VIS

University of California-San Diego
180 courses149 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.

3.71
average GPA across 1,108 sections
+9% vs. University of California-San Diego overall (3.41)
96%
A or B
2.9%
D, F or withdrew
A80.9%
B15.2%
Every term against the 3.71 department average 25 terms
Spring 2015Winter 2026
Most taken
Courses with a grade record · 180
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptSections
100 level156 courses
VIS 1 · Intr/Art-Making:2-D Practices
3.82 +3% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 10 · Computing Arts Lecture Series
3.83 +3% vs. dept 6 sec
VIS 100A · Design of Public Culture
3.91 +5% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 101 · Intro. to Urban Ecologies
3.53 −5% vs. dept 6 sec
VIS 101A · Designing Urban Ecologies
3.79 +2% vs. dept 6 sec
VIS 102 · Cross-Border Urbanizations
3.61 −3% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 103 · Architectural Practices
3.67 −1% vs. dept 6 sec
VIS 103A · Contemporary Arts in S. Korea
3.40 −9% vs. dept 5 sec
VIS 103B · Architecture&Urbanism of Korea
3.44 −7% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 103C · Silk Roads: A Critical Study
2.87 −23% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 104A · Performing the Self
3.98 +7% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 105B · Drawing: Practices and Genre
3.84 +3% vs. dept 17 sec
VIS 105C · Drawing: Portfolio Projects
3.84 +3% vs. dept 11 sec
VIS 106A · Painting: Image Making
3.83 +3% vs. dept 24 sec
VIS 106C · Painting: Portfolio Projects
3.82 +3% vs. dept 16 sec
VIS 107A · Sculpture: Making the Object
3.79 +2% vs. dept 15 sec
VIS 107C · Sculpture: Portfolio Projects
3.71 −0% vs. dept 4 sec
VIS 108 · Advanced Projects in Art
3.76 +1% vs. dept 18 sec
VIS 110D · Visual Narrative
3.86 +4% vs. dept 5 sec
VIS 110E · Art/Public Places/Site Specifc
3.68 −1% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 110F · Instlatn:Cross-Discipln Projct
3.71 −0% vs. dept 6 sec
VIS 110H · Art and Text
3.79 +2% vs. dept 4 sec
VIS 110I · Performing for the Camera
3.66 −2% vs. dept 5 sec
VIS 110K · Digital Studio
3.99 +7% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 110M · Studio Honors I
3.85 +4% vs. dept 6 sec
VIS 110N · Studio Honors II
3.95 +6% vs. dept 6 sec
VIS 111 · Structure of Art
3.62 −3% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 112 · Art Historical Methods
3.68 −1% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 114A · Landscape and Memory
3.85 +4% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 117E · Problems in Ethnoaesthetics
4.00 +8% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 117F · Theorizing the Americas
3.50 −6% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 117G · Critical Theory & Visual Pract
3.08 −17% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 120A · Greek Art
2.96 −20% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 120B · Roman Art
3.10 −17% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 121C · Art & Bible in Middle Ages
3.86 +4% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 122B · Baroque
3.95 +6% vs. dept 5 sec
VIS 122D · Michelangelo
3.16 −15% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 124BN · Art and the Enlightenment
3.11 −16% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 124CN · Nineteenth Century Art
3.62 −3% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 124D · Paris, Capital 19th Century
3.80 +2% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 124E · The Production of Nature
3.50 −6% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 124F · Art in the Age of Revolutions
3.48 −6% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 124G · Art and Modernity
3.76 +1% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 125A · Twentieth Century Art
3.44 −7% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 125BN · Contemporary Art
3.26 −12% vs. dept 5 sec
VIS 125DN · Marcel Duchamp
3.26 −12% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 125E · Faces and Powers
3.56 −4% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 125G · Hist. of Socially Engaged Art
3.53 −5% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 126BN · Art&Civilization/Ancient Maya
3.58 −4% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 126D · Prob/Anc Maya Iconogrphy&Inscr
3.56 −4% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 126E · Indigenisms I
3.96 +7% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 126F · Indigenisms II
3.99 +7% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 126HN · Pac Coast American Indian Art
3.63 −2% vs. dept 5 sec
VIS 126I · Southwest American Indian Art
3.51 −6% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 126K · Oceanic Art
3.41 −8% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 127B · Arts of China
3.56 −4% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 127C · Arts of Modern China
3.68 −1% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 127I · Architecture&Urbanism of Korea
3.47 −7% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 127N · 20th Century Art/China & Japan
3.39 −9% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 127P · Arts of Japan
3.49 −6% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 128B · Topic/Early Modern Art History
3.66 −2% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 128C · Topics in Modern Art History
3.55 −4% vs. dept 10 sec
VIS 128D · Topics/Art History of Americas
3.54 −5% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 128E · Topics/Art History of Asia
3.49 −6% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 129C · Seminar/Modern Art History
3.88 +4% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 129E · Seminar/Art History/Asia
3.91 +5% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 130 · Spec Projects in Visual Arts
3.58 −4% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 131 · Special Projects in Media
3.52 −5% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 132 · Installation Production&Studio
3.64 −2% vs. dept 6 sec
VIS 133A · Studio Topics in Spec Design
3.93 +6% vs. dept 10 sec
VIS 134 · Introduction 3D Asset Design
3.85 +4% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 135 · Design Research Methods
3.90 +5% vs. dept 7 sec
VIS 136A · Speculative Fiction Seminar
3.93 +6% vs. dept 4 sec
VIS 140 · Digtl Imaging:Image&Interactiv
3.63 −2% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 141A · Computer Programming/Arts I
3.84 +3% vs. dept 11 sec
VIS 142 · Practices in Computing Arts
3.69 −1% vs. dept 9 sec
VIS 143 · Virtual Environments
3.70 −0% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 143B · Virtual Environments II
3.55 −5% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 145B · Time&Process Digital Media II
3.65 −2% vs. dept 16 sec
VIS 146A · Comp Controlled Fab Art 1
3.63 −2% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 146B · Comp Controlled Fab Art 2
3.81 +3% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 147A · Electronic Technologies/Art I
3.71 −0% vs. dept 13 sec
VIS 147B · Electronic Technologies/Art II
3.67 −1% vs. dept 14 sec
VIS 149 · Contemporary Computer Topics
3.74 +1% vs. dept 19 sec
VIS 150 · Landmarks of World Cinema
3.70 −0% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 150A · Sem. in Film History/Theory
3.84 +3% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 151 · History/Experimental Film
3.24 −13% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 154 · Hard Look at the Movies
3.29 −11% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 156 · Latino American Cinema
3.67 −1% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 157 · Environmentalism/Arts & Media
3.49 −6% vs. dept 4 sec
VIS 157D · USCivilRights:Art&Media
3.77 +1% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 158 · Histories of Photography
3.35 −10% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 159 · History of Art and Technology
3.67 −1% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 160A · Senior Proj/Computing Arts I
3.70 −0% vs. dept 14 sec
VIS 163 · Design Research & Criticism
3.89 +5% vs. dept 7 sec
VIS 164 · Photographic Strategies
3.66 −2% vs. dept 29 sec
VIS 165 · Camera Tech:Analog Futures
3.70 −0% vs. dept 12 sec
VIS 165A · The Photographic Print
3.70 −0% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 165B · The Photographer's Studio
3.55 −4% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 167 · Social Engagement&Photography
3.72 +0% vs. dept 15 sec
VIS 168 · Pictorialism&Construct.Reality
3.66 −1% vs. dept 10 sec
VIS 169A · PhotographyExhibition&Books
3.90 +5% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 169B · Advanced Photographic Print
3.86 +4% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 171 · Digital Cinema-Theory/Productn
3.70 −0% vs. dept 12 sec
VIS 172 · Motion Design/Visual Effects
3.65 −2% vs. dept 5 sec
VIS 174 · Media Sketchbook
3.64 −2% vs. dept 42 sec
VIS 175 · Editing - Theory & Production
3.66 −1% vs. dept 15 sec
VIS 176 · 16mm Filmmaking
3.51 −5% vs. dept 2 sec
VIS 177 · Scripting Strategies
3.61 −3% vs. dept 16 sec
VIS 178 · Sound - Theory and Production
3.67 −1% vs. dept 12 sec
VIS 179 · Intermediate Projects in Media
3.65 −2% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 180A · Documentary Evidence/Media Pra
3.56 −4% vs. dept 15 sec
VIS 181 · Sound And Lighting
3.62 −2% vs. dept 5 sec
VIS 182 · Advanced Editing
3.51 −5% vs. dept 5 sec
VIS 182A · Adv Digital Photo Editing
3.51 −6% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 183A · Strategies of Self
3.76 +1% vs. dept 15 sec
VIS 183B · Strategies of Alterity
3.62 −3% vs. dept 13 sec
VIS 184 · Advanced Scripting
3.53 −5% vs. dept 5 sec
VIS 185 · Senior Media Projects
3.76 +1% vs. dept 6 sec
VIS 190 · Design Master Studio
3.91 +5% vs. dept 10 sec
200 level6 courses
VIS 2 · Intr/Art-Making:Motn&Time Base
3.70 −1% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 20 · Introduction to Art History
3.29 −11% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 21B · Introduction/Asian Art
3.69 −1% vs. dept 9 sec
VIS 22 · Formations of Modern Art
3.54 −5% vs. dept 17 sec
300 level4 courses
VIS 3 · Intr/Art-Making:3-D Practices
3.76 +1% vs. dept 9 sec
VIS 30 · Intro to Speculative Design
3.79 +2% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 32 · Art, Design, and the Brain
3.71 −0% vs. dept 2 sec
400 level3 courses
VIS 40 · Introduction/Computing in Arts
3.49 −6% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 41 · Design Communication
3.78 +2% vs. dept 19 sec
VIS 42 · Intro to Creative Coding
3.41 −8% vs. dept 2 sec
600 level2 courses
VIS 6 · Race, Gender, and Robots
3.76 +1% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 60 · Intro/Digital Photography
3.61 −3% vs. dept 21 sec
700 level3 courses
VIS 7 · Movie Magic: Melies to Marvel
3.84 +3% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 70N · Introduction to Media
3.55 −4% vs. dept 16 sec
800 level5 courses
VIS 80 · Introduction to Studio Major
3.85 +4% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 83 · Photographic History
3.52 −5% vs. dept 3 sec
VIS 83R · Photographic History
3.37 −9% vs. dept 1 sec
VIS 84 · History Of Film
3.42 −8% vs. dept 8 sec
VIS 85A · Media History
3.74 +1% vs. dept 3 sec
900 level1 course
VIS 9 · Digital Photo for Non-Majors
3.89 +5% vs. dept 3 sec
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