Hardest FILM classes at UCSC

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

1. FILM 168: Natnl Cine & Cultur Average GPA 3.09, 155 students
2. FILM 130: Silent Cinema Average GPA 3.10, 455 students
3. FILM 165A: Film,Video & Gender Average GPA 3.10, 335 students
4. FILM 165D: Asian Americans Average GPA 3.14, 337 students
5. FILM 80C: Indigenous CA in Film Average GPA 3.15, 136 students
6. FILM 165B: Race on Screen Average GPA 3.17, 617 students
7. FILM 132B: Internatnl Cinema Average GPA 3.31, 955 students
8. FILM 20A: Intro Film Studies Average GPA 3.33, 1,846 students
9. FILM 120: Intro Media Theory Average GPA 3.35, 1,216 students
10. FILM 134A: Amer Film: 1930-1960 Average GPA 3.35, 874 students
11. FILM 160: Film Genres Average GPA 3.36, 704 students
12. FILM 136C: Visual Culture&Tech Average GPA 3.36, 472 students
13. FILM 132A: Internatnl Cinema Average GPA 3.37, 484 students
14. FILM 80A: The Film Experience Average GPA 3.38, 1,931 students
15. FILM 185D: Sound/Image Theory Average GPA 3.38, 154 students
16. FILM 194H: Ethics/Doc Filmmaking Average GPA 3.38, 130 students
17. FILM 20C: Intro Digital Media Average GPA 3.42, 1,160 students
18. FILM 80T: Technothrillers Average GPA 3.44, 550 students
19. FILM 136D: Documentry Film&Vid Average GPA 3.45, 713 students
20. FILM 150: Screenwriting Average GPA 3.46, 258 students
21. FILM 20B: Intro TV Studies Average GPA 3.47, 1,051 students
22. FILM 187: Adv Topics TV Stds Average GPA 3.48, 150 students
23. FILM 20P: Productn Technique Average GPA 3.50, 711 students
24. FILM 162: Film Authors Average GPA 3.50, 279 students
25. FILM 80S: Sp Top Film/Dig Med Average GPA 3.51, 2,474 students
26. FILM 80M: Understanding Media Average GPA 3.54, 1,397 students
27. FILM 171C: Found Footage Average GPA 3.54, 155 students
28. FILM 134B: Amer Film:1960-Pres Average GPA 3.57, 446 students
29. FILM 165E: Chicana/o Flm/Video Average GPA 3.57, 214 students
30. FILM 136B: Hist of Television Average GPA 3.62, 430 students
31. FILM 194S: Special Topics Seminar Average GPA 3.68, 421 students
32. FILM 80V: Video Games/Culture Average GPA 3.69, 2,990 students
33. FILM 170B: Film/Video Productn Average GPA 3.69, 648 students
34. FILM 171A: Prod Workshop-Sound Average GPA 3.69, 129 students
35. FILM 179A: Sp Topics Animation Average GPA 3.71, 100 students
36. FILM 170A: Digital Media Prod Average GPA 3.72, 330 students
37. FILM 189: Adv Topics:Dig Media Average GPA 3.74, 205 students
38. FILM 171S: Spec Topics in Prod Average GPA 3.77, 158 students
39. FILM 172: NarrativeVideoWksp Average GPA 3.78, 166 students
40. FILM 196A: Sr Prjct Narr Prod Average GPA 3.81, 197 students
41. FILM 10: ProfessionalTopics Average GPA 4.00, 131 students

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