Academic Literacy and Ethos: Imagining Justice

University of California, Santa Cruz

COWL 1 at UCSC: average GPA 3.50 across 3,205 students. Grade distribution by term. Teaches foundational concepts for intellectual exploration and personal…

Average GPA: 3.50

Grade distribution records: 3,205 students across 8 terms.

Enrollment requirements

Enrollment is restricted to college members.

2026–2027 · UCSC catalog

Grade distribution

Grade	Students	Percent
A+	283	8.8%
A	1,259	39.3%
A-	560	17.5%
B+	335	10.5%
B	279	8.7%
B-	126	3.9%
C+	69	2.2%
C	59	1.8%
C-	25	0.8%
D+	12	0.4%
D	22	0.7%
D-	3	0.1%
F	75	2.3%
P	73	2.3%
NP	14	0.4%
W	8	0.2%

Based on 3,205 student grade records across 8 terms and 24 professors.

Instructors

• Todd Nathan Thorpe 422 students, Average GPA 3.62
• Virginia Darlow Troyer 381 students, Average GPA 3.64
• Lara Ramos Galas 268 students, Average GPA 3.41
• Maria Frangos 251 students, Average GPA 3.73
• Kathryn Mcqueen 247 students, Average GPA 3.17
• Catherine Marie Carlstroem 214 students, Average GPA 3.32
• Eireene Nealand 196 students, Average GPA 3.82
• Robert Theodore Barrett 168 students, Average GPA 3.79
• Stephanie Michelet 142 students, Average GPA 3.38
• Johnny L. Allen 133 students, Average GPA 3.27
• Drew Kenneth Richardson 118 students, Average GPA 3.30
• Joseph Mark Navarro 107 students, Average GPA 3.38
• Dion N Farquhar 82 students, Average GPA 3.52
• Laurel Peacock 82 students, Average GPA 3.04
• Richard Mahon 77 students, Average GPA 3.05
• Steven Levinson 56 students, Average GPA 3.50
• Jonathan Richard van Harmelen 53 students, Average GPA 3.67
• Micaela Tours Quintana 50 students, Average GPA 3.59
• Debbie Marlee Duarte 27 students, Average GPA 3.61
• Dena Robertson 27 students, Average GPA 3.86
• Joseph Kenneth Lehnert 27 students, Average GPA 3.26
• Abel Cornejo 26 students, Average GPA 3.69
• Steven Aldridge 26 students, Average GPA 3.51
• Amrit Kaur 25 students, Average GPA 3.44