Easiest classes at UCSB
Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.
- MUS A 34 Average GPA 4.00, 1,057 students
- ED 268: FOUND TEACH Average GPA 4.00, 594 students
- ED 261: FDTNS DMCRY JSTC ED Average GPA 4.00, 590 students
- ED 265D Average GPA 4.00, 564 students
- MCDB 101AH: GENETICS I - HONORS Average GPA 4.00, 406 students
- DANCE 190: UCSB DANCE COMPANY Average GPA 4.00, 388 students
- ED 264: CHILD DEV & LEARN Average GPA 4.00, 387 students
- HIST 294: HIST POLITICAL ECON Average GPA 4.00, 342 students
- ESM 260 Average GPA 4.00, 306 students
- MCDB 135H: ONCOGENESIS HONORS Average GPA 4.00, 267 students
- MATH 260EE: SEMINAR IN MATH Average GPA 4.00, 250 students
- MUS 152: VOC/INSTR SUPRVSN Average GPA 4.00, 226 students
- ECON 194DG: DIG Average GPA 4.00, 223 students
- EEMB 508: FOUND IN ECOL Average GPA 4.00, 220 students
- ESM 438 Average GPA 4.00, 212 students
- EEMB 595TE: THEORETICAL ECOLOGY Average GPA 4.00, 197 students
- HIST 295 Average GPA 4.00, 191 students
- ANTH 234 Average GPA 4.00, 190 students
- MCDB 194BG Average GPA 4.00, 184 students
- MCDB 153H Average GPA 4.00, 182 students
- MUS A 242 Average GPA 4.00, 180 students
- LING 595: LAB IN LING Average GPA 4.00, 167 students
- MCDB 194KF: SCI FOR COMMON GOOD Average GPA 4.00, 161 students
- EEMB 194Q: AQUATIC BIOLOGY Average GPA 4.00, 140 students
- EEMB 595EV: EVOLUTIONARY BIOL Average GPA 4.00, 139 students
- INT 84ZL Average GPA 4.00, 136 students
- ENGL 265GW Average GPA 4.00, 132 students
- ECON 290: SPCL RSRCH TPC ECON Average GPA 4.00, 129 students
- ED E 321 Average GPA 4.00, 120 students
- PSY 199: RESEARCH IN PBS Average GPA 3.99, 1,875 students
- ECE 5: INTRO TO ECE Average GPA 3.99, 1,381 students
- ED 265A: FOUND TEACH INQUIRY Average GPA 3.99, 1,254 students
- MCDB 199: INDEPENDENT STUDIES Average GPA 3.99, 1,061 students
- ED S 320 Average GPA 3.99, 811 students
- MUS A 142 Average GPA 3.99, 778 students
- ED 263: ADOL DEV & LEARN Average GPA 3.99, 536 students
- ED 381: TCHNG STRATG BIL ED Average GPA 3.99, 523 students
- ED 318 Average GPA 3.99, 442 students
- ED 319 Average GPA 3.99, 426 students
- MUS 256: VOCAL/INST COACHING Average GPA 3.99, 408 students
- GLOBL 194 Average GPA 3.99, 363 students
- CHEM 223: CUR EVENTS ORG CHEM Average GPA 3.99, 302 students
- MS 1A: INTO TO LDRSHP I Average GPA 3.99, 291 students
- ESM 211 Average GPA 3.99, 280 students
- HIST 201E: ADVANCED HIST LIT Average GPA 3.99, 258 students
- ED 210D: SEM CULTRL PERSPECT Average GPA 3.99, 247 students
- MCDB 101BH: GENETICS II, HONORS Average GPA 3.99, 244 students
- SOC 199: INDEPENDENT STUDIES Average GPA 3.99, 226 students
- ESM 449: COMMS CAPSTONES Average GPA 3.99, 221 students
- EEMB 199: INDEPENDENT STUDIES Average GPA 3.99, 213 students
- MS 133: APPLIED LEADERSHIP Average GPA 3.99, 211 students
- CNCSP 223B Average GPA 3.99, 205 students
- PSY 90C Average GPA 3.99, 179 students
- MUS A 140 Average GPA 3.99, 179 students
- CNCSP 291C: FAMILY VIOLENCE Average GPA 3.99, 161 students
- ED 228K: STDT DISBILTES MATH Average GPA 3.99, 155 students
- MCDB 194ZM: CELL BIOLOGY TOPICS Average GPA 3.99, 153 students
- EDS 242: ETHICS BIAS EDS Average GPA 3.99, 148 students
- JAPAN 287J: JAPAN COLLOQUIUM Average GPA 3.99, 143 students
- ART 261: ALL FACULTY SEMINAR Average GPA 3.99, 143 students
- INT 86 Average GPA 3.99, 143 students
- ANTH 178: INTERN ARCHAEO REC Average GPA 3.99, 137 students
- ED L 321F Average GPA 3.99, 134 students
- MARSC 596: DIRECTED READ RSRCH Average GPA 3.99, 125 students
- CNCSP 292: RESILIENCY Average GPA 3.99, 124 students
- MAT 594P Average GPA 3.99, 123 students
- ANTH 244 Average GPA 3.99, 122 students
- MUS A 143 Average GPA 3.99, 112 students
- MUS A 240 Average GPA 3.99, 110 students
- ANTH 199: INDEP STUDIES ANTH Average GPA 3.99, 109 students
- POL S 295 Average GPA 3.99, 107 students
- MUS A 238 Average GPA 3.99, 107 students
- COMM 199RA: INDEP RESEARCH ASST Average GPA 3.98, 1,709 students
- MUS A 70V Average GPA 3.98, 1,144 students
- MCDB 260: STRAT MCD BIO Average GPA 3.98, 1,123 students
- DANCE 149: DANCE WORKSHOP Average GPA 3.98, 965 students
- ED 362: EXCEP CHILD Average GPA 3.98, 792 students
- MUS A 134 Average GPA 3.98, 758 students
- MUS A 170V Average GPA 3.98, 689 students
- SOC 152C Average GPA 3.98, 658 students
- MUS A 47S Average GPA 3.98, 610 students
- ED 253D: SEM TEACH/LEARNING Average GPA 3.98, 572 students
- MCDB 596: DIRECTED READ RSRCH Average GPA 3.98, 566 students
- ECE 210A: MATRIX ANLYSIS COMP Average GPA 3.98, 541 students
- ED 313 Average GPA 3.98, 531 students
- ED 360S Average GPA 3.98, 476 students
- CMPSC 196: UNDERGRAD RESEARCH Average GPA 3.98, 441 students
- MUS A 144 Average GPA 3.98, 440 students
- ED 361S Average GPA 3.98, 370 students
- ED 312 Average GPA 3.98, 366 students
- EEMB 595D: PLANT ECOLOGY Average GPA 3.98, 364 students
- INT 84BC: YOGA THRY CLTR PRCT Average GPA 3.98, 359 students
- ART 244: GRAD SEM CRITIQUE Average GPA 3.98, 332 students
- FAMST 195PI Average GPA 3.98, 284 students
- MS 2AA: FNDATIONS LDRSHP I Average GPA 3.98, 263 students
- MS 2AC: FNDATION LDRSHP III Average GPA 3.98, 228 students
- MCDB 112H Average GPA 3.98, 222 students
- EEMB 511: WRITING SCIENCE Average GPA 3.98, 216 students
- GEOG 210A: ANALYTICAL METH I Average GPA 3.98, 208 students
- MATRL 281 Average GPA 3.98, 204 students
See also: Hardest classes, UCSB course catalog.