Hardest PHIL classes at UCSD

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

  1. PHIL 10: Introduction to Logic Average GPA 2.82, 6,878 students
  2. PHIL 51: Climate Ethics Average GPA 2.92, 311 students
  3. PHIL 14: Intro/phil: Nature of Reality Average GPA 2.96, 766 students
  4. PHIL 111: History of Phil: Early Modern Average GPA 2.99, 351 students
  5. PHIL 136: Philosophy of Mind Average GPA 2.99, 226 students
  6. PHIL 15: Intro/phil:knowlege&its Limits Average GPA 3.05, 797 students
  7. PHIL 32: Philosphy & Rise of Modern Sci Average GPA 3.05, 446 students
  8. PHIL 156: Latinx Philosophy Average GPA 3.11, 157 students
  9. PHIL 134: Philosophy of Language Average GPA 3.12, 250 students
  10. PHIL 150: Philosophy of Cognitive Sci Average GPA 3.13, 190 students
  11. PHIL 1: Introduction to Philosophy Average GPA 3.14, 1,322 students
  12. PHIL 161: Topics in History of Ethics Average GPA 3.14, 230 students
  13. PHIL 172: Topics in Political Philosophy Average GPA 3.14, 112 students
  14. PHIL 24: Science and Pseudoscience Average GPA 3.15, 324 students
  15. PHIL 108: Nineteenth-century Philosophy Average GPA 3.15, 149 students
  16. PHIL 13: Intro to Philosophy: Ethics Average GPA 3.16, 2,056 students
  17. PHIL 138: Responsibility Average GPA 3.17, 312 students
  18. PHIL 132: Epistemology Average GPA 3.17, 297 students
  19. PHIL 50: Law & Society Average GPA 3.18, 673 students
  20. PHIL 148: Philosophy and the Environment Average GPA 3.18, 503 students
  21. PHIL 33: Philosphy Betwn Reason/despair Average GPA 3.19, 466 students
  22. PHIL 155: Mexican Philosophy Average GPA 3.19, 303 students
  23. PHIL 167: Contemporary Political Phil Average GPA 3.19, 249 students
  24. PHIL 141: The Meaning of Life Average GPA 3.20, 338 students
  25. PHIL 112: History of Phil: Late Modern Average GPA 3.20, 333 students
  26. PHIL 131: Topics in Metaphysics Average GPA 3.20, 131 students
  27. PHIL 28: Ethics And Society II Average GPA 3.21, 6,161 students
  28. PHIL 27: Ethics And Society Average GPA 3.22, 5,832 students
  29. PHIL 110: History of Philosophy: Ancient Average GPA 3.23, 346 students
  30. PHIL 166: Classics/political Philosophy Average GPA 3.23, 186 students
  31. PHIL 120: Symbolic Logic I Average GPA 3.24, 922 students
  32. PHIL 137: Moral Psychology Average GPA 3.24, 422 students
  33. PHIL 107: Hegel Average GPA 3.24, 118 students
  34. PHIL 12: Scientific Reasoning Average GPA 3.25, 1,514 students
  35. PHIL 165: Freedom, Equality, and the Law Average GPA 3.25, 158 students
  36. PHIL 125: Probability and Decision Theor Average GPA 3.26, 146 students
  37. PHIL 149: Philosophy of Psychology Average GPA 3.30, 438 students
  38. PHIL 181: Existentialism Average GPA 3.31, 243 students
  39. PHIL 146: Philosophy of Physics Average GPA 3.31, 203 students
  40. PHIL 145: Philosophy of Science Average GPA 3.32, 288 students
  41. PHIL 31: Intro to Ancient Philosophy Average GPA 3.33, 543 students
  42. PHIL 151: Philosophy of Neuroscience Average GPA 3.33, 105 students
  43. PHIL 170: Philosophy and Race Average GPA 3.34, 546 students
  44. PHIL 160: Ethical Theory Average GPA 3.34, 382 students
  45. PHIL 163: Bio-medical Ethics Average GPA 3.35, 1,081 students
  46. PHIL 162: Contemporary Moral Issues Average GPA 3.35, 389 students
  47. PHIL 169: Feminism and Philosphy Average GPA 3.37, 150 students
  48. PHIL 100: Plato Average GPA 3.40, 182 students
  49. PHIL 142: Philosophy of Emotion Average GPA 3.41, 180 students
  50. PHIL 147: Philosophy of Biology Average GPA 3.41, 104 students
  51. PHIL 35: Philosophy in the Americas Average GPA 3.42, 704 students
  52. PHIL 173: Topics in Bioethics Average GPA 3.42, 429 students
  53. PHIL 174: Data Ethics Average GPA 3.43, 370 students
  54. PHIL 102: Hellenistic Philosophy Average GPA 3.44, 276 students
  55. PHIL 122: Advanced Topics in Logic Average GPA 3.45, 169 students
  56. PHIL 101: Aristotle Average GPA 3.48, 346 students
  57. PHIL 168: Philosophy of Law Average GPA 3.50, 154 students
  58. PHIL 158: Topics in Chinese Philosophy Average GPA 3.58, 117 students
  59. PHIL 130: Metaphysics Average GPA 3.62, 296 students
  60. PHIL 60: Philosophy of Love and Sex Average GPA 3.65, 186 students
  61. PHIL 152: Philosophy of Social Sciences Average GPA 3.69, 141 students
  62. PHIL 164: Technology and Human Values Average GPA 3.70, 149 students
  63. PHIL 16: Science Fiction and Philosophy Average GPA 3.71, 112 students

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