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STA

College of Arts and Letters · Michigan State University
23,394 grades67 courses214 professors43 terms

Department and course prefixes as Michigan State University lists them in its own catalog.

3.48
average GPA across 23,394 grades
+5% vs. Michigan State University overall (3.30)
91%
A or B
of 23,394 grades
4.3%
D, F or withdrew
of 23,417 enrolled
A66.5%
B24.9%
Every term against the 3.48 department average 43 terms
Fall 2011Spring 2026
Most taken
STA 110
Drawing I
3.38
4,147 grades
−3% vs. dept
STA 113
Color and Design
3.39
3,246 grades
−3% vs. dept
STA 114
Three-Dimensional Form
3.48
1,998 grades
−0% vs. dept
STA 112
Art & Dsgn: Cncpts & Practices
3.26
1,924 grades
−6% vs. dept
STA 370
Photography I
3.46
969 grades
−0% vs. dept
STA 320
Painting I
3.63
864 grades
+4% vs. dept
STA 345
Ceramics: Wheel Throwing
3.69
556 grades
+6% vs. dept
STA 160
Digital Graphic Design
3.56
543 grades
+2% vs. dept
Courses with a grade record · 67
100 level7200 level3300 level25400 level31800 level1
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level7 courses
STA 110 · Drawing I
3.38 −3% vs. dept 4,147
STA 112 · Art & Dsgn: Cncpts & Practices
3.26 −6% vs. dept 1,924
STA 113 · Color and Design
3.39 −3% vs. dept 3,246
STA 114 · Three-Dimensional Form
3.48 −0% vs. dept 1,998
STA 160 · Digital Graphic Design
3.56 +2% vs. dept 543
STA 170 · Digital Photo:Tools & Concepts
3.21 −8% vs. dept 122
STA 191 · Special Topics in Art & Design
3.14 −10% vs. dept 151
200 level3 courses
STA 201 · Fund Comic Art Graphic Novels
2.87 −17% vs. dept 230
STA 260 · Concepts of Graphic Design
3.42 −2% vs. dept 392
STA 270 · Concepts of Photography
3.15 −10% vs. dept 51
300 level25 courses
STA 300 · Intermediate Drawing
3.60 +3% vs. dept 360
STA 301 · Adv Comic Art Graphic Novels
2.96 −15% vs. dept 67
STA 303 · Design Thinking
3.75 +8% vs. dept 133
STA 310 · Clinical Exper in Art Ed
3.85 +11% vs. dept 20
STA 320 · Painting I
3.63 +4% vs. dept 864
STA 325 · Painting II
3.71 +6% vs. dept 236
STA 330 · Lithography
3.54 +2% vs. dept 139
STA 335 · Etching
3.84 +10% vs. dept 154
STA 340 · Ceramics: Hand Building
3.71 +7% vs. dept 482
STA 343 · Ceramics: Mold Making, Casting
3.94 +13% vs. dept 64
STA 345 · Ceramics: Wheel Throwing
3.69 +6% vs. dept 556
STA 350 · Figure Modeling
3.51 +1% vs. dept 113
STA 351 · Mixed Media and Installation
3.58 +3% vs. dept 304
STA 352 · Introduction to Sculpture
3.94 +13% vs. dept 35
STA 354 · Casting
3.77 +8% vs. dept 115
STA 355 · Construction and Fabrication
3.55 +2% vs. dept 224
STA 360 · Graphic Design I: Graphic Form
3.66 +5% vs. dept 473
STA 365 · Typography I: Form & Meaning
3.44 −1% vs. dept 504
STA 370 · Photography I
3.46 −0% vs. dept 969
STA 371 · Art, Education and Society
3.90 +12% vs. dept 67
STA 375 · Photography II
3.25 −7% vs. dept 103
STA 380 · Electronic Art
3.53 +1% vs. dept 357
STA 384 · Experiments in Digital Video
3.60 +3% vs. dept 88
STA 385 · Intract Environs & Digital Fab
3.68 +6% vs. dept 65
STA 391 · Special Topics in Drawing
3.58 +3% vs. dept 334
400 level31 courses
STA 411 · Seminar Visual Arts Ed I (W)
4.00 +15% vs. dept 13
STA 412 · Seminar Visual Arts Ed II (W)
4.00 +15% vs. dept 13
STA 420 · Advanced Painting
3.80 +9% vs. dept 391
STA 432 · Lithography
4.00 +15% vs. dept 13
STA 433 · Etching
3.87 +11% vs. dept 15
STA 440 · Advanced Ceramics
3.81 +10% vs. dept 131
STA 460 · Graphic Design II: Visual Comm
3.51 +1% vs. dept 301
STA 462 · Three-Dimensional Design
3.35 −4% vs. dept 106
STA 463 · Book Design
2.93 −16% vs. dept 36
STA 465 · Typography II
3.62 +4% vs. dept 125
STA 466 · Corporate Imagery
3.61 +4% vs. dept 126
STA 467 · Time and Motion Design
3.48 +0% vs. dept 124
STA 468 · Interactive Web Design
3.63 +4% vs. dept 166
STA 472 · Color Photography
3.35 −4% vs. dept 158
STA 474 · Studio and Location Lighting
3.62 +4% vs. dept 117
STA 475 · Photography Workshop
3.55 +2% vs. dept 50
STA 476 · The Photobook
3.02 −13% vs. dept 25
STA 481 · Art Exp Children & Youth I (W)
3.90 +12% vs. dept 54
STA 482 · Art Exp Children Youth: II (W)
3.85 +10% vs. dept 42
STA 490 · Independent Study
3.90 +12% vs. dept 25
STA 491 · Selected Topics in Studio Art
3.59 +3% vs. dept 386
STA 491A · Selected Topics - Painting
4.00 +15% vs. dept 23
STA 491B · Printmaking
3.85 +11% vs. dept 253
STA 491C · Ceramics
3.67 +5% vs. dept 12
STA 491D · Selected Topics - Sculpture
3.60 +3% vs. dept 24
STA 491E · Sel Topics Graphic Design
3.62 +4% vs. dept 120
STA 491F · Selected Topics - Photography
3.42 −2% vs. dept 31
STA 492 · Senior Sem & Prof Practice (W)
3.56 +2% vs. dept 432
STA 492A · Exhibition Practicum
3.79 +9% vs. dept 202
STA 494 · Design Center
3.87 +11% vs. dept 32
STA 499 · Inter Dsgn Proj/Contemp Issues
3.82 +10% vs. dept 155
800 level1 course
STA 892 · Master of Fine Arts Seminar
3.98 +14% vs. dept 63
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