Hardest PHYS classes at UCSB
Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.
- PHYS 20 Average GPA 2.61, 1,622 students
- PHYS 6A: INTRODUCTORY PHYSIC Average GPA 2.74, 19,313 students
- PHYS 103: INT MECH & SPEC REL Average GPA 2.74, 2,327 students
- PHYS 105B Average GPA 2.78, 158 students
- PHYS 101 Average GPA 2.80, 1,596 students
- PHYS 115A: QUANTUM MECHANICS Average GPA 2.82, 2,336 students
- PHYS 110A: ELECTROMAGNETISM Average GPA 2.83, 1,993 students
- PHYS 100A: METHODS THEOR PHYS Average GPA 2.84, 753 students
- PHYS 5 Average GPA 2.87, 1,308 students
- PHYS 3 Average GPA 2.88, 7,020 students
- PHYS 6B: INTRODUCTORY PHYSIC Average GPA 2.89, 16,110 students
- PHYS 7C: BASIC PHYSICS Average GPA 2.90, 879 students
- PHYS 21: GEN PHYS Average GPA 2.91, 2,342 students
- PHYS 133: COSMOLOGY Average GPA 2.91, 565 students
- PHYS 4 Average GPA 2.94, 4,958 students
- PHYS 115B: QUANTUM MECHANICS Average GPA 2.94, 2,008 students
- PHYS 23: GEN PHYS Average GPA 2.94, 1,778 students
- PHYS 1 Average GPA 2.95, 8,715 students
- PHYS 115C: QUANTUM MECHANICS Average GPA 2.97, 1,687 students
- PHYS 2 Average GPA 2.98, 7,382 students
- PHYS 119A: THERMO & STAT PHYS Average GPA 3.00, 2,038 students
- PHYS 43 Average GPA 3.00, 125 students
- PHYS 8: INTRO MATH METHODS Average GPA 3.01, 421 students
- PHYS 102 Average GPA 3.02, 906 students
- PHYS 125: PARTICLE PHYSICS Average GPA 3.02, 569 students
- PHYS 22: GEN PHYS Average GPA 3.04, 1,933 students
- PHYS 25: GEN PHYS Average GPA 3.05, 1,505 students
- PHYS 141 Average GPA 3.07, 514 students
- PHYS 132: STELLAR STRCTR/EVOL Average GPA 3.07, 495 students
- PHYS 134L: OBSER. ASTROPHYSICS Average GPA 3.09, 546 students
- PHYS 123A: COND MATT PHYS Average GPA 3.09, 531 students
- PHYS 127AL: ANALOG ELECTRONICS Average GPA 3.11, 1,891 students
- PHYS 104: ADVANCED MECHANICS Average GPA 3.13, 1,932 students
- PHYS 129L: INTRO SCI COMP Average GPA 3.13, 862 students
- PHYS 131: GRAVITA-RELATIVITY Average GPA 3.13, 801 students
- PHYS 7A: BASIC PHYSICS Average GPA 3.15, 1,825 students
- PHYS 119B: THERMO & STAT PHYS Average GPA 3.15, 680 students
- PHYS 110B: ELECTROMAGNETISM Average GPA 3.16, 1,739 students
- PHYS 24: GEN PHYS Average GPA 3.18, 1,621 students
- PHYS 6C: INTRODUCTORY PHYSIC Average GPA 3.19, 14,195 students
- PHYS 100B Average GPA 3.19, 194 students
- PHYS 120: CALIFORNIA PHYSICS Average GPA 3.20, 355 students
- PHYS 7B: BASIC PHYSICS Average GPA 3.25, 1,021 students
- PHYS 7D: BASIC PHYSICS Average GPA 3.35, 488 students
- PHYS 127BL Average GPA 3.38, 380 students
- PHYS 20CL: EXPERIMENTAL PHYS Average GPA 3.41, 357 students
- PHYS 128AL: ADVANCED LAB Average GPA 3.42, 1,487 students
- PHYS 106: NONLINEAR PHENOMENA Average GPA 3.42, 194 students
- PHYS 128BL Average GPA 3.46, 233 students
- PHYS 25L Average GPA 3.51, 868 students
- PHYS 6AL: INTRO EXPER PHYSICS Average GPA 3.52, 17,416 students
- PHYS 150: SPEC TOP IN PHYS Average GPA 3.54, 565 students
- PHYS 6CL: INTRO EXPER PHYSICS Average GPA 3.56, 15,480 students
- PHYS 29: INTRO PROGRAM Average GPA 3.56, 899 students
- PHYS 6BL: INTRO EXPER PHYSICS Average GPA 3.58, 15,776 students
- PHYS 20AL: EXPERIMENTAL PHYS Average GPA 3.58, 537 students
- PHYS 123B: COND MATT PHYS Average GPA 3.59, 265 students
- PHYS 4L Average GPA 3.64, 5,603 students
- PHYS 215A: QUANTUM MECHANICS Average GPA 3.65, 555 students
- PHYS 20BL Average GPA 3.65, 445 students
- PHYS 231B Average GPA 3.65, 150 students
- PHYS 221A: REL QUANTUM FIELD Average GPA 3.68, 239 students
- PHYS 5L Average GPA 3.69, 1,217 students
- PHYS 215B Average GPA 3.69, 391 students
- PHYS 231A: GENERAL RELATIVITY Average GPA 3.69, 223 students
- PHYS 3L Average GPA 3.70, 9,079 students
- PHYS 219 Average GPA 3.71, 432 students
- PHYS 7L: PHYSICS LAB Average GPA 3.72, 774 students
- PHYS 205: CLASSICAL MECHANICS Average GPA 3.72, 430 students
- PHYS 210A Average GPA 3.73, 455 students
- PHYS 223A: CONCEPT COND MATTER Average GPA 3.73, 235 students
- PHYS 231C: GENERAL RELATIVITY Average GPA 3.76, 105 students
- PHYS 223B Average GPA 3.78, 165 students
- PHYS 210B: ELECTROMAG THEORY Average GPA 3.79, 415 students
- PHYS 217A: MANY BODY PROBLEM Average GPA 3.79, 237 students
- PHYS 215C: QUANTUM MECHANICS Average GPA 3.80, 358 students
- PHYS 240 Average GPA 3.80, 146 students
- PHYS 221B Average GPA 3.84, 173 students
- PHYS 99: RESEARCH IN PHYSICS Average GPA 3.84, 130 students
- PHYS 250: SPEC TOP IN PHYSICS Average GPA 3.85, 366 students
- PHYS 220: ADVANCED STAT MECH Average GPA 3.85, 173 students
- PHYS 135 Average GPA 3.88, 258 students
- PHYS 217B Average GPA 3.88, 112 students
- PHYS 199: RESEARCH IN PHYSICS Average GPA 3.96, 217 students
- PHYS 98 Average GPA 3.97, 169 students
See also: Easiest classes, UCSB course catalog, PHYS course catalog.