Organic Chemistry

University of California, Santa Cruz

CHEM 8A at UCSC: average GPA 3.04 across 5,169 students. Grade distribution by term. Introduces organic chemistry, with an emphasis on bonding and reactivity…

Average GPA: 3.04

Grade distribution records: 5,169 students across 19 terms.

Enrollment requirements

Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3C, or CHEM 4B, or CHEM 1C and either CHEM 1B, CHEM 3A, or CHEM 4A

2026–2027 · UCSC catalog

Grade distribution

Grade	Students	Percent
A+	211	4.1%
A	1,405	27.2%
A-	319	6.2%
B+	373	7.2%
B	1,253	24.2%
B-	224	4.3%
C+	271	5.2%
C	531	10.3%
C-	92	1.8%
D+	4	0.1%
D	167	3.2%
F	168	3.3%
P	21	0.4%
NP	72	1.4%
W	58	1.1%

Based on 5,169 student grade records across 19 terms and 9 professors.

Instructors

• Robert Scott Lokey 1,682 students, Average GPA 3.03
• Anne Sizemore 1,603 students, Average GPA 3.08
• Jevgenij Raskatov 886 students, Average GPA 2.83
• Caitlin Maria Binder 500 students, Average GPA 3.17
• Rachel Ann Snelling 325 students, Average GPA 3.42
• Chayo E. Fuentes Chang 151 students, Average GPA 3.61
• Grant Andrew Koch 77 students, Average GPA 2.72
• Catherine Suzanne Mccaughey 55 students, Average GPA 2.85
• Rafael Ibrah Silverman Y de la Vega 41 students, Average GPA 2.45