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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHYS 128AL

Winter 2012 – Summer 2026 (51 terms) · 1,696 students · Source:

The curve

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

58.1%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%58.1%A34.0%B5.0%C0.9%D1.9%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%100%WiSuSuSuSp2016Wi2017Fa2018SuSp2019Wi2020Fa2021Fa93.9%2022SuSp2023Sp2024Wi2025Wi2026Su15.4%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
CARATELLI D68
91.2%
—
MAZIN B A202
77.7%
—
SHERWIN M S28
75.0%
—
YOUNGBLOOD BJ55
70.9%
—
FYGENSON D K33
69.7%
—
O'NEILL H M40
65.0%
—
STUART D D49
63.3%
—
LUBIN P92
62.0%
—
ESPLEY Z J31
61.3%
—
POPESCU P F31
61.3%
—
MONREAL B74
60.8%
—
CONRAD N C43
60.5%
—
PENG Z43
60.5%
—
JAYICH A C47
59.6%
—
LIPPINCOTT W63
58.7%
—
JAYICH A M139
54.7%
—
WELD D M37
54.1%
—
GWINN E G59
50.8%
—
LUO X223
50.7%
—
NELSON H179
49.7%
—
TO W17
41.2%
—
PATTERSON D S34
26.5%
—
LIPMAN E A109
23.9%
—

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