UGA-Geology GEOL 1122

Past grade distributions in Railsback's GLY 116 and GEOL 1122 lecture sections

Railsback's GLY 116 / GEOL 1122 Grades
YEAR	Enroll- ment	As	Bs	Cs	Ds	Fs	Ws	% As & Bs of non-Ws	Class GPA
1997 GLY 116	45	9	14	12	4	0	6	59%	2.72
Fall 1998 GEOL 1122	88	16	26	15	6	4	21	63%	2.66
Fall 1999 GEOL 1122	91	15	38	23	5	2	8	64%	2.71
Fall 2000 GEOL 1122	76	13	29	17	7	2	8	62%	2.65
Fall 2001 GEOL 1122	61	11	22	14	6	3	5	60%	2.57
Fall 2002 GEOL 1122	28	6	13	4	0	1	4	79%	2.96
Fall 2003 GEOL 1122	30	7	18	4	0	1^a	0	83%	3.00
Fall 2004 GEOL 1122	45	15	15	6	0	1^b	8	67%	3.16
Fall 2005 GEOL 1122	64	19	29	13	0	1^c	2	77%	3.05
Fall 2006 GEOL 1122^d	47	13	22	10	0	1	1	76%	2.94
Fall 2007 GEOL 1122^d	43	10	20	5	2	0	6	81%	2.98
Fall 2008 GEOL 1122^d	29	9	10	3	0	0	7	86%	3.15
Spring 2009 GEOL 1122^d	17	5	8	1	0	1^e	2	87%	3.19
Fall 2009 GEOL 1122^d	31	13	14	1	0	0	3	94%	3.37
Fall 2010 GEOL 1122^d	27	9	11	4	0	0	3	83%	3.19

^aThis person was never seen in lecture after the first week of classes.
^bThis person did not show up for the final exam.
^cThis person took neither the second midterm nor the final exam.
^dGrades for 2006 and thereafter include "+"s and "-"s, but "+"s and "-"s are not shown to maintain consistency with previous years.
^eThis person took none of the exams.

Here are some of the histograms of grades on past exams. Some points to note are:
1) The high score is always greater than 95 and is commonly 100, suggesting that these exams are not impossibly difficult.
2) Distributions for Exam I typically include very low (<50) scores because some students fail to accept that they have to come to class and study to do well in the course.

histogram