Easiest PHIL classes at UCSB

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

1. PHIL 297A: SEM HISTORY PHIL Average GPA 3.78, 114 students
2. PHIL 296A: SEMINAR IN ETHICS Average GPA 3.54, 119 students
3. PHIL 124A Average GPA 3.44, 195 students
4. PHIL 7 Average GPA 3.40, 850 students
5. PHIL 128: FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY Average GPA 3.37, 227 students
6. PHIL 152: PLATO Average GPA 3.35, 467 students
7. PHIL 156: HELLENISTIC PHIL Average GPA 3.35, 306 students
8. PHIL 136: ADV FEMINIST PHIL Average GPA 3.30, 135 students
9. PHIL 161: SPINOZA Average GPA 3.25, 197 students
10. PHIL 100F: INTRO PHIL SCIENCE Average GPA 3.24, 837 students
11. PHIL 134 Average GPA 3.24, 617 students
12. PHIL 3: CRITICAL THINKING Average GPA 3.20, 11,689 students
13. PHIL 121 Average GPA 3.18, 333 students
14. PHIL 20A: HISTORY PHILOSOPHY Average GPA 3.15, 2,212 students
15. PHIL 165 Average GPA 3.11, 328 students
16. PHIL 133: HIST POLIT THOUGHT Average GPA 3.09, 467 students
17. PHIL 164: BERKELEY Average GPA 3.08, 249 students
18. PHIL 107 Average GPA 3.08, 129 students
19. PHIL 145: PUNISHMENT & RESPON Average GPA 3.07, 893 students
20. PHIL 176: HIST PHILOSOPHERS Average GPA 3.07, 643 students
21. PHIL 150B Average GPA 3.07, 123 students
22. PHIL 131: ADV APPLIED ETHICS Average GPA 3.05, 361 students
23. PHIL 4: INTRO ETHICS Average GPA 3.04, 12,941 students
24. PHIL 151 Average GPA 3.04, 188 students
25. PHIL 139 Average GPA 3.02, 451 students
26. PHIL 153 Average GPA 3.02, 441 students
27. PHIL 188 Average GPA 3.02, 201 students
28. PHIL 1: SHORT INTRO TO PHIL Average GPA 3.00, 11,945 students
29. PHIL 150A: ADV ETHICAL THEORY Average GPA 2.99, 327 students
30. PHIL 144: ADV PHIL LAW Average GPA 2.99, 271 students
31. PHIL 20B Average GPA 2.98, 2,253 students
32. PHIL 137 Average GPA 2.98, 170 students
33. PHIL 130 Average GPA 2.96, 726 students
34. PHIL 122 Average GPA 2.95, 179 students
35. PHIL 20C: HISTORY PHILOSOPHY Average GPA 2.94, 2,706 students
36. PHIL 150E Average GPA 2.94, 211 students
37. PHIL 141: HIST ETHICS Average GPA 2.93, 439 students
38. PHIL 112 Average GPA 2.92, 453 students
39. PHIL 160 Average GPA 2.92, 372 students
40. PHIL 163 Average GPA 2.92, 100 students
41. PHIL 143 Average GPA 2.91, 1,524 students
42. PHIL 135 Average GPA 2.89, 190 students
43. PHIL 100B: THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE Average GPA 2.88, 1,960 students
44. PHIL 100A: ETHICS Average GPA 2.85, 3,887 students
45. PHIL 100E Average GPA 2.85, 1,114 students
46. PHIL 138: NORMATIVE ETHICS Average GPA 2.83, 362 students
47. PHIL 166A: THEORETICAL KANT Average GPA 2.82, 167 students
48. PHIL 124C Average GPA 2.78, 276 students
49. PHIL 100D: PHILOSOPHY OF MIND Average GPA 2.75, 1,610 students
50. PHIL 100C Average GPA 2.74, 612 students
51. PHIL 150D: ADV PHIL OF MIND Average GPA 2.73, 120 students
52. PHIL 149: ACTION THEORY Average GPA 2.72, 395 students
53. PHIL 184: INTERMED MODRN LOGI Average GPA 2.63, 187 students
54. PHIL 124B Average GPA 2.62, 108 students
55. PHIL 124D Average GPA 2.54, 179 students
56. PHIL 116 Average GPA 2.41, 224 students
57. PHIL 183: BEGIN MODERN LOGIC Average GPA 2.38, 1,819 students

See also: Hardest classes, UCSB course catalog, PHIL course catalog.