Easiest classes at USNA
Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.
- NS 433: Jo Practicum (aviation) Average GPA 3.94, 838 students
- NS 432: Jo Practicum (submarines) Average GPA 3.93, 439 students
- EW 404: Robotics & Control Engr Design Average GPA 3.88, 160 students
- FP 397: Criminal Law and Justice Average GPA 3.85, 115 students
- HE 344: Professional Communication Average GPA 3.83, 243 students
- EN 462: Ocean Systems Engineering Design Ii Average GPA 3.83, 121 students
- EM 434: Additive Manufacturing Average GPA 3.81, 103 students
- EN 247: Principles of Naval Arch & Marine Engr Average GPA 3.78, 110 students
- FL 210: Foundations in Area Studies Average GPA 3.78, 108 students
- NL 200: Human Behavior Average GPA 3.77, 310 students
- EW 401: Engineering Design Methods Average GPA 3.76, 159 students
- EN 342: Ship Hydrostatics and Stability Average GPA 3.76, 104 students
- SY 403: Cyber Planning & Policy Average GPA 3.75, 149 students
- EN 461: Ocean Systems Engineering Design I Average GPA 3.75, 120 students
- FP 345: Environmental Politics and Security Average GPA 3.73, 141 students
- SP 211P: General Physics I Average GPA 3.70, 119 students
- HE 112S: Rhetoric and Intro to Lit Ii Average GPA 3.69, 240 students
- NL 310: Leadership: Theory and Applications Average GPA 3.68, 3,199 students
- HE 112V: Rhetoric and Intro to Lit Ii Average GPA 3.67, 351 students
- SM 212P: Differential Equations Average GPA 3.67, 344 students
- HE 122: Critical Conversations About Literature Average GPA 3.65, 265 students
- SY 406: Cyber Law & Ethics Average GPA 3.65, 191 students
- HE 302: Forms of Poetry Average GPA 3.65, 130 students
- NS 434: Jo Practicum (usmc) Average GPA 3.64, 790 students
- EW 309: Guided Design Experience Average GPA 3.64, 207 students
- FS 301: Adv Spanish W/ Readings on Contemp Spanish America Average GPA 3.64, 161 students
- IC 322: Computer Networks Average GPA 3.64, 108 students
- HE 111S: Rhetoric and Intro to Literature I Average GPA 3.63, 246 students
- HE 306: Types of Fiction Average GPA 3.63, 154 students
- EX 402: Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Ii Average GPA 3.62, 230 students
- FS 304: Adv Spanish with Readings on Contemporary Spain Average GPA 3.62, 146 students
- IC 480: Research Seminar/capstone Average GPA 3.62, 125 students
- SC 472: Chemistry Seminar Average GPA 3.62, 106 students
- SO 351: Biogeochemical Oceanography Average GPA 3.62, 100 students
- EW 370: Autonomy & Control in Naval Weapon Systems Average GPA 3.61, 2,344 students
- SY 402: Cyber Operations Ii Average GPA 3.60, 125 students
- NS 300: Maritime Warfare Average GPA 3.59, 1,020 students
- FP 355: Civil-military Relations Average GPA 3.59, 229 students
- SA 475B: Or for the Military, Business, and Society Average GPA 3.59, 188 students
- HE 307: Topics in Film and Literature Average GPA 3.59, 143 students
- FF 101: Basic French I Average GPA 3.59, 129 students
- SA 410: Applications of Search and Detection Theory Average GPA 3.58, 300 students
- SY 304: Human Factors in Cyber Operations Average GPA 3.57, 215 students
- EN 441: Ocean Engineering Structures I Average GPA 3.57, 130 students
- FJ 102: First-year Japanese Ii Average GPA 3.57, 107 students
- EW 453: Intro to Computer Vision Average GPA 3.57, 103 students
- HH 215: The West in the Premodern World Average GPA 3.56, 2,109 students
- IC 470: Software Engineering Average GPA 3.56, 128 students
- SA 463A: Data Wrangling & Visualization Average GPA 3.56, 113 students
- NE 203: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Average GPA 3.55, 3,344 students
- HE 343: Creative Writing Average GPA 3.55, 153 students
- FP 421: National Security Policy Average GPA 3.55, 148 students
- NL 410: Law of Armed Conflict Average GPA 3.52, 224 students
- EW 450: Introduction to Robotic Systems Average GPA 3.52, 161 students
- FP 341: Political Psychology Average GPA 3.52, 137 students
- EX 401: Interdisciplinary Capstone Design I Average GPA 3.51, 246 students
- NS 437I: Jo Practicum (iwc) Average GPA 3.51, 111 students
- FC 101: 100-level Chinese I Average GPA 3.51, 101 students
- HH 200: The Historian's Craft Average GPA 3.49, 193 students
- SY 303: Cyber Systems Architecture Average GPA 3.49, 180 students
- SY 401: Cyber Operations I Average GPA 3.49, 145 students
- NL 110: Preparing to Lead Average GPA 3.48, 3,438 students
- EN 380: Naval Materials Science and Engineering Average GPA 3.48, 226 students
- HH 216: The West in the Modern World Average GPA 3.46, 3,252 students
- HE 111: Rhetoric and Intro to Literature I Average GPA 3.46, 2,438 students
- FS 201: Intermediate Spanish I Average GPA 3.46, 363 students
- SA 421: Simulation Modeling Average GPA 3.46, 272 students
- NL 312: Abnormal Psychology Average GPA 3.46, 243 students
- FE 461: Industrial Organization Average GPA 3.46, 136 students
- EA 429: Aerospace Propulsion - Aero Average GPA 3.46, 106 students
- SO 264: Statistics for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Average GPA 3.46, 100 students
- FP 210: Introduction to International Relations Average GPA 3.45, 699 students
- EN 330: Probs & Stats W/ Ocean Appls Average GPA 3.45, 228 students
- SM 316: Engr Math with Prob & Stats Average GPA 3.44, 244 students
- FJ 101: Fj101first-year Japanese I Average GPA 3.44, 118 students
- SM 263: Applied Linear Algebra Average GPA 3.44, 108 students
- HE 112: Rhetoric and Intro to Lit Ii Average GPA 3.43, 2,415 students
- EA 203: Principles of Aerospace Engineering I Average GPA 3.43, 188 students
- ER 301: Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering Average GPA 3.43, 137 students
- FP 407: Intelligence and National Security Average GPA 3.43, 125 students
- SO 254: Introduction to Meteorology Average GPA 3.43, 107 students
- FF 201: Intermediate French I Average GPA 3.42, 135 students
- FF 102: Basic French Ii Average GPA 3.42, 111 students
- FE 210: Introductory Economics Average GPA 3.40, 553 students
- FE 220: Accounting Average GPA 3.40, 269 students
- HE 242: Methods of Literary Analysis Average GPA 3.40, 189 students
- FP 357: Politics of China and Japan Average GPA 3.39, 132 students
- HH 215M: The Middle East in the Premodern World Average GPA 3.37, 710 students
- SA 435: Decision Analysis Average GPA 3.37, 191 students
- EW 306: Advanced Control Engineering Average GPA 3.37, 184 students
- HH 300: Research in History Average GPA 3.37, 182 students
- IC 210: Intro to Computing Average GPA 3.37, 113 students
- FS 202: Intermediate Spanish Ii Average GPA 3.36, 379 students
- EW 202: Principles of Mechatronics Average GPA 3.36, 215 students
- EW 410: Intro to Control Engineering Average GPA 3.35, 354 students
- SY 202: Cyber Systems Engineering Average GPA 3.35, 225 students
- SI 204: Intro to Computer Science Average GPA 3.35, 133 students
- SD 211: Data Science & Programming I Average GPA 3.35, 118 students
- NN 310: Advanced Navigation Average GPA 3.34, 2,134 students
- EW 200: Intro to Programming & Design Average GPA 3.34, 234 students
See also: Hardest classes, USNA course catalog.