Easiest PHYS classes at UIUC

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

1. PHYS 596: Graduate Physics Orientation Average GPA 3.95, 308 students
2. PHYS 403: Modern Experimental Physics Average GPA 3.87, 276 students
3. PHYS 505: Classical Electromagnetism Average GPA 3.86, 101 students
4. PHYS 123: Physics Made Easy Average GPA 3.84, 677 students
5. PHYS 598: Special Topics in Physics Average GPA 3.83, 121 students
6. PHYS 560: Condensed Matter Physics I Average GPA 3.79, 368 students
7. PHYS 496: Communicating in Physics Average GPA 3.79, 183 students
8. PHYS 246: Intro to Modern Comp Physics Average GPA 3.77, 155 students
9. PHYS 513: Quantum Optics & Information Average GPA 3.67, 181 students
10. PHYS 504: Statistical Physics Average GPA 3.63, 300 students
11. PHYS 582: General Field Theory Average GPA 3.58, 286 students
12. PHYS 398: Soph/junr Special Topics Phys Average GPA 3.58, 122 students
13. PHYS 280: Nuclear Weapons & Arms Control Average GPA 3.56, 746 students
14. PHYS 581: Quantum Mechanics II Average GPA 3.56, 207 students
15. PHYS 515: General Relativity I Average GPA 3.56, 171 students
16. PHYS 580: Quantum Mechanics I Average GPA 3.53, 652 students
17. PHYS 498: Special Topics in Physics Average GPA 3.49, 171 students
18. PHYS 370: Intro to Quant Info and Comp Average GPA 3.45, 261 students
19. PHYS 460: Condensed Matter Physics Average GPA 3.42, 593 students
20. PHYS 508: Mathematical Physics I Average GPA 3.40, 321 students
21. PHYS 470: Subatomic Physics Average GPA 3.39, 367 students
22. PHYS 436: Electromagnetic Fields II Average GPA 3.36, 1,496 students
23. PHYS 402: Light Average GPA 3.36, 611 students
24. PHYS 475: Introduction to Biophysics Average GPA 3.33, 188 students
25. PHYS 100: Thinking About Physics Average GPA 3.28, 6,570 students
26. PHYS 435: Electromagnetic Fields I Average GPA 3.23, 2,403 students
27. PHYS 487: Quantum Physics II Average GPA 3.23, 1,290 students
28. PHYS 427: Thermal & Statistical Physics Average GPA 3.19, 1,597 students
29. PHYS 225: Relativity & Math Applications Average GPA 3.15, 3,503 students
30. PHYS 485: Atomic Phys & Quantum Theory Average GPA 3.15, 550 students
31. PHYS 401: Classical Physics Lab Average GPA 3.14, 818 students
32. PHYS 140: How Things Work Average GPA 3.12, 1,428 students
33. PHYS 325: Classical Mechanics I Average GPA 3.10, 3,107 students
34. PHYS 150: Physics of Societal Issues Average GPA 3.10, 380 students
35. PHYS 486: Quantum Physics I Average GPA 3.09, 2,048 students
36. PHYS 326: Classical Mechanics II Average GPA 3.08, 1,581 students
37. PHYS 211: University Physics: Mechanics Average GPA 3.01, 29,709 students
38. PHYS 214: Univ Physics: Quantum Physics Average GPA 2.94, 18,224 students
39. PHYS 213: Univ Physics: Thermal Physics Average GPA 2.91, 18,390 students
40. PHYS 102: College Physics: E&m & Modern Average GPA 2.91, 9,258 students
41. PHYS 419: Space, Time, and Matter-acp Average GPA 2.91, 372 students
42. PHYS 101: College Physics: Mech & Heat Average GPA 2.89, 12,326 students
43. PHYS 212: University Physics: Elec & Mag Average GPA 2.85, 25,614 students

See also: Hardest classes, UIUC course catalog, PHYS course catalog.