Hardest PSYC classes at UCSC

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

  1. PSYC 130: Deceptn/Brain/Behav Average GPA 2.81, 118 students
  2. PSYC 116: Tech Culture Dev Average GPA 3.01, 309 students
  3. PSYC 139D: Model Human Perform Average GPA 3.10, 103 students
  4. PSYC 103: Adult Devel & Aging Average GPA 3.11, 809 students
  5. PSYC 102: Adolescent Develop Average GPA 3.12, 793 students
  6. PSYC 153: Psych of Poverty Average GPA 3.17, 290 students
  7. PSYC 119M: Identity Developmnt Average GPA 3.17, 205 students
  8. PSYC 140G: Women's Lives Average GPA 3.17, 187 students
  9. PSYC 1: Intro Psychology Average GPA 3.22, 5,975 students
  10. PSYC 114: Devel as Cultural Average GPA 3.27, 482 students
  11. PSYC 179E: Psychology of Emotion Average GPA 3.27, 146 students
  12. PSYC 125: Psych of Language Average GPA 3.28, 1,448 students
  13. PSYC 175: Pers/Relatn/Emotion Average GPA 3.29, 126 students
  14. PSYC 109: Stress & Well-Being Average GPA 3.31, 335 students
  15. PSYC 133: Bilingualism Average GPA 3.31, 253 students
  16. PSYC 139S: BrainWaves & Cognition Average GPA 3.31, 107 students
  17. PSYC 140T: Psychology / Trauma Average GPA 3.36, 665 students
  18. PSYC 167: Clinical Psychology Average GPA 3.38, 1,510 students
  19. PSYC 100: Research Methods Average GPA 3.41, 4,862 students
  20. PSYC 10: Intro Develop Psych Average GPA 3.41, 3,168 students
  21. PSYC 150: Race, Ed, Carcerality Average GPA 3.42, 126 students
  22. PSYC 120: Visual/Spatial Cogn Average GPA 3.43, 719 students
  23. PSYC 139G: Conversations Average GPA 3.43, 104 students
  24. PSYC 2: Intro Psyc Stats Average GPA 3.44, 2,020 students
  25. PSYC 170: Psychopathology Average GPA 3.46, 1,398 students
  26. PSYC 159H: Comm-Based Interven Average GPA 3.46, 132 students
  27. PSYC 107: Gender and Dev Average GPA 3.47, 338 students
  28. PSYC 20: Cogn: Fund Theories Average GPA 3.50, 4,499 students
  29. PSYC 159D: Sexual Aggression Average GPA 3.50, 349 students
  30. PSYC 159S: Queer Intimacies Average GPA 3.50, 186 students
  31. PSYC 140F: Mind, Society, Cult Average GPA 3.51, 120 students
  32. PSYC 129: Learning and Memory Average GPA 3.52, 2,106 students
  33. PSYC 149: Community Psych Average GPA 3.52, 774 students
  34. PSYC 127: Comp Mediated Comm Average GPA 3.53, 113 students
  35. PSYC 111: social biases Average GPA 3.54, 163 students
  36. PSYC 143: Intergroup Relations Average GPA 3.54, 161 students
  37. PSYC 123: Cognitive Neurosci Average GPA 3.55, 1,712 students
  38. PSYC 139P: NatArtIntelligence Average GPA 3.56, 110 students
  39. PSYC 104: Develop in Infancy Average GPA 3.57, 389 students
  40. PSYC 121: Perception Average GPA 3.58, 1,696 students
  41. PSYC 105: Children's Thinking Average GPA 3.58, 1,277 students
  42. PSYC 119Q: Perspectives on Autism Average GPA 3.58, 179 students
  43. PSYC 139R: Soc Frames of Memory Average GPA 3.58, 129 students
  44. PSYC 178: Nutritional Psychology Average GPA 3.59, 710 students
  45. PSYC 139L: Illusions Average GPA 3.59, 336 students
  46. PSYC 122: Science of Learning Average GPA 3.59, 169 students
  47. PSYC 147A: Psych and Law Average GPA 3.60, 1,179 students
  48. PSYC 140H: Sexual Identity/Soc Average GPA 3.60, 739 students
  49. PSYC 115: Dev Psychopathology Average GPA 3.60, 657 students
  50. PSYC 119E: The World of Babies Average GPA 3.61, 119 students
  51. PSYC 147B: Psych and Law Average GPA 3.62, 455 students
  52. PSYC 142: Oppression/Liberation Average GPA 3.62, 448 students
  53. PSYC 159R: AchievementDisparity Average GPA 3.62, 142 students
  54. PSYC 128: Human Factors Average GPA 3.62, 119 students
  55. PSYC 160: Psychopharmacology Average GPA 3.63, 294 students
  56. PSYC 119H: Child, Res, Policy Average GPA 3.63, 123 students
  57. PSYC 172: Health Psychology Average GPA 3.66, 718 students
  58. PSYC 106: Soc Emotional Devel Average GPA 3.66, 277 students
  59. PSYC 181: Psych Data Analysis Average GPA 3.67, 904 students
  60. PSYC 119P: Children&Technology Average GPA 3.67, 150 students
  61. PSYC 119A: Sociocultural Devmt Average GPA 3.68, 159 students
  62. PSYC 119D: CultrlPerspAdolesDev Average GPA 3.68, 112 students
  63. PSYC 112: Moral Development Average GPA 3.69, 238 students
  64. PSYC 118C: Theory of Mind Average GPA 3.69, 224 students
  65. PSYC 148: Stereotyping Average GPA 3.70, 224 students
  66. PSYC 138M: Matlab for Cog Sci Average GPA 3.73, 221 students
  67. PSYC 182: Qual Reserch Methods Average GPA 3.75, 723 students
  68. PSYC 140Q: Soc Psy Gendr Average GPA 3.75, 373 students
  69. PSYC 159X: Social Activism Average GPA 3.75, 147 students
  70. PSYC 139H: Weird Science Average GPA 3.77, 110 students
  71. PSYC 144: Latinx Psychology Average GPA 3.79, 400 students
  72. PSYC 119T: Media Contexts Average GPA 3.87, 131 students
  73. PSYC 159E: Peace Psychology Average GPA 3.88, 160 students
  74. PSYC 194A: Adv Devel Research Average GPA 3.88, 117 students
  75. PSYC 194C: Adv Social Research Average GPA 3.93, 130 students

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