Hardest GEOL classes at UNLV

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

1. GEOL 101: Exploring Planet Earth Average GPA 2.38, 8,582 students
2. GEOL 341: Structural Geology Average GPA 2.54, 114 students
3. GEOL 301: Fossil Record Average GPA 2.65, 252 students
4. GEOL 220: Mineralogy Average GPA 2.68, 419 students
5. GEOL 100: Natural Disasters Average GPA 2.70, 6,828 students
6. GEOL 330: Introduction to Geochemistry Average GPA 2.81, 121 students
7. GEOL 442: Structural Geology Average GPA 2.81, 119 students
8. GEOL 110: Global Warming Average GPA 2.82, 184 students
9. GEOL 333: Prncpls of Geomorphology Average GPA 2.93, 458 students
10. GEOL 327: Ign & Met Petrology Average GPA 2.93, 164 students
11. GEOL 427: Ign & Met Petrology Average GPA 2.98, 108 students
12. GEOL 474: Hydrogeology Average GPA 3.00, 255 students
13. GEOL 102: Earth and Life Through Time Average GPA 3.05, 1,634 students
14. GEOL 335: Earth Resources & Environ Average GPA 3.07, 191 students
15. GEOL 462: Strat and Sediment Average GPA 3.12, 107 students
16. GEOL 303: Global Enviro Change Average GPA 3.27, 120 students
17. GEOL 334: Environ Geology Average GPA 3.33, 128 students
18. GEOL 362: Strat and Sediment Average GPA 3.36, 180 students
19. GEOL 491: Seminar Average GPA 3.64, 371 students
20. GEOL 701: Research Methods Average GPA 3.92, 120 students

See also: Easiest classes, UNLV course catalog, GEOL course catalog.