PHYS

University of California-San Diego
65 courses92 professors25 terms

Department inferred from the subject code on each course. University of California-San Diego does not publish a department field with its grade records.

3.18
average GPA across 660 sections
−7% vs. University of California-San Diego overall (3.41)
80%
A or B
8.0%
D, F or withdrew
A48.7%
B31.1%
C14.9%
Every term against the 3.18 department average 25 terms
Spring 2015Winter 2026
Most taken
Courses with a grade record · 65
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptSections
100 level46 courses
PHYS 1A · Mechanics
3.17 −0% vs. dept 29 sec
PHYS 1AL · Mechanics Laboratory
3.23 +2% vs. dept 25 sec
PHYS 1B · Electricity and Magnetism
3.13 −1% vs. dept 29 sec
PHYS 1BL · Electricity & Magnetism Lab
3.30 +4% vs. dept 25 sec
PHYS 1C · Waves, Optics & Modern Physics
3.12 −2% vs. dept 32 sec
PHYS 1CL · Waves,Optics&Modrn Phys Lab
3.22 +1% vs. dept 25 sec
PHYS 10 · Concepts In Physics
3.03 −5% vs. dept 7 sec
PHYS 11 · Survey of Physics
3.53 +11% vs. dept 3 sec
PHYS 12 · Energy and the Environment
3.48 +9% vs. dept 7 sec
PHYS 13 · Life in the Universe
3.10 −3% vs. dept 7 sec
PHYS 100A · Electromagnetism I
2.75 −13% vs. dept 8 sec
PHYS 100B · Electromagnetism II
3.11 −2% vs. dept 8 sec
PHYS 100C · Electromagnetism III
3.43 +8% vs. dept 9 sec
PHYS 105A · Mathematical&Computatnl Phy I
2.74 −14% vs. dept 8 sec
PHYS 110A · Mechanics I
2.85 −10% vs. dept 9 sec
PHYS 110B · Mechanics II
3.09 −3% vs. dept 8 sec
PHYS 111 · Introduction to Ocean Waves
2.91 −8% vs. dept 3 sec
PHYS 120 · Circuits and Electronics
3.24 +2% vs. dept 8 sec
PHYS 122 · Experimental Techniques
3.60 +13% vs. dept 4 sec
PHYS 124 · Laboratory Projects
3.55 +12% vs. dept 7 sec
PHYS 130A · Quantum Physics I
3.03 −5% vs. dept 12 sec
PHYS 130B · Quantum Physics II
3.28 +3% vs. dept 10 sec
PHYS 130C · Quantum Physics III
3.68 +16% vs. dept 5 sec
PHYS 136 · Nuclear Physics
3.75 +18% vs. dept 2 sec
PHYS 137 · String Theory
3.68 +16% vs. dept 2 sec
PHYS 139 · Special Topics
3.59 +13% vs. dept 12 sec
PHYS 140A · Statistical & Thermal Phys I
3.03 −5% vs. dept 10 sec
PHYS 151 · Elementary Plasma Physics
2.90 −9% vs. dept 3 sec
PHYS 152A · Condensed Matter Physics
3.51 +10% vs. dept 7 sec
PHYS 152B · Electronic Materials
2.55 −20% vs. dept 1 sec
PHYS 154 · Elementary Particle Physics
3.20 +1% vs. dept 4 sec
PHYS 160 · Stellar Astrophysics
3.21 +1% vs. dept 9 sec
PHYS 161 · Black Holes
3.58 +12% vs. dept 7 sec
PHYS 162 · Cosmology
3.43 +8% vs. dept 9 sec
PHYS 163 · Galaxies and Quasars
2.89 −9% vs. dept 6 sec
PHYS 164 · Observational Astrophysics Lab
3.14 −1% vs. dept 7 sec
PHYS 173 · Modern Physics Lab:Bio&Quantum
3.14 −1% vs. dept 1 sec
PHYS 177 · Physics of the Cell
3.32 +4% vs. dept 4 sec
200 level7 courses
PHYS 2A · Physics-Mechanics
2.76 −13% vs. dept 29 sec
PHYS 2B · Phys-Electricity and Magnetism
2.88 −9% vs. dept 30 sec
PHYS 2C · Physics-Flu,Wav,Thrmdyn,Optics
3.10 −3% vs. dept 27 sec
PHYS 2D · Phys-Relativity&Quantm Physics
3.05 −4% vs. dept 23 sec
PHYS 2DL · Physics Lab-Modern Physics
3.50 +10% vs. dept 10 sec
300 level2 courses
PHYS 39 · Phys Intro Spec. Topics
3.14 −1% vs. dept 2 sec
PHYS 39L · Phys Intro Spec Topics Lab
3.76 +18% vs. dept 1 sec
400 level6 courses
500 level1 course
PHYS 5 · Stars and Black Holes
3.18 +0% vs. dept 6 sec
700 level1 course
PHYS 7 · Galaxies and Cosmology
2.91 −8% vs. dept 7 sec
800 level1 course
PHYS 8 · Physics of Everyday Life
3.54 +11% vs. dept 2 sec
900 level1 course
PHYS 9 · The Solar System
3.18 −0% vs. dept 5 sec
2 more PHYS courses appear in the catalog with no grade record yet.
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