Hardest EART classes at UCSC

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

1. EART 12: Intr Weathr/Climate Average GPA 2.47, 452 students
2. EART 11: Earthquakes Average GPA 2.63, 967 students
3. EART 1: Oceanography Average GPA 2.65, 1,046 students
4. EART 111: Math in Earth Science Average GPA 2.65, 154 students
5. EART 110M: Chem System Lab Average GPA 2.73, 395 students
6. EART 109: Field Geology Average GPA 2.75, 245 students
7. EART 125: StatsDataGeosciences Average GPA 2.76, 319 students
8. EART 2: Earth Catastrophes Average GPA 2.77, 481 students
9. EART 110B: Earth as Chem Systm Average GPA 2.78, 406 students
10. EART 110C: The Dynamic Earth Average GPA 2.86, 335 students
11. EART 146: Groundwater Average GPA 2.86, 140 students
12. EART 101: Invertebrate Paleo Average GPA 2.92, 103 students
13. EART 32: The Science of Cooking Average GPA 2.94, 572 students
14. EART 160: Planetary Science Average GPA 2.94, 257 students
15. EART 104: Geologic Hazards Average GPA 2.98, 164 students
16. EART 20: Environmental Geolo Average GPA 3.00, 571 students
17. EART 105: Coasts and Beaches Average GPA 3.01, 252 students
18. EART 120: Sedimntlgy&Strtgrph Average GPA 3.02, 127 students
19. EART 3: Geology Natl Parks Average GPA 3.03, 1,118 students
20. EART 66: Nat His of Dinosaur Average GPA 3.06, 575 students
21. EART 10: How the Earth Works Average GPA 3.09, 515 students
22. EART 116: Hydrology Average GPA 3.12, 178 students
23. EART 140: Geomorphology Average GPA 3.12, 157 students
24. EART 110A: Evolution Of Earth Average GPA 3.13, 573 students
25. EART 150: Structural Geology Average GPA 3.13, 138 students
26. EART 102: Marine Geology Average GPA 3.15, 170 students
27. EART 106: Coasts in Crisis Average GPA 3.16, 531 students
28. EART 8: Planetary Discovery Average GPA 3.21, 517 students
29. EART 140L: Geomorphology Lab Average GPA 3.23, 140 students
30. EART 189A: GIS-Earth Sciences Average GPA 3.30, 106 students
31. EART 109L: Field Geology Lab Average GPA 3.33, 188 students
32. EART 5L: Calif Geology Lab Average GPA 3.34, 591 students
33. EART 110N: Dynamic Earth Lab Average GPA 3.36, 301 students
34. EART 5: California Geology Average GPA 3.37, 1,683 students
35. EART 7: History of Life Average GPA 3.45, 505 students
36. EART 10L: Geologic Princ Lab Average GPA 3.48, 258 students
37. EART 20L: Envirnmtl Geolgy Lb Average GPA 3.51, 380 students
38. EART 131: Sea Level Change Average GPA 3.54, 126 students
39. EART 119A: Intro Sci Prog Average GPA 3.56, 172 students
40. EART 30: Water in Environment Average GPA 3.63, 2,555 students
41. EART 110L: Evol of Earth Lab Average GPA 3.64, 225 students

See also: Easiest classes, UCSC course catalog, EART course catalog.