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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHYS 1

Spring 2011 – Summer 2023 (30 terms) · 8,715 students · Source:

The curve

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

40.1%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%40.1%A32.4%B16.8%C5.5%D5.2%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%Sp2011Sp2012Sp2013Sp2014Sp2015Sp2016Sp2017Sp2018Sp2019Wi78.8%2020SuSp2021Wi2022SuSp2023Su58.5%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
GIESSINGER E285
91.9%
—
POPESCU P F219
56.6%
—
CHEN ZHITAO87
55.2%
—
GELLER R M362
51.7%
—
KOUTROULAKIS1,318
51.1%
—
VAN DER VEEN492
41.1%
—
WIENER J L88
40.9%
—
FREEDMAN R A2,193
39.9%
—
NELSON H442
39.8%
—
FREUND E G839
38.4%
—
GIDDINGS S B77
37.7%
—
TREU T L147
29.9%
—
EARDLEY D M147
25.2%
—
GWINN E G1,802
24.5%
—
XU C88
20.5%
—
LUDWIG A W129
18.6%
—

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