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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

HIST 4C

Fall 2009 – Spring 2026 (36 terms) · 8,576 students · Source:

The curve

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

36.2%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%36.2%A42.0%B15.7%C1.9%D3.9%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%Fa2010Fa2011Sp2012Fa2013SuSp2014Fa2015SuSp2016Sp2017Fa2018Su2019Su202067.7%Su2021Su2022Su2023Su2024Sp2025Sp202651.9%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
MARCUSE H399
66.9%
—
COVO M703
60.6%
—
THOMAS-MCGILL69
50.7%
—
RAPPAPORT E D1,875
46.3%
—
SCHMIDT E M141
41.1%
—
EDGAR A L1,798
39.5%
—
READER L J104
36.5%
—
AKULOV D A1,241
22.9%
—
FIGLIULO-ROSS145
22.8%
—
HASEGAWA T2,101
18.3%
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10 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.