Easiest CSE classes at UCSC

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

  1. CSE 297A: Individual Study Average GPA 4.00, 113 students
  2. CSE 170: Mgmt Of Tech Seminr Average GPA 3.94, 816 students
  3. CSE 115B: Software Design Pro Average GPA 3.94, 471 students
  4. CSE 115C: Software Design II Average GPA 3.94, 421 students
  5. CSE 151: Adv Computer Net Average GPA 3.91, 375 students
  6. CSE 151L: Adv Computer Net Lab Average GPA 3.91, 375 students
  7. CSE 115D: Software Design Accel Average GPA 3.88, 197 students
  8. CSE 240: Artif Intelligence Average GPA 3.84, 407 students
  9. CSE 115A: Intro Software Eng Average GPA 3.82, 2,418 students
  10. CSE 250A: Computer Networks Average GPA 3.82, 166 students
  11. CSE 200: Research & Teaching Average GPA 3.80, 470 students
  12. CSE 143: Natural Lang Process Average GPA 3.76, 630 students
  13. CSE 3: Comp Tech in Society Average GPA 3.75, 5,499 students
  14. CSE 146: Ethics & Algorithms Average GPA 3.69, 269 students
  15. CSE 185S: Tech Writ Comp Engs Average GPA 3.68, 1,637 students
  16. CSE 132: Computer Security Average GPA 3.68, 467 students
  17. CSE 220: Comp Architecture Average GPA 3.67, 363 students
  18. CSE 242: Machine Learning Average GPA 3.66, 440 students
  19. CSE 175: Bus Strat/Info Syst Average GPA 3.64, 287 students
  20. CSE 140: Artif Intelligence Average GPA 3.63, 1,715 students
  21. CSE 231: Adv Operating Systm Average GPA 3.63, 100 students
  22. CSE 80N: Intro to Networking Average GPA 3.62, 2,541 students
  23. CSE 244A: Foundations of DL Average GPA 3.61, 120 students
  24. CSE 171A: Intro Mgmt of Tech I Average GPA 3.60, 340 students
  25. CSE 123A: Engr Design Proj I Average GPA 3.60, 298 students
  26. CSE 210A: Programming Languag Average GPA 3.59, 358 students
  27. CSE 185E: Tech Writ Comp Engs Average GPA 3.58, 1,157 students
  28. CSE 232: Distributed Systems Average GPA 3.58, 179 students
  29. CSE 187: Full Stack Web Dev II Average GPA 3.58, 145 students
  30. CSE 163: Data Prog & Viz Average GPA 3.56, 153 students
  31. CSE 123B: Engr Design Proj II Average GPA 3.54, 296 students
  32. CSE 144: Applied ML: Deep Learn Average GPA 3.49, 1,277 students
  33. CSE 201: Analysis Algorithms Average GPA 3.48, 660 students
  34. CSE 125: Log Desgn W/Verilog Average GPA 3.45, 297 students
  35. CSE 121: Embedded System Design Average GPA 3.44, 912 students
  36. CSE 108: Found of Cryptogrphy Average GPA 3.43, 316 students
  37. CSE 171B: Intro Mgmt of Tech II Average GPA 3.43, 293 students
  38. CSE 164: Computer Vision Average GPA 3.42, 112 students
  39. CSE 30: Prog Abs Python Average GPA 3.41, 8,090 students
  40. CSE 183: Web Applications Average GPA 3.39, 1,517 students
  41. CSE 142: Machine Learning Average GPA 3.39, 919 students
  42. CSE 40: ML Basics Average GPA 3.35, 1,681 students
  43. CSE 134: Embedded OS Average GPA 3.34, 203 students
  44. CSE 20: Beginning Python Average GPA 3.31, 12,489 students
  45. CSE 113: Parallel Programing Average GPA 3.30, 471 students
  46. CSE 122: Intro to VLSI Average GPA 3.30, 195 students
  47. CSE 160: Intro Comp Graphics Average GPA 3.29, 1,330 students
  48. CSE 112: Compar Prog Lang Average GPA 3.26, 1,066 students
  49. CSE 160L: Comp Graphics Lab Average GPA 3.26, 471 students
  50. CSE 58: Analysis And Design Average GPA 3.26, 323 students
  51. CSE 111: Adv Programming Average GPA 3.25, 1,634 students
  52. CSE 50: Business Inf System Average GPA 3.24, 796 students
  53. CSE 150L: Int Comp Net Lab Average GPA 3.23, 871 students
  54. CSE 12: Com Sys/Assmbly Lan Average GPA 3.19, 8,348 students
  55. CSE 138: Distributed Systems Average GPA 3.16, 808 students
  56. CSE 120: Computer Architect Average GPA 3.15, 5,354 students
  57. CSE 16: Appl Discrete Math Average GPA 3.14, 6,465 students
  58. CSE 114A: Intro Func Prog Average GPA 3.14, 2,066 students
  59. CSE 80A: Universal Access Average GPA 3.12, 581 students
  60. CSE 110A: Fund Compiler Des 1 Average GPA 3.12, 449 students
  61. CSE 181: Database Systems II Average GPA 3.12, 109 students
  62. CSE 118: Mobile Applications Average GPA 3.11, 251 students
  63. CSE 150: Intro Comp Networks Average GPA 3.10, 2,575 students
  64. CSE 101: Data Structs & Algs Average GPA 3.09, 7,177 students
  65. CSE 107: Probability/Stats Average GPA 3.07, 2,900 students
  66. CSE 216: Formal Methods Average GPA 3.06, 120 students
  67. CSE 100L: Logic Design Lab Average GPA 3.04, 1,920 students
  68. CSE 100: Logic Design Average GPA 3.04, 1,919 students
  69. CSE 156: Network Programming Average GPA 3.01, 271 students
  70. CSE 156L: Network Progrm Lab Average GPA 2.98, 275 students
  71. CSE 180: Database Systems I Average GPA 2.95, 1,864 students
  72. CSE 102: Intro Algorthm Anyl Average GPA 2.94, 3,511 students
  73. CSE 121L: Micro Sys Desgn Lab Average GPA 2.93, 180 students
  74. CSE 13S: Comp Sys and C Prog Average GPA 2.92, 5,930 students
  75. CSE 182: Intro Database Mgmt Average GPA 2.88, 839 students
  76. CSE 13E: Embedded Systems&C Average GPA 2.88, 508 students
  77. CSE 130: Prin Comp Sys Dsgn Average GPA 2.81, 5,464 students
  78. CSE 12L: Comp Sys/Lang Lab Average GPA 2.80, 2,685 students
  79. CSE 101M: Math Thinking for CS Average GPA 2.80, 506 students
  80. CSE 103: Computational Models Average GPA 2.79, 3,065 students
  81. CSE 15L: Data Structures Lab Average GPA 2.74, 292 students
  82. CSE 15: Intro Data Structur Average GPA 2.73, 295 students
  83. CSE 186: Full Stack Web Dev. I Average GPA 2.63, 493 students

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