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DES

College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts · University of Illinois Chicago
17,059 grades56 courses94 professors18 terms

Department and course prefixes as University of Illinois Chicago lists them in its own catalog.

3.34
average GPA across 17,059 grades
+7% vs. University of Illinois Chicago overall (3.13)
86%
A or B
of 17,059 grades
5.9%
D, F or withdrew
of 17,420 enrolled
A53.7%
B32.8%
C9.7%
Every term against the 3.34 department average 18 terms
Fall 2013Spring 2022
Most taken
DES 170
Color Theory
3.24
930 grades
−3% vs. dept
DES 110
Design Colloquium
3.66
891 grades
+9% vs. dept
DES 140
Design Drawing
2.87
871 grades
−14% vs. dept
DES 150
Digital Media Design I
3.31
854 grades
−1% vs. dept
DES 160
Design Photography
2.96
847 grades
−12% vs. dept
DES 120
2D Form Studio
3.05
840 grades
−9% vs. dept
DES 130
3D Form Studio
3.07
713 grades
−8% vs. dept
DES 410
Senior Design Colloquium I
3.59
629 grades
+7% vs. dept
Courses with a grade record · 56
100 level7200 level13300 level9400 level17500 level10
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level7 courses
DES 110 · Design Colloquium
3.66 +9% vs. dept 891
DES 120 · 2D Form Studio
3.05 −9% vs. dept 840
DES 130 · 3D Form Studio
3.07 −8% vs. dept 713
DES 140 · Design Drawing
2.87 −14% vs. dept 871
DES 150 · Digital Media Design I
3.31 −1% vs. dept 854
DES 160 · Design Photography
2.96 −12% vs. dept 847
DES 170 · Color Theory
3.24 −3% vs. dept 930
200 level13 courses
DES 208 · Typography I: Form
3.48 +4% vs. dept 355
DES 209 · Typography II: Systems
3.54 +6% vs. dept 370
DES 220 · Form and Image Studio
3.43 +2% vs. dept 366
DES 222 · Human Experience in Design
3.52 +5% vs. dept 320
DES 230 · Industrial Design II
3.22 −4% vs. dept 294
DES 231 · Industrial Design III
3.36 +0% vs. dept 262
DES 235 · History of Design I: 1760-1925
2.70 −19% vs. dept 514
DES 236 · History of Design II: 1925 to the Present
2.82 −16% vs. dept 446
DES 240 · Visualization I
2.99 −11% vs. dept 304
DES 241 · Visualization II
3.24 −3% vs. dept 277
DES 250 · Digital Media Design II
3.28 −2% vs. dept 376
DES 251 · Digital Media Design III: Motion Design
3.43 +3% vs. dept 384
DES 255 · Integrative Design Studio I
4.00 +20% vs. dept 12
300 level9 courses
DES 318 · Typography III
3.61 +8% vs. dept 300
DES 319 · Typography IV
3.59 +7% vs. dept 305
DES 322 · Design Research Methods
3.71 +11% vs. dept 320
DES 326 · Materials and Methods
3.29 −2% vs. dept 263
DES 330 · Industrial Design IV
3.10 −7% vs. dept 288
DES 331 · Industrial Design V
3.53 +6% vs. dept 264
DES 350 · Digital Media Design IV: Advanced Topics
3.50 +5% vs. dept 400
DES 351 · Social Media Design
3.64 +9% vs. dept 39
DES 355 · Design Seminar
3.87 +16% vs. dept 15
400 level17 courses
DES 400 · Independent Study in Graphic Design
3.55 +6% vs. dept 272
DES 410 · Senior Design Colloquium I
3.59 +7% vs. dept 629
DES 411 · Senior Design Colloquium II
3.54 +6% vs. dept 556
DES 420 · Professional Practice Project I
3.70 +11% vs. dept 164
DES 421 · Professional Practice Project II
3.62 +8% vs. dept 141
DES 430 · Interdisciplinary Product Development I
3.55 +6% vs. dept 284
DES 431 · Interdisciplinary Product Development II
3.62 +8% vs. dept 244
DES 432 · Interaction Design
3.38 +1% vs. dept 112
DES 440 · Design and Identity I
3.69 +10% vs. dept 108
DES 441 · Design and Identity II
3.74 +12% vs. dept 94
DES 450 · Advanced Topics in Design
3.53 +6% vs. dept 96
DES 452 · Information Aesthetics I
3.84 +15% vs. dept 25
DES 453 · Information Aesthetics II
3.46 +4% vs. dept 13
DES 470 · Industrial Design Thesis I
3.56 +6% vs. dept 289
DES 471 · Industrial Design Thesis II
3.28 −2% vs. dept 264
DES 480 · Graphic Design Thesis I
3.57 +7% vs. dept 327
DES 481 · Graphic Design Thesis II
3.70 +11% vs. dept 326
500 level10 courses
DES 500 · Combined Studio
3.64 +9% vs. dept 132
DES 501 · Research Seminar I
3.86 +15% vs. dept 65
DES 502 · Research Seminar II
3.83 +14% vs. dept 99
DES 510 · Advanced Graphic Design I
3.91 +17% vs. dept 23
DES 511 · Advanced Graphic Design II
3.96 +18% vs. dept 23
DES 512 · Documentation Studio
4.00 +20% vs. dept 23
DES 520 · Design Seminar
3.85 +15% vs. dept 298
DES 540 · Research Studio
4.00 +20% vs. dept 11
DES 541 · Master's Research Project + Exhibition
3.90 +17% vs. dept 10
DES 550 · Industrial Design Master's Research Project Studio
3.27 −2% vs. dept 11
17 more DES courses appear in the catalog with no grade record yet.
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