Hardest BIMM classes at UCSD

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

1. BIMM 114: Virology Average GPA 2.87, 1,489 students
2. BIMM 124: Medical Microbiology Average GPA 2.95, 708 students
3. BIMM 118: Pharmacology Average GPA 3.06, 508 students
4. BIMM 100: Molecular Biology Average GPA 3.07, 13,821 students
5. BIMM 181: Molecular Sequence Analysis Average GPA 3.20, 377 students
6. BIMM 122: Microbial Genetics Average GPA 3.28, 1,128 students
7. BIMM 116: Circadian Rhythms-bio Clocks Average GPA 3.29, 879 students
8. BIMM 134: Biology of Cancer Average GPA 3.30, 3,741 students
9. BIMM 110: Molecular Basis/Human Disease Average GPA 3.34, 3,933 students
10. BIMM 182: Biological Databases Average GPA 3.43, 363 students
11. BIMM 116R: Circadian Rhythms-bio Clocks Average GPA 3.47, 578 students
12. BIMM 101: Recombinant DNA Techniques Average GPA 3.48, 7,274 students
13. BIMM 120: Microbiology Average GPA 3.48, 4,849 students
14. BIMM 121: Laboratory in Microbiology Average GPA 3.51, 4,234 students
15. BIMM 112: Regulatn/eucarytc Gene Exp Average GPA 3.51, 1,414 students
16. BIMM 143R: Bioinformatics Laboratory Average GPA 3.58, 167 students
17. BIMM 143: Bioinformatics Laboratory Average GPA 3.62, 1,862 students
18. BIMM 140: Quantitative Principles in Bio Average GPA 3.66, 616 students
19. BIMM 172: Genome Science Average GPA 3.77, 332 students
20. BIMM 194: Adv Topics-Molecular Bio Average GPA 3.92, 1,626 students
21. BIMM 128: Intro to Modern Biol of Aging Average GPA 3.95, 314 students
22. BIMM 170: Genomics Research Init Lab Ii Average GPA 3.98, 109 students

See also: Easiest classes, UCSD course catalog, BIMM course catalog.