STAT 80A: Gambling and Gaming
University of California, Santa Cruz
Games of chance and strategy motivated early developments in probability, statistics, and decision theory. Course uses popular games to introduce students to these concepts, which underpin recent scientific developments in economics, genetics, ecology, and physics. (Formerly AMS 80A.)
Average GPA: 3.22
Grade distribution records: 720 students across 13 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 25 | 3.5% |
| A | 177 | 24.6% |
| A- | 81 | 11.3% |
| B+ | 70 | 9.7% |
| B | 73 | 10.1% |
| B- | 33 | 4.6% |
| C+ | 22 | 3.1% |
| C | 36 | 5.0% |
| C- | 6 | 0.8% |
| D+ | 1 | 0.1% |
| D | 6 | 0.8% |
| D- | 1 | 0.1% |
| F | 25 | 3.5% |
| P | 124 | 17.2% |
| NP | 16 | 2.2% |
| W | 24 | 3.3% |
Based on 720 student grade records across 13 terms and 8 professors.
Instructors
- Marcela Alfaro Cordoba 118 students, Average GPA 3.53
- Jonathan Woody 114 students, Average GPA 3.26
- Sheng Jiang 110 students, Average GPA 3.51
- Paul Parker 109 students, Average GPA 3.25
- Yik Lun Kei 109 students, Average GPA 3.27
- Claudia Andrea Wehrhahn Cortes 59 students, Average GPA 3.01
- Athanasios Kottas 58 students, Average GPA 2.47
- Bruno Silva Mendes 43 students, Average GPA 2.40