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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHYS 127AL

Fall 2009 – Spring 2026 (41 terms) · 1,905 students · Source:

The curve

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

48.9%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%48.9%A30.9%B11.7%C2.0%D6.5%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%FaFaFa2013Su2014SuSp2015Fa2016SuSp2017Fa2018SuSp2019Fa2020SuSp2021Fa2022SuSp2023Sp202491.9%Sp2025Sp202621.1%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
NELSON H209
77.5%
—
EL-SOUSSI M H157
66.2%
—
PATTERSON D S32
62.5%
—
JAYICH A M68
60.3%
—
O'NEILL H M22
54.5%
—
LIPPINCOTT W90
50.0%
—
STUART D D619
45.2%
—
EL-SOUSSI M231
44.6%
—
YOUNG A F172
39.0%
—
MAZIN B A92
35.9%
—
LIPMAN E A147
32.0%
—
MARTINIS J66
27.3%
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12 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.