Hardest PSYC classes at UIUC

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

  1. PSYC 357: Intro Cognitive Science Average GPA 2.68, 173 students
  2. PSYC 210: Behavioral Neuroscience Average GPA 2.72, 5,357 students
  3. PSYC 313: Drugs, Brain and Behavior Average GPA 2.88, 717 students
  4. PSYC 326: Development and Relationships Average GPA 2.92, 425 students
  5. PSYC 103: Intro Experimental Psych Average GPA 2.92, 337 students
  6. PSYC 356: Evolution of Mind Average GPA 2.95, 251 students
  7. PSYC 324: Developmental Psychopathology Average GPA 3.00, 1,145 students
  8. PSYC 433: Evolutionary Neuroscience Average GPA 3.02, 828 students
  9. PSYC 224: Cognitive Psych Average GPA 3.04, 5,462 students
  10. PSYC 235: Intro to Statistics Average GPA 3.04, 1,521 students
  11. PSYC 216: Child Psych Average GPA 3.07, 7,371 students
  12. PSYC 413: Adv Neurpsychopharmacology Average GPA 3.07, 1,398 students
  13. PSYC 425: Psych of Language Average GPA 3.08, 354 students
  14. PSYC 220: Images of Mind Average GPA 3.09, 489 students
  15. PSYC 100: Intro Psych Average GPA 3.10, 36,825 students
  16. PSYC 462: How Children Think Average GPA 3.10, 263 students
  17. PSYC 361: The Psychology of Aging Average GPA 3.12, 1,530 students
  18. PSYC 414: Brain, Learning, and Memory Average GPA 3.13, 1,371 students
  19. PSYC 250: Psych of Personality Average GPA 3.17, 4,596 students
  20. PSYC 379: Clinical/abnormal Psych Lab Average GPA 3.17, 1,076 students
  21. PSYC 365: Stress, Trauma and Resilience Average GPA 3.17, 497 students
  22. PSYC 201: Intro to Social Psych Average GPA 3.19, 12,518 students
  23. PSYC 238: Psychopathol & Probs in Living Average GPA 3.20, 10,707 students
  24. PSYC 353: Social Cognition Average GPA 3.21, 2,632 students
  25. PSYC 373: Culture & Psychology Average GPA 3.21, 143 students
  26. PSYC 333: Social Psych in Society Lab Average GPA 3.23, 1,242 students
  27. PSYC 248: Learning and Memory Average GPA 3.24, 4,830 students
  28. PSYC 331: Cognitive Psych Lab Average GPA 3.25, 454 students
  29. PSYC 455: Organizational Psych Average GPA 3.26, 1,701 students
  30. PSYC 312: Psychology of Race & Ethnicity Average GPA 3.27, 1,435 students
  31. PSYC 318: Psych of the Infant Average GPA 3.28, 1,131 students
  32. PSYC 358: Human Factors Average GPA 3.31, 523 students
  33. PSYC 456: Human Perform & Engrg Psych Average GPA 3.31, 384 students
  34. PSYC 245: Industrial Org Psych Average GPA 3.32, 4,095 students
  35. PSYC 465: Personality and Soc Dev Average GPA 3.32, 2,457 students
  36. PSYC 332: Social Psych Methods Lab Average GPA 3.32, 2,122 students
  37. PSYC 321: Human Memory Average GPA 3.33, 209 students
  38. PSYC 302: Applied Neuroscience Average GPA 3.34, 807 students
  39. PSYC 468: Psych and Law Average GPA 3.35, 1,337 students
  40. PSYC 207: Psych of Prejudice & Discrim Average GPA 3.37, 501 students
  41. PSYC 327: Psychology of Human Sexuality Average GPA 3.37, 123 students
  42. PSYC 230: Perception & Sensory Processes Average GPA 3.38, 6,745 students
  43. PSYC 255: Decisions & Judgment Average GPA 3.38, 108 students
  44. PSYC 204: Intro to Brain and Cognition Average GPA 3.39, 2,621 students
  45. PSYC 417: Neurosci of Eating & Drinking Average GPA 3.39, 690 students
  46. PSYC 445: Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Average GPA 3.39, 233 students
  47. PSYC 453: Cog Neuroscience of Vision Average GPA 3.42, 198 students
  48. PSYC 328: Psychology of Gender Average GPA 3.43, 1,524 students
  49. PSYC 363: Developmental Child Psych Lab Average GPA 3.44, 1,590 students
  50. PSYC 396: Neurodiversity in Practice Average GPA 3.45, 1,306 students
  51. PSYC 320: The Teenage Years Average GPA 3.48, 737 students
  52. PSYC 421: Principles of Psychophysiology Average GPA 3.48, 316 students
  53. PSYC 404: Cognitive Neuroscience Average GPA 3.51, 371 students
  54. PSYC 105: Psych Introduction Average GPA 3.52, 114 students
  55. PSYC 336: Self in Virtual Communities Average GPA 3.53, 1,284 students
  56. PSYC 403: Memory and Amnesia Average GPA 3.55, 2,722 students
  57. PSYC 355: The Attentive Mind Average GPA 3.55, 144 students
  58. PSYC 475: Personnel Psych Average GPA 3.56, 1,035 students
  59. PSYC 306: Psychology of Morality Average GPA 3.56, 139 students
  60. PSYC 408: Human Behavior Genetics Average GPA 3.58, 640 students
  61. PSYC 239: Community Psych Average GPA 3.60, 2,290 students
  62. PSYC 450: Cognitive Psychophysiology Average GPA 3.60, 267 students
  63. PSYC 514: Seminar in Cognitive Science Average GPA 3.60, 218 students
  64. PSYC 350: Personality Lab Average GPA 3.62, 1,304 students
  65. PSYC 370: Understanding Suicide Average GPA 3.63, 136 students
  66. PSYC 402: Intro Clin Neuropsych Average GPA 3.67, 183 students
  67. PSYC 308: Psych Religion & Spirituality Average GPA 3.68, 309 students
  68. PSYC 144: Stereotypes & Discrimination Average GPA 3.72, 153 students
  69. PSYC 496: Positive Psychology Average GPA 3.73, 990 students
  70. PSYC 339: Restorative Justice Principles Average GPA 3.73, 264 students
  71. PSYC 340: Counselcenterparaprofessional Average GPA 3.74, 161 students
  72. PSYC 437: Psychology of Personality Lab Average GPA 3.74, 126 students
  73. PSYC 594: Multivar Anlys in Psych and Ed Average GPA 3.77, 275 students
  74. PSYC 407: Statistical Methods II Average GPA 3.78, 222 students
  75. PSYC 406: Statistical Methods I Average GPA 3.79, 286 students
  76. PSYC 507: Statistical Methods II Average GPA 3.79, 179 students
  77. PSYC 506: Statistical Methods I Average GPA 3.84, 184 students

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