BIOMEDICAL ETHICS Average GPA 3.20, 3,122 students
  30. PHIL 117: ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Average GPA 3.20, 310 students
  31. PHIL 122J: Early Modern Philosophy Average GPA 3.20, 208 students
  32. PHIL 174: Philosophy of Art & Aesthetics Average GPA 3.20, 121 students
  33. PHIL 118: PERSONHOOD AND PERSONAL IDENTITY Average GPA 3.21, 370 students
  34. PHIL 138: Philosophy of Agency Average GPA 3.21, 239 students
  35. PHIL 167: Biomedical Ethics Average GPA 3.22, 319 students
  36. PHIL 164: JUSTICE Average GPA 3.23, 460 students
  37. PHIL 111: PHILOSOPHY, FILM, AND REFLECTIVE POPULAR CULTURE Average GPA 3.24, 276 students
  38. PHIL 166: PHILOSOPHY OF FEMINISM Average GPA 3.24, 225 students
  39. PHIL 121Q: Nietzsche Average GPA 3.25, 250 students
  40. PHIL 140: Topics in Metaphysics Average GPA 3.25, 232 students
  41. PHIL 163: Political Philosophy Average GPA 3.25, 174 students
  42. PHIL 112: MORTAL QUESTIONS Average GPA 3.28, 309 students
  43. PHIL 133: Metaphysics Average GPA 3.29, 110 students
  44. PHIL 152: 20th Century Continental Phil Average GPA 3.30, 158 students
  45. PHIL 159: Philosophy of Religion Average GPA 3.30, 124 students
  46. PHIL 124: FORMAL LOGIC Average GPA 3.31, 1,165 students
  47. PHIL 151: EXISTENTIALISM Average GPA 3.36, 373 students
  48. PHIL 135: Philosophy of Psychology Average GPA 3.49, 276 students
  49. PHIL 109: PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY Average GPA 3.59, 119 students
  50. PHIL 137: Philosophy of Science Average GPA 3.60, 133 students

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