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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHYS 2

Spring 2011 – Fall 2023 (39 terms) · 7,870 students · Source: University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026

The curve

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

37.0%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%37.0%A36.7%B19.6%C4.1%D2.7%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%Sp2011Fa2012SuSp2013Fa2014SuSp2015Fa2016SuSp2017Fa2018SuSp2019Fa2020SuSp2021Fa2022Su86.3%Sp2023Fa51.8%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
GIESSINGER E734
73.8%
—
POPESCU P F630
66.3%
—
BOUWMEESTER D1,753
42.3%
—
SALVESEN G M52
38.5%
—
MILLER A P78
37.2%
—
BIBILASHVILI335
35.2%
—
GWINN C421
29.9%
—
O'NEILL H M421
29.9%
—
FREUND E G108
28.7%
—
FREEDMAN R A1,979
25.5%
—
GURUSWAMY S69
23.2%
—
LUBIN P177
20.3%
—
WIENER J L182
19.2%
—
SANTOCCHIA A287
19.2%
—
CORSINI E P372
18.3%
—
KARMIS A A93
18.3%
—
CRAIG N J55
16.4%
—
MOORE K L37
16.2%
—
BRANDT T D87
12.6%
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19 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.