Hardest classes at UCSB

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

  1. ES 1- 43D Average GPA 0.00, 5,068 students
  2. ENV S 190 Average GPA 0.00, 508 students
  3. ED 122: PRE-PROFESSIONAL Average GPA 0.00, 413 students
  4. INT 197HC: HONORS CONTRACT Average GPA 0.00, 264 students
  5. TMP 111 Average GPA 0.00, 243 students
  6. FAMST 195I: INTERNSHIP Average GPA 0.00, 196 students
  7. ES 1- 42 Average GPA 0.00, 184 students
  8. ES 1- 9A Average GPA 0.00, 159 students
  9. ES 1- 30B Average GPA 0.00, 148 students
  10. INT 101 Average GPA 0.00, 134 students
  11. ES 1- 24A Average GPA 0.00, 134 students
  12. ES 1- 43E Average GPA 0.00, 129 students
  13. FLMST 195I Average GPA 0.00, 120 students
  14. ESS 96 Average GPA 0.00, 119 students
  15. ES 1- 16A Average GPA 0.00, 114 students
  16. INT W 20 Average GPA 0.00, 108 students
  17. CHEM W 142A Average GPA 2.05, 258 students
  18. EEMB 154 Average GPA 2.14, 169 students
  19. HIST 129D Average GPA 2.16, 116 students
  20. GEOG 150 Average GPA 2.22, 1,316 students
  21. ARTHI 132I Average GPA 2.26, 172 students
  22. FLMST 96 Average GPA 2.32, 677 students
  23. PSY 171 Average GPA 2.33, 147 students
  24. HIST 129A Average GPA 2.33, 120 students
  25. GEOG 182 Average GPA 2.34, 106 students
  26. CHEM 1A: GEN CHEM Average GPA 2.37, 43,568 students
  27. PSY 5 Average GPA 2.37, 2,626 students
  28. PHIL 183: BEGIN MODERN LOGIC Average GPA 2.38, 1,819 students
  29. PHIL 116 Average GPA 2.41, 224 students
  30. GEOG 117 Average GPA 2.41, 211 students
  31. GEOG 116 Average GPA 2.43, 260 students
  32. SPAN 179 Average GPA 2.44, 236 students
  33. MCDB 21 Average GPA 2.45, 1,109 students
  34. PSY 168 Average GPA 2.45, 288 students
  35. PSY 7 Average GPA 2.46, 7,559 students
  36. PSY 160AF Average GPA 2.47, 193 students
  37. ECON 3A: FINANCIAL ACCTG Average GPA 2.48, 10,562 students
  38. GEOG 153C Average GPA 2.48, 214 students
  39. CHEM 109A: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Average GPA 2.49, 18,179 students
  40. PSY 3 Average GPA 2.49, 8,055 students
  41. ENGL 103LL Average GPA 2.49, 172 students
  42. SHS 50 Average GPA 2.49, 112 students
  43. CHEM 109B: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Average GPA 2.50, 16,739 students
  44. MCDB 20 Average GPA 2.50, 1,525 students
  45. ECE 2A Average GPA 2.50, 877 students
  46. EARTH 149 Average GPA 2.51, 170 students
  47. CHEM 1B: GENERAL CHEMISTRY Average GPA 2.52, 33,352 students
  48. ECON 100A Average GPA 2.52, 1,289 students
  49. GEOL 30 Average GPA 2.52, 180 students
  50. EARTH 148: VERT PALEONTOLOGY Average GPA 2.52, 160 students
  51. SPAN 120A Average GPA 2.53, 388 students
  52. RG ST 17A Average GPA 2.53, 101 students
  53. EARTH 173 Average GPA 2.54, 240 students
  54. PHIL 124D Average GPA 2.54, 179 students
  55. ANTH 153S Average GPA 2.54, 177 students
  56. RG ST 140D Average GPA 2.54, 150 students
  57. CHEM 25: INTRO CHEMISTRY Average GPA 2.55, 2,087 students
  58. MATH 5C Average GPA 2.55, 1,038 students
  59. PSY 169L Average GPA 2.55, 251 students
  60. CHEM 130A: ORGANIC CHEM MAJORS Average GPA 2.55, 230 students
  61. PSY 163SG Average GPA 2.55, 137 students
  62. PSTAT 172A Average GPA 2.56, 1,003 students
  63. EARTH 30: HISTORY OF LIFE Average GPA 2.56, 908 students
  64. ARTHI 103A Average GPA 2.56, 196 students
  65. ECON 10A: MICROECON THEORY Average GPA 2.58, 19,263 students
  66. EEMB 2: INTRO BIOLOGY II-EE Average GPA 2.58, 19,209 students
  67. MCDB 1A: INTRO BIOLOGY I Average GPA 2.59, 20,684 students
  68. ESS 40 Average GPA 2.59, 330 students
  69. HIST 140B Average GPA 2.59, 316 students
  70. RG ST 140C Average GPA 2.59, 120 students
  71. MCDB 26: CONTEMP NUTRITION Average GPA 2.60, 1,142 students
  72. PHYS 20 Average GPA 2.61, 1,622 students
  73. ANTH 121T Average GPA 2.61, 164 students
  74. PSY 135 Average GPA 2.61, 124 students
  75. ECON 2: PRIN ECON-MACRO Average GPA 2.62, 17,422 students
  76. ECON 3B: FINANCIAL ACCTG Average GPA 2.62, 6,087 students
  77. EEMB 156 Average GPA 2.62, 1,831 students
  78. COMM 118 Average GPA 2.62, 1,174 students
  79. CHEM 110L: INTRO-BIOCHEM-LAB Average GPA 2.62, 611 students
  80. SPAN W 3 Average GPA 2.62, 315 students
  81. PHIL 124B Average GPA 2.62, 108 students
  82. CHEM 1C: GEN CHEM Average GPA 2.63, 21,130 students
  83. MCDB 1B: INTRO BIOLOGY II--P Average GPA 2.63, 18,238 students
  84. ANTH 5: INTRO BIO ANTH Average GPA 2.63, 12,253 students
  85. EARTH 111: PRINC PALEONTOLOGY Average GPA 2.63, 822 students
  86. POL SW 121 Average GPA 2.63, 699 students
  87. ANTH 129MG Average GPA 2.63, 489 students
  88. EARTH 3 Average GPA 2.63, 480 students
  89. PHIL 184: INTERMED MODRN LOGI Average GPA 2.63, 187 students
  90. SPAN 120B Average GPA 2.63, 165 students
  91. GEOG 185A Average GPA 2.63, 163 students
  92. GEOG 191: OPT METH GEOG PROBS Average GPA 2.63, 116 students
  93. ECON 109 Average GPA 2.64, 716 students
  94. POL S 110PC Average GPA 2.64, 170 students
  95. COMM 87: STAT ANALY COMM Average GPA 2.65, 4,331 students
  96. EEMB W 22 Average GPA 2.65, 1,546 students
  97. AS AM 160 Average GPA 2.65, 490 students
  98. GEOG 12 Average GPA 2.65, 294 students
  99. PSY 107 Average GPA 2.65, 213 students
  100. MAT 80AS Average GPA 2.65, 111 students

See also: Easiest classes, UCSB course catalog.

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