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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

CHEM 109C

Winter 2010 – Summer 2026 (55 terms) · 11,320 students · Source:

The curve

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

33.3%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%33.3%A33.4%B22.6%C6.6%D4.1%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%Wi2011SuSp2012Wi2013Fa2014SuSp2015Wi2016Fa2017Fa2018Fa2019Fa202070.7%Fa2021Fa2022Fa2023Su2024Su2025Su2026Su27.1%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
LEWIS R B3,239
43.5%
—
ZHANG LIMING147
42.9%
—
READ DE ALANI491
41.5%
—
ANYIKA M662
39.7%
—
AUE D H1,265
36.8%
—
BRUICE P Y2,835
27.7%
—
ZAKARIAN A S702
26.1%
—
GAINER M J1,631
20.1%
—
RUSSAK J A214
19.6%
—
KAHN K134
17.2%
—

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