Hardest LALS classes at UCSC

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

1. LALS 79: Hip Hop History Average GPA 3.02, 515 students
2. LALS 169: SoAmer His/Soc/Cul Average GPA 3.10, 129 students
3. LALS 100L: Soc Sci Analytics Lab Average GPA 3.14, 241 students
4. LALS 126: Digit@l Americ@s Average GPA 3.20, 204 students
5. LALS 90: Contemporary Brazil Average GPA 3.23, 503 students
6. LALS 100A: Social Science Analytics Average GPA 3.24, 385 students
7. LALS 151: Race & Mobility Average GPA 3.24, 367 students
8. LALS 54: Racism Science &Health Average GPA 3.27, 279 students
9. LALS 144: Mexicana/Chicana Average GPA 3.30, 103 students
10. LALS 94X: EarthCapitalismCrises Average GPA 3.38, 190 students
11. LALS 149: Whiteness: LatinAm Average GPA 3.38, 189 students
12. LALS 15: TruthJusticeStatistics Average GPA 3.39, 706 students
13. LALS 180: Borders:Real/Imagin Average GPA 3.40, 103 students
14. LALS 100B: CulturalTheoryAmers Average GPA 3.42, 314 students
15. LALS 177: MigrantHlth&SocJustice Average GPA 3.43, 134 students
16. LALS 57: DrugsAddictionRecovery Average GPA 3.44, 132 students
17. LALS 10: Chicanx/Latinx Studies Average GPA 3.45, 276 students
18. LALS 194L: Sr Sem Research Lab Average GPA 3.46, 128 students
19. LALS 75: Art/Soc Change LatAm Average GPA 3.48, 392 students
20. LALS 56: The Right to Health Average GPA 3.48, 249 students
21. LALS 5: HumRights/SocJust Average GPA 3.49, 738 students
22. LALS 131: LatinoLit:Assimiliation Average GPA 3.55, 143 students
23. LALS 122: Media/Nationalism Average GPA 3.55, 101 students
24. LALS 100: Concepts/Theories LALS Average GPA 3.57, 613 students
25. LALS 55: AIDS Across the Americas Average GPA 3.57, 586 students
26. LALS 175: Migratn, Gndr, Hlth Average GPA 3.59, 235 students
27. LALS 163: The Amazon Average GPA 3.62, 215 students
28. LALS 1: Intro Latin Amer St Average GPA 3.66, 3,545 students
29. LALS 80S: Sexualities/Genders Average GPA 3.66, 627 students
30. LALS 45: Race, Class, Gender Average GPA 3.68, 619 students
31. LALS 65: Religion & Revolution Average GPA 3.82, 1,205 students
32. LALS 172: VisualizingHumanRights Average GPA 3.82, 273 students
33. LALS 143: Race & Ethnicity Average GPA 3.87, 309 students
34. LALS 178: Gen,Trnsntlsm,Glbzn Average GPA 3.89, 283 students

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