Hardest COM classes at Purdue

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

COM 20400: Crit Perspectives Com Average GPA 2.57, 1,244 students
COM 41900: Judgment & Decision Making Average GPA 2.90, 112 students
COM 10200: Intro to Com Theory Average GPA 3.04, 1,221 students
COM 31100: Copy Editing Average GPA 3.13, 157 students
COM 30400: Quant Methods Com Res Average GPA 3.17, 453 students
COM 40700: Intro to New Media Prod-Honors Average GPA 3.19, 179 students
COM 25300: Intro to Public Rels Average GPA 3.26, 659 students
COM 49505: Sports Communication Average GPA 3.28, 259 students
COM 21200: Appr Stdy Interp Commn Average GPA 3.30, 1,167 students
COM 31800: Prin of Persuasion Average GPA 3.32, 3,213 students
COM 25200: Writing for Mass Media Average GPA 3.32, 335 students
COM 41100: Communication & Soc Networks Average GPA 3.33, 141 students
COM 25600: Intro to Advertising Average GPA 3.34, 1,647 students
COM 37800: Intro to Health Communication Average GPA 3.35, 176 students
COM 25000: Mass Commun & Society Average GPA 3.37, 315 students
COM 30300: Intercultural Communic Average GPA 3.38, 518 students
COM 10000: Intro to Com Studies Average GPA 3.40, 260 students
COM 45600: Advertising Writing Average GPA 3.42, 194 students
COM 32400: Intro to Organzal Com Average GPA 3.44, 560 students
COM 25100: Comm, Info, and Society Average GPA 3.44, 299 students
COM 33000: Theories of Mass Comm Average GPA 3.46, 140 students
COM 33200: Television Production Average GPA 3.47, 298 students
COM 11400: Fundament of Speech Average GPA 3.49, 10,424 students
COM 25700: Pr Techniques Average GPA 3.50, 268 students
COM 22400: Com Global Workplace Average GPA 3.53, 469 students
COM 33701: Producing Digital Advertising Average GPA 3.53, 115 students
COM 43500: Com and Emerging Tech Average GPA 3.54, 144 students
COM 49500: Branding Average GPA 3.55, 526 students
COM 37600: Communication/Gender Average GPA 3.62, 110 students
COM 32000: Small Group Communication Average GPA 3.63, 899 students
COM 26100: Intr Digitl Video Prod Average GPA 3.67, 173 students
COM 21700: Sci Writing & Presentn-Honors Average GPA 3.68, 5,582 students
COM 32500: Interview Princ Prac Average GPA 3.73, 671 students
COM 35300: Prob Public Relations Average GPA 3.75, 225 students
COM 31400: Adv Presntatnl Spk Average GPA 3.76, 315 students
COM 41500: Discuss Tech Problem Average GPA 3.76, 210 students
COM 49101: Boiler Communication Average GPA 3.86, 177 students
COM 49504: Social Media for Social Good Average GPA 3.92, 146 students