Hardest MATH classes at UCSB

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

  1. MATH 5C Average GPA 2.55, 1,038 students
  2. MATH 5A Average GPA 2.67, 2,674 students
  3. MATH 111A: ABSTRACT ALGEBRA Average GPA 2.72, 1,115 students
  4. MATH 108B: LINEAR ALGEBRA Average GPA 2.73, 2,982 students
  5. MATH 5B Average GPA 2.74, 1,638 students
  6. MATH 147A: DIFF GEOMETRY Average GPA 2.74, 837 students
  7. MATH 108A: LINEAR ALGEBRA Average GPA 2.75, 5,155 students
  8. MATH 3A: CALC WITH APPLI 1 Average GPA 2.76, 12,092 students
  9. MATH 117: METHODS OF ANALYSIS Average GPA 2.80, 5,738 students
  10. MATH 103 Average GPA 2.81, 597 students
  11. MATH 3C Average GPA 2.83, 3,187 students
  12. MATH 145: INTRO TO TOPOLOGY Average GPA 2.83, 897 students
  13. MATH 3B: CALC WITH APPLI 2 Average GPA 2.88, 22,348 students
  14. MATH 122A: COMPLEX VARIABLES Average GPA 2.88, 1,858 students
  15. MATH 116 Average GPA 2.89, 640 students
  16. MATH 101A Average GPA 2.90, 615 students
  17. MATH 122B: COMPLEX VARIABLES Average GPA 2.90, 556 students
  18. MATH 113: NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOM Average GPA 2.96, 536 students
  19. MATH 8: TRANS HIGHER MATH Average GPA 2.97, 10,273 students
  20. MATH 118A: REAL ANALYSIS Average GPA 2.97, 1,697 students
  21. MATH 137A: GRAPH/NETWORK THEOR Average GPA 2.97, 703 students
  22. MATH 102A: MOD EUCL & NONEUCL Average GPA 2.97, 677 students
  23. MATH 2B Average GPA 2.98, 1,073 students
  24. MATH 124A: PART DIFF EQUATIONS Average GPA 3.05, 1,352 students
  25. MATH 119A: ORD DIFF EQUATIONS Average GPA 3.05, 1,058 students
  26. MATH 111B Average GPA 3.05, 775 students
  27. MATH 34A: CALC FOR SOCIAL SCI Average GPA 3.06, 25,332 students
  28. MATH 132A Average GPA 3.07, 590 students
  29. MATH 6B: VECTOR CALCULUS 2 Average GPA 3.08, 9,676 students
  30. MATH 104A: INTRO NUM ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.08, 3,031 students
  31. MATH 118B Average GPA 3.08, 1,495 students
  32. MATH 124B: FOURIER SER & NUM Average GPA 3.09, 795 students
  33. MATH 102B Average GPA 3.10, 430 students
  34. MATH 101B: MATH SYSTEMS Average GPA 3.11, 444 students
  35. MATH 190 Average GPA 3.11, 198 students
  36. MATH 6A: VECTOR CALCULUS 1 Average GPA 3.12, 17,946 students
  37. MATH 118C: REAL ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.12, 676 students
  38. MATH 108C: MTRX ANLYS Average GPA 3.12, 301 students
  39. MATH 4B: DIFF EQUATIONS Average GPA 3.18, 19,192 students
  40. MATH 34B: CALC-SOC & LIFE SCI Average GPA 3.18, 17,150 students
  41. MATH 115A Average GPA 3.18, 618 students
  42. MATH 2A: CALC W/ ALG & TRIG Average GPA 3.20, 1,242 students
  43. MATH 4A: LIN ALG W/APPS Average GPA 3.21, 26,187 students
  44. MATH 137B Average GPA 3.21, 104 students
  45. MATH 104B: NUMERICAL ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.22, 2,475 students
  46. MATH 115B: INTRO NUMBER THEORY Average GPA 3.30, 309 students
  47. MATH 111C: ABSTRACT ALGEBRA Average GPA 3.32, 469 students
  48. MATH 104C: ADV NUM ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.43, 1,461 students
  49. MATH 119B: CHAO DYN & BIFU THE Average GPA 3.50, 476 students
  50. MATH 182: HISTORY OF MATH Average GPA 3.59, 538 students
  51. MATH 4AI Average GPA 3.60, 140 students
  52. MATH 227C: GEOMET-ALGEBR-TOPOL Average GPA 3.67, 173 students
  53. MATH 232A: ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY Average GPA 3.69, 144 students
  54. MATH 201A: REAL ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.70, 377 students
  55. MATH 94: GROUP STUDIES-MATH Average GPA 3.70, 326 students
  56. MATH 220A: MODERN ALGEBRA Average GPA 3.73, 277 students
  57. MATH 4BI Average GPA 3.73, 115 students
  58. MATH 201C: REAL ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.75, 235 students
  59. MATH 220B Average GPA 3.76, 265 students
  60. MATH 202A: COMPLEX ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.77, 124 students
  61. MATH 220C: MODERN ALGEBRA Average GPA 3.78, 226 students
  62. MATH 221C: DIFFERENTIAL TOPOL Average GPA 3.78, 206 students
  63. MATH 240C: INTRO DIFF GEOMETRY Average GPA 3.78, 107 students
  64. MATH 221A: FOUNDATION TOPOLOGY Average GPA 3.79, 257 students
  65. MATH 240A: INTRO DIFF GEOMETRY Average GPA 3.79, 204 students
  66. MATH 201B Average GPA 3.80, 332 students
  67. MATH 237A Average GPA 3.81, 101 students
  68. MATH 221B Average GPA 3.82, 233 students
  69. MATH 231A Average GPA 3.84, 150 students
  70. MATH 232B Average GPA 3.87, 101 students
  71. MATH 240B Average GPA 3.89, 137 students
  72. MATH 227A Average GPA 3.90, 153 students
  73. MATH 225A: TOPCS NUMBER THEORY Average GPA 3.90, 110 students
  74. MATH 236A: HOMOLOGICAL ALGEBRA Average GPA 3.90, 107 students
  75. MATH 7H Average GPA 3.93, 296 students
  76. MATH 260Q: SEMINAR IN MATH Average GPA 3.95, 147 students
  77. MATH 227B Average GPA 3.98, 182 students
  78. MATH 260J: SEMINAR IN MATH Average GPA 3.98, 117 students
  79. MATH 260EE: SEMINAR IN MATH Average GPA 4.00, 250 students

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