Hardest HISC classes at UCSC

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

1. HISC 20: Democracy Dictatorship Average GPA 2.76, 117 students
2. HISC 80O: Popular Music Average GPA 2.97, 207 students
3. HISC 60C: What Is Resistance? Average GPA 3.19, 242 students
4. HISC 1: Intro to HISC Average GPA 3.20, 286 students
5. HISC 116: What is Species? Average GPA 3.31, 110 students
6. HISC 12: Historical Intro Phil Average GPA 3.32, 518 students
7. HISC 80V: Intro to Marxism Average GPA 3.32, 334 students
8. HISC 80U: Labor & Globalization Average GPA 3.35, 127 students
9. HISC 80W: What is Imperialism Average GPA 3.38, 140 students
10. HISC 166: Race Science Hum Average GPA 3.42, 116 students
11. HISC 107: The Idea of Reality Average GPA 3.52, 115 students
12. HISC 80S: War and the Media Average GPA 3.57, 196 students
13. HISC 86: After the Human Average GPA 3.61, 115 students
14. HISC 105: Antisocial Media Average GPA 3.64, 113 students
15. HISC 169: Blue Humanities Average GPA 3.64, 100 students
16. HISC 80T: What is the Witch? Average GPA 3.67, 420 students
17. HISC 75: Ecology and Freedom Average GPA 3.72, 120 students
18. HISC 60A: What is Revolution? Average GPA 3.73, 118 students

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