Hardest classes at South Carolina
Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.
- ECIV 340: Intro to Transportation Engr Average GPA 2.33, 546 students
- ECIV 330: Intro to Geotechnical Engr Average GPA 2.40, 433 students
- PHYS 306: Principles of Physics Iii Average GPA 2.40, 103 students
- MATH 111I: Intensive Basic College Math Average GPA 2.43, 3,267 students
- ECHE 440: Separation Process Design Average GPA 2.49, 271 students
- POLI 340: Conduct/form of Us Foreign Pol Average GPA 2.50, 251 students
- ECON 321: Inter Microeconomic Theory Average GPA 2.51, 1,515 students
- EXSC 223: Anatomy and Physiology I Average GPA 2.52, 2,799 students
- EMCH 330: Mechanical Vibrations Average GPA 2.56, 161 students
- HIST 306: Medieval Europe, Ca. 300-1492 Average GPA 2.56, 117 students
- FINA 101: Intro to Personal Finance Average GPA 2.58, 1,346 students
- ECIV 200: Statics Average GPA 2.60, 607 students
- BMEN 263: Intro to Biomechanics Average GPA 2.60, 210 students
- ECON 515: Industrial Organization Average GPA 2.60, 152 students
- CHEM 333: Organic Chemistry I Average GPA 2.61, 8,031 students
- ENVR 548: Environmental Economics Average GPA 2.61, 158 students
- EXSC 224: Anatomy and Physiology Ii Average GPA 2.62, 2,283 students
- CSCE 205: Business Applicat Programming Average GPA 2.63, 261 students
- ECON 555: Game Theory in Economics Average GPA 2.64, 223 students
- LATN 109: Beginning Latin I Average GPA 2.67, 540 students
- ECIV 220: Mechanics of Solids Average GPA 2.67, 536 students
- ANTH 219: Great Discoveries in Arch Average GPA 2.67, 100 students
- SPTE 410: Sport & Entrtnment in Pop Cltr Average GPA 2.68, 185 students
- EMCH 535: Robotics in Mech Engrng Average GPA 2.68, 130 students
- NURS 216: Biophysical Pathology Average GPA 2.69, 2,616 students
- ECON 322: Inter Macroeconomic Theory Average GPA 2.69, 1,288 students
- HIST 421: Modern Latin America Average GPA 2.69, 131 students
- ECIV 350: Intro to Environmental Engr Average GPA 2.70, 538 students
- ECHE 430: Chemical Engineering Kinetics Average GPA 2.70, 284 students
- HIST 404: Civil War & Reconstruction Average GPA 2.71, 117 students
- PUBH 302: Intro to Public Health Average GPA 2.72, 5,071 students
- ECON 506: Labor Econ and Labor Markets Average GPA 2.72, 242 students
- MATH 115: Precalculus Mathematics Average GPA 2.73, 3,290 students
- CHEM 141: Principles of Chemistry I Average GPA 2.73, 535 students
- BIOL 405: Cell & Molecular Neurobiology Average GPA 2.73, 488 students
- ECHE 550: Chem-process Dynamics & Cntrl Average GPA 2.73, 230 students
- AESP 265: Aerodynamics I Incompr. Flow Average GPA 2.73, 227 students
- ACCT 405: Financial Accounting Ii Average GPA 2.74, 1,156 students
- SOCY 391: Sociological Research Methods Average GPA 2.74, 272 students
- POLI 341: Contemporary Us Foreign Policy Average GPA 2.74, 180 students
- HIST 320: History of Great Britain I Average GPA 2.75, 115 students
- ACCT 506: Intl Financial Reporting Average GPA 2.75, 105 students
- EMCH 200: Statics Average GPA 2.76, 1,377 students
- EMCH 327: Machine Design Average GPA 2.76, 593 students
- MATH 141: Calculus I Average GPA 2.77, 4,935 students
- MATH 242: Elem Differential Equations Average GPA 2.77, 2,968 students
- MATH 374: Discrete Structures Average GPA 2.77, 1,255 students
- EMCH 260: Solid Mechanics Average GPA 2.77, 958 students
- CSCE 101: Intro to Computer Concepts Average GPA 2.78, 1,808 students
- MATH 544: Linear Algebra Average GPA 2.78, 302 students
- ELCT 321: Digital Signal Processing Average GPA 2.78, 206 students
- ECON 562: Public Finance Average GPA 2.78, 170 students
- ECON 548: Environmental Economics Average GPA 2.79, 393 students
- ACCT 501: Financial Accounting Iii Average GPA 2.79, 242 students
- ECIV 360: Fluid Mechanics Average GPA 2.81, 479 students
- ECIV 530: Foundation Analysis & Design Average GPA 2.81, 242 students
- ATEP 736: Adv Trtmnt/rehab-athl Injuries Average GPA 2.81, 111 students
- ECON 402: Money, Income, and Prices Average GPA 2.82, 225 students
- ACCT 426: Intl Financial Reporting Average GPA 2.82, 219 students
- AESP 420: Flight and Orbital Mechanics Average GPA 2.82, 153 students
- HIST 302: Greek History & Civ to 146 Bc Average GPA 2.82, 113 students
- MATH 142: Calculus Ii Average GPA 2.83, 5,121 students
- LAWS 523: Constitutional Law Average GPA 2.83, 849 students
- LAWS 509: Property Average GPA 2.83, 839 students
- EMCH 360: Fluid Mechanics Average GPA 2.83, 754 students
- PHMY 890: Clinical Pharmacokinetics Average GPA 2.83, 498 students
- ECIV 320: Structural Analysis I Average GPA 2.83, 473 students
- CHEM 321: Quantitative Analysis Average GPA 2.83, 272 students
- MATH 511: Probability Average GPA 2.83, 147 students
- ECON 436: Introductory Econometrics Average GPA 2.84, 1,315 students
- BMEN 212: Fundamentals Biomed Systems Average GPA 2.84, 480 students
- MSCI 314: Physical Oceanography Average GPA 2.84, 306 students
- MATH 241: Vector Calculus Average GPA 2.85, 4,467 students
- JOUR 340: Special Topics Average GPA 2.85, 114 students
- EXSC 223L: Anatomy & Physiology I Lab Average GPA 2.86, 2,617 students
- LAWS 544: Civil Procedure Average GPA 2.86, 842 students
- STAT 516: Statistical Methods Ii Average GPA 2.86, 548 students
- GEOG 346: Climate and Society Average GPA 2.86, 227 students
- POLI 380: Compar Politics/ Dev Countries Average GPA 2.86, 137 students
- ECON 503: International Trade Economics Average GPA 2.86, 111 students
- HIST 101: Eur Civ:ancient -mid 17th Cent Average GPA 2.87, 3,072 students
- NURS 324: Chemical Therapeutics Average GPA 2.87, 1,593 students
- STAT 511: Probability Average GPA 2.87, 220 students
- STAT 540: Computing in Statistics Average GPA 2.87, 220 students
- EMCH 290: Thermodynamics Average GPA 2.88, 1,006 students
- LATN 110: Beginning Latin Ii Average GPA 2.88, 263 students
- LAWS 529: Torts Average GPA 2.89, 773 students
- CSCE 242: Web Applications Average GPA 2.89, 300 students
- ELCT 371: Electronics Average GPA 2.89, 264 students
- HIST 335: Modern Russia & Soviet Union Average GPA 2.89, 167 students
- STAT 512: Mathematical Statistics Average GPA 2.89, 125 students
- ACCT 225: Intro to Financial Accounting Average GPA 2.90, 9,359 students
- MATH 174: Discrete Math for Comp Science Average GPA 2.90, 1,103 students
- LAWS 524: Criminal Law Average GPA 2.90, 847 students
- LAWS 504: Contract Law Average GPA 2.90, 845 students
- PHMY 615: Pharmaceutical Biochemistry Average GPA 2.90, 635 students
- ACCT 421: Advanced Accounting Average GPA 2.90, 187 students
- MART 581D: Video Game Design Average GPA 2.90, 181 students
- GEOL 103: Environment of the Earth Average GPA 2.90, 104 students
- MATH 344: Applied Linear Algebra Average GPA 2.91, 1,577 students
See also: Easiest classes, South Carolina course catalog.