Hardest LIGN classes at UCSD

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

1. LIGN 179: Second Lang Acquisition Resrc Average GPA 2.88, 163 students
2. LIGN 130: Semantics Average GPA 2.97, 746 students
3. LIGN 121: Syntax I Average GPA 3.00, 720 students
4. LIGN 112: Speech Sounds&speech Disorders Average GPA 3.00, 381 students
5. LIGN 155: Evolution of Language Average GPA 3.02, 113 students
6. LIGN 17: Making and Breaking Codes Average GPA 3.06, 3,853 students
7. LIGN 180: Lang Representation in Brain Average GPA 3.06, 249 students
8. LIGN 181: Lang Processing in the Brain Average GPA 3.06, 204 students
9. LIGN 160: Pragmatics Average GPA 3.11, 272 students
10. LIGN 165: Computational Linguistics Average GPA 3.13, 516 students
11. LIGN 5: Linguistics of Invented Lang Average GPA 3.16, 652 students
12. LIGN 177: Multilingualism Average GPA 3.18, 159 students
13. LIGN 152: Indigenous Languages/americas Average GPA 3.23, 160 students
14. LIGN 111: Phonology I Average GPA 3.25, 667 students
15. LIGN 113: Hearing Sci.&hearing Disorders Average GPA 3.26, 381 students
16. LIGN 119: 1st&2nd Lang Lrn:child to Adol Average GPA 3.28, 357 students
17. LIGN 148: Psycholinguistics of Sign Lang Average GPA 3.30, 222 students
18. LIGN 150: Historical Linguistics Average GPA 3.30, 131 students
19. LIGN 120: Morphology Average GPA 3.32, 781 students
20. LIGN 171: Child Language Acquisition Average GPA 3.33, 256 students
21. LIGN 7: Sign Languages&their Cultures Average GPA 3.35, 2,041 students
22. LIGN 170: Psycholinguistics Average GPA 3.36, 103 students
23. LIGN 110: Phonetics Average GPA 3.37, 828 students
24. LIGN 101: Introduction/Study of Language Average GPA 3.39, 2,841 students
25. LIGN 175: Sociolinguistics Average GPA 3.46, 252 students
26. LIGN 167: Deep Learning/natural Language Average GPA 3.51, 700 students
27. LIGN 8: Languages & Cultures/America Average GPA 3.59, 5,651 students
28. LIGN 176: Language/politics&advertising Average GPA 3.59, 228 students
29. LIGN 6: Computers and Language Average GPA 3.60, 183 students
30. LIGN 143: The Structure of Spanish Average GPA 3.63, 291 students
31. LIGN 42: The Linguistics of Memes Average GPA 3.78, 138 students

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