Hardest DES classes at UC Davis

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

DES 040A: Energy,materials,design Average GPA 3.07, 934 students
DES 143: History of Fashion Average GPA 3.33, 713 students
DES 077: Intro to Fashion Design Average GPA 3.35, 340 students
DES 107: Adv Fashion Design Average GPA 3.47, 108 students
DES 021: Drafting & Perspective Average GPA 3.48, 583 students
DES 142A: World Textiles: Eastern Average GPA 3.49, 448 students
DES 144: History of Interior Arch Average GPA 3.50, 454 students
DES 151: Type in Motion Average GPA 3.52, 961 students
DES 134A: Intro Interior Design Average GPA 3.57, 323 students
DES 134B: Intro Interior Design Average GPA 3.57, 151 students
DES 040B: Ideologies of Design Average GPA 3.58, 294 students
DES 116: Viscom: Graphic Design Average GPA 3.60, 1,167 students
DES 016: Graphics & the Computer Average GPA 3.61, 2,198 students
DES 138: Materials/meths Int Arch Average GPA 3.61, 397 students
DES 135A: Furn Design & Detailing Average GPA 3.61, 376 students
DES 161: Screen & Digital Print Average GPA 3.61, 293 students
DES 113: Photo & Digital Imaging Average GPA 3.63, 446 students
DES 186: Environmental Graphics Average GPA 3.63, 153 students
DES 167: Prototyping Average GPA 3.63, 125 students
DES 170: Experimental Fashion Average GPA 3.63, 105 students
DES 115: Letterforms & Type Average GPA 3.64, 1,605 students
DES 112: Ui/ux Design Average GPA 3.64, 1,483 students
DES 111: Coding for Designers Average GPA 3.65, 784 students
DES 157B: Interactive Media Iii Average GPA 3.65, 127 students
DES 180A: Adv Interior Design Average GPA 3.65, 125 students
DES 117: Interactive Media I Average GPA 3.66, 1,331 students
DES 050: Intro to 3-d Design Average GPA 3.66, 557 students
DES 014: Design Drawing Average GPA 3.67, 1,667 students
DES 149: Information Design Average GPA 3.67, 615 students
DES 165: Industrial Design Average GPA 3.67, 230 students
DES 141: Cultural Studies Fashion Average GPA 3.69, 385 students
DES 132A: Introduction to Weaving Average GPA 3.69, 128 students
DES 051: Cad for Designers Average GPA 3.70, 647 students
DES 160: Textile Design: Patterns Average GPA 3.70, 182 students
DES 131: Global Fashion/prod Des Average GPA 3.70, 136 students
DES 127A: Sustainable Design Average GPA 3.71, 793 students
DES 166: Human Centered Design Average GPA 3.71, 462 students
DES 171: Fashion Drawing Average GPA 3.71, 375 students
DES 191B: Environment Average GPA 3.71, 169 students
DES 136A: Lighting Tech & Design Average GPA 3.71, 140 students
DES 157A: Interactive Media Ii Average GPA 3.73, 324 students
DES 185: Exhibition Design Average GPA 3.73, 189 students
DES 159: Design for Understanding Average GPA 3.73, 106 students
DES 150A: Cad for Designers Average GPA 3.74, 305 students
DES 001: Introduction to Design Average GPA 3.75, 3,090 students
DES 154: Message Campaign Design Average GPA 3.75, 300 students
DES 145: History Visual Comm Average GPA 3.76, 748 students
DES 148: Trend Forecasting Average GPA 3.76, 397 students
DES 127B: Studio Practice Sus Des Average GPA 3.76, 159 students
DES 040D: Designed Geographies Average GPA 3.77, 391 students
DES 128A: Biodesign Part 1 Average GPA 3.77, 116 students
DES 070: Intro Textile Structure Average GPA 3.78, 256 students
DES 157: Interactive Media Ii Average GPA 3.79, 121 students
DES 150: Cad Presentations Average GPA 3.80, 228 students
DES 126: Design Ethnography Average GPA 3.80, 155 students
DES 015: Form & Color Average GPA 3.81, 1,858 students
DES 187: Narrative Environments Average GPA 3.81, 220 students
DES 198: Directed Gp Study Average GPA 3.83, 131 students
DES 156: Graphitecture Average GPA 3.86, 114 students
DES 040C: Design Aesthetics/exper Average GPA 3.89, 1,340 students