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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

CH E 290

Fall 2009 – Spring 2026 (51 terms) · 3,682 students · Source: University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026

The curve

Share of all students who received each grade, all terms combined.

1.7%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%5%1.7%A0.0%B0.0%C0.0%D0.0%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

Share of students who got an A in each term the course ran.

0%20%40%60%80%100%Fa2010Fa2011Fa2012100.0%Fa2013Fa2014Fa2015Fa2016Fa2017Fa2018Fa2019Fa2020Fa2021Fa2022Fa2023Fa2024Fa2025FaSp20260.0%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
MCFARLAND E W261
24.1%
—
DAUGHERTY P S62
0.0%
—
DOYLE F132
0.0%
—
HELGESON M E648
0.0%
—
ISRAELACHVILI265
0.0%
—
PETERS B G69
0.0%
—
SHELL M S2,245
0.0%
—

7 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.