Introduction to Physics III

University of California, Santa Cruz

PHYS 5C at UCSC: average GPA 3.04 across 2,407 students. Grade distribution by term. Introduction to electricity and magnetism. Electromagnetic radiation…

Average GPA: 3.04

Grade distribution records: 2,407 students across 15 terms.

Enrollment requirements

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 5A or PHYS 15A, and MATH 19B or MATH 20B. Concurrent enrollment in PHYS 5N is required.

2026–2027 · UCSC catalog

Grade distribution

Grade	Students	Percent
A+	151	6.3%
A	417	17.3%
A-	325	13.5%
B+	298	12.4%
B	305	12.7%
B-	260	10.8%
C+	151	6.3%
C	276	11.5%
C-	43	1.8%
D+	9	0.4%
D	37	1.5%
D-	3	0.1%
F	62	2.6%
P	6	0.2%
NP	34	1.4%
W	30	1.2%

Based on 2,407 student grade records across 15 terms and 8 professors.

Instructors

• Barun Dhar 1,230 students, Average GPA 3.01
• Sergey Syzranov 419 students, Average GPA 3.07
• Jairo Velasco Jr 285 students, Average GPA 3.16
• David P Belanger 165 students, Average GPA 3.20
• Anthony N Aguirre 150 students, Average GPA 3.23
• Sriram Shastry 136 students, Average GPA 2.74
• Onuttom Narayan 22 students, Average GPA 1.56
• Robert Preston Johnson 22 students, Average GPA 1.56