Hardest PSYC classes at UCSD

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

  1. PSYC 151: Tests and Measurement Average GPA 2.66, 423 students
  2. PSYC 145: Psychology of Language Average GPA 2.73, 887 students
  3. PSYC 60: Introduction to Statistics Average GPA 2.75, 11,300 students
  4. PSYC 153: Psychology of Emotion Average GPA 2.80, 1,982 students
  5. PSYC 132: Hormones and Behavior Average GPA 2.84, 640 students
  6. PSYC 144: Memory and Amnesia Average GPA 2.85, 2,866 students
  7. PSYC 133: Circadian Rhythms-bio Clocks Average GPA 2.87, 271 students
  8. PSYC 42: Psychosoc Fndtns/ Clim Crisis Average GPA 2.88, 205 students
  9. PSYC 125: Clinical Neuropsychology Average GPA 2.94, 1,658 students
  10. PSYC 106: Behavioral Neuroscience Average GPA 2.96, 4,932 students
  11. PSYC 162: Psychology and the Law Average GPA 2.96, 2,576 students
  12. PSYC 178: Industrial Organizational Psyc Average GPA 2.97, 2,144 students
  13. PSYC 2: Gen Psych:Biological Foundatns Average GPA 2.98, 4,003 students
  14. PSYC 133R: Circadian Rhythms-bio Clocks Average GPA 3.00, 112 students
  15. PSYC 174: Visual Cognition Average GPA 3.04, 1,005 students
  16. PSYC 70: Research Methods in Psychology Average GPA 3.05, 5,048 students
  17. PSYC 102: Sensory Neuroscience Average GPA 3.05, 3,792 students
  18. PSYC 191: Psychology of Sleep Average GPA 3.05, 859 students
  19. PSYC 161: Engineering Psychology Average GPA 3.05, 753 students
  20. PSYC 148: Psychology/Judgement&Decision Average GPA 3.06, 444 students
  21. PSYC 105: Cognitive Psychology Average GPA 3.07, 6,747 students
  22. PSYC 3: Gen Psych:cognitive Foundatns Average GPA 3.07, 2,565 students
  23. PSYC 71: Lab/Psych Research Methods Average GPA 3.10, 1,899 students
  24. PSYC 189: Brain, Behavior, and Evolution Average GPA 3.10, 241 students
  25. PSYC 136: Cognitive Development Average GPA 3.11, 101 students
  26. PSYC 187: Development/social Cognition Average GPA 3.12, 164 students
  27. PSYC 101: Developmental Psychology Average GPA 3.18, 8,173 students
  28. PSYC 3R: Gen Psych:cognitive Foundatns Average GPA 3.18, 2,132 students
  29. PSYC 169: Brain Damage & Mental Function Average GPA 3.19, 1,024 students
  30. PSYC 129: The Logic of Perception Average GPA 3.19, 184 students
  31. PSYC 141: Evolution and Human Nature Average GPA 3.21, 626 students
  32. PSYC 6: General Psychology: Social Average GPA 3.22, 4,399 students
  33. PSYC 185: Psychology Climate Crisis Average GPA 3.23, 905 students
  34. PSYC 156: Cognitive Development/infancy Average GPA 3.25, 246 students
  35. PSYC 104: Social Psychology Average GPA 3.26, 5,777 students
  36. PSYC 138: Sound and Music Perception Average GPA 3.26, 248 students
  37. PSYC 108: Cognitive Neuroscience Average GPA 3.27, 3,283 students
  38. PSYC 137: Social Cognition Average GPA 3.30, 3,256 students
  39. PSYC 134: Eating Disorders Average GPA 3.33, 3,579 students
  40. PSYC 147: Gender Average GPA 3.33, 357 students
  41. PSYC 176: Creativity Average GPA 3.34, 382 students
  42. PSYC 152: Conceptions of Intelligence Average GPA 3.35, 403 students
  43. PSYC 166: History of Psychology Average GPA 3.38, 103 students
  44. PSYC 190R: The Science of Parenting Average GPA 3.39, 993 students
  45. PSYC 172: Psychology of Human Sexuality Average GPA 3.40, 3,617 students
  46. PSYC 1: Psychology Average GPA 3.42, 7,684 students
  47. PSYC 122: Mechanisms of Animal Behavior Average GPA 3.43, 1,592 students
  48. PSYC 4: General Psychology: Behavioral Average GPA 3.43, 1,581 students
  49. PSYC 7: Gen Psych:developmental Fndtns Average GPA 3.45, 1,894 students
  50. PSYC 135: Belief in Weird Things Average GPA 3.50, 203 students
  51. PSYC 190: The Science of Parenting Average GPA 3.54, 2,458 students
  52. PSYC 81: Lab: Brain,behavior,&evolution Average GPA 3.54, 118 students
  53. PSYC 181: Drugs And Behavior Average GPA 3.55, 4,138 students
  54. PSYC 182: Illusions and the Brain Average GPA 3.55, 262 students
  55. PSYC 100: Clinical Psychology Average GPA 3.56, 6,961 students
  56. PSYC 164: Criminology Average GPA 3.56, 2,610 students
  57. PSYC 180: Adolescence Average GPA 3.58, 1,255 students
  58. PSYC 188: Impulse Control Disorders Average GPA 3.59, 1,944 students
  59. PSYC 193L: Psychology Laboratory Topics Average GPA 3.62, 2,374 students
  60. PSYC 184: Choice and Self-Control Average GPA 3.63, 1,891 students
  61. PSYC 114: Lab/Psychophysiological Persp Average GPA 3.64, 317 students
  62. PSYC 118: Laboratory in Animal Behavior Average GPA 3.64, 310 students
  63. PSYC 112: Health Sciences Research Average GPA 3.64, 128 students
  64. PSYC 167: Science of Imagination Average GPA 3.67, 107 students
  65. PSYC 154: Behavior Modification Average GPA 3.68, 4,027 students
  66. PSYC 111A: Research Methods I Average GPA 3.68, 336 students
  67. PSYC 179: Drugs,addiction&mental Disordr Average GPA 3.69, 4,772 students
  68. PSYC 193: Topics in Psychology Average GPA 3.69, 1,871 students
  69. PSYC 155: Health Psychology Average GPA 3.70, 2,060 students
  70. PSYC 158: Interpersonal Relationships Average GPA 3.70, 1,255 students
  71. PSYC 171: Neurobiology-learning & Memory Average GPA 3.70, 717 students
  72. PSYC 168: Psychological Disorders/Child Average GPA 3.73, 4,466 students
  73. PSYC 143: Control & Analysis/human Behav Average GPA 3.77, 109 students
  74. PSYC 175: Science of Mindfulness Average GPA 3.78, 116 students
  75. PSYC 124: Clinical Assessment/Treatment Average GPA 3.83, 3,342 students
  76. PSYC 111B: Research Methods Ii Average GPA 3.84, 319 students
  77. PSYC 116B: Lab/clinical Psych Research Ii Average GPA 3.85, 138 students
  78. PSYC 116C: Lab/clinical Psyc Research Iii Average GPA 3.90, 131 students
  79. PSYC 131: Scientific Racism Average GPA 3.91, 392 students
  80. PSYC 116A: Lab/clinical Psych Research I Average GPA 3.92, 146 students
  81. PSYC 110: Junior Honors Research Seminar Average GPA 3.93, 289 students
  82. PSYC 194A: Honors Thesis I Average GPA 3.98, 247 students
  83. PSYC 194C: Honors Thesis Iii Average GPA 3.98, 235 students

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