Hardest VIS classes at UCSD

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

  1. VIS 122D: Michelangelo Average GPA 2.99, 123 students
  2. VIS 20: Introduction to Art History Average GPA 3.25, 2,774 students
  3. VIS 22R: Formations of Modern Art Average GPA 3.27, 367 students
  4. VIS 125G: Hist. of Socially Engaged Art Average GPA 3.28, 275 students
  5. VIS 125BN: Contemporary Art Average GPA 3.29, 150 students
  6. VIS 120A: Greek Art Average GPA 3.33, 211 students
  7. VIS 128C: Topics in Modern Art History Average GPA 3.36, 315 students
  8. VIS 83R: Photographic History Average GPA 3.36, 254 students
  9. VIS 127C: Arts of Modern China Average GPA 3.37, 138 students
  10. VIS 158: Histories of Photography Average GPA 3.39, 365 students
  11. VIS 127N: 20th Century Art/china & Japan Average GPA 3.40, 348 students
  12. VIS 103B: Architecture&urbanism of Korea Average GPA 3.41, 327 students
  13. VIS 103A: Contemporary Arts in S. Korea Average GPA 3.42, 360 students
  14. VIS 42: Intro to Creative Coding Average GPA 3.45, 203 students
  15. VIS 124E: The Production of Nature Average GPA 3.46, 103 students
  16. VIS 127B: Arts of China Average GPA 3.48, 417 students
  17. VIS 84: Film History Average GPA 3.51, 2,117 students
  18. VIS 157: Environmentalism/arts & Media Average GPA 3.51, 214 students
  19. VIS 183B: Strategies of Alterity Average GPA 3.55, 265 students
  20. VIS 126I: Southwest American Indian Art Average GPA 3.55, 157 students
  21. VIS 83: Photographic History Average GPA 3.56, 611 students
  22. VIS 60: Intro/digital Photography Average GPA 3.57, 2,805 students
  23. VIS 132: Installation Production&studio Average GPA 3.57, 117 students
  24. VIS 124F: Art in the Age of Revolutions Average GPA 3.57, 108 students
  25. VIS 101: Intro. to Urban Ecologies Average GPA 3.58, 602 students
  26. VIS 174: Media Sketchbook Average GPA 3.59, 1,034 students
  27. VIS 127P: Arts of Japan Average GPA 3.59, 384 students
  28. VIS 22: Formations of Modern Art Average GPA 3.60, 3,866 students
  29. VIS 70N: Introduction to Media Average GPA 3.60, 1,934 students
  30. VIS 185: Senior Media Projects Average GPA 3.62, 183 students
  31. VIS 168: Pictorialism&construct.reality Average GPA 3.63, 264 students
  32. VIS 124CN: Nineteenth Century Art Average GPA 3.63, 206 students
  33. VIS 159: History of Art and Technology Average GPA 3.64, 1,487 students
  34. VIS 147B: Electronic Technologies/art Ii Average GPA 3.64, 252 students
  35. VIS 126AN: Precolumbian Art/anc Mex&c Amr Average GPA 3.64, 199 students
  36. VIS 179: Intermediate Projects in Media Average GPA 3.64, 135 students
  37. VIS 156: Latino American Cinema Average GPA 3.64, 113 students
  38. VIS 100: Introduction to Public Culture Average GPA 3.65, 744 students
  39. VIS 131: Special Projects in Media Average GPA 3.65, 136 students
  40. VIS 164: Photographic Strategies Average GPA 3.66, 721 students
  41. VIS 180A: Documentary Evidence/media Pra Average GPA 3.66, 293 students
  42. VIS 126BN: Art&civilization/ancient Maya Average GPA 3.66, 208 students
  43. VIS 126HN: Pac Coast American Indian Art Average GPA 3.66, 205 students
  44. VIS 21B: Introduction/asian Art Average GPA 3.68, 1,707 students
  45. VIS 142: Practices in Computing Arts Average GPA 3.68, 1,183 students
  46. VIS 177: Scripting Strategies Average GPA 3.68, 370 students
  47. VIS 121AN: Art Experience in Middle Ages Average GPA 3.68, 213 students
  48. VIS 143: Virtual Environments Average GPA 3.68, 202 students
  49. VIS 126P: Latin American Art: 1890-1950 Average GPA 3.68, 136 students
  50. VIS 102: Cross-border Urbanizations Average GPA 3.69, 824 students
  51. VIS 103: Architectural Practices Average GPA 3.69, 529 students
  52. VIS 180B: Fic & Allegory/curr Media Prac Average GPA 3.69, 328 students
  53. VIS 181: Sound and Lighting Average GPA 3.69, 141 students
  54. VIS 21A: Int/artamericas/africa/oceania Average GPA 3.71, 1,057 students
  55. VIS 2: Intr/art-making:motn&time Base Average GPA 3.71, 992 students
  56. VIS 160A: Senior Proj/computing Arts I Average GPA 3.71, 306 students
  57. VIS 167: Social Engagement&photography Average GPA 3.72, 315 students
  58. VIS 11: Introduction to Visual Arts Average GPA 3.73, 2,940 students
  59. VIS 128A: Topics/pre-modern Art History Average GPA 3.73, 347 students
  60. VIS 175: Editing - Theory & Production Average GPA 3.74, 292 students
  61. VIS 41: Design Communication Average GPA 3.75, 3,563 students
  62. VIS 147A: Electronic Technologies/art I Average GPA 3.75, 778 students
  63. VIS 165: Camera Tech:analog Futures Average GPA 3.75, 355 students
  64. VIS 85A: Media History Average GPA 3.75, 328 students
  65. VIS 183A: Strategies of Self Average GPA 3.75, 284 students
  66. VIS 178: Sound - Theory and Production Average GPA 3.75, 255 students
  67. VIS 149: Contemporary Computer Topics Average GPA 3.76, 366 students
  68. VIS 171: Digital Cinema-theory/productn Average GPA 3.76, 287 students
  69. VIS 6: Race, Gender, and Robots Average GPA 3.76, 141 students
  70. VIS 110B: Prof Practice in Visual Arts Average GPA 3.76, 116 students
  71. VIS 3: Intr/art-making:3-d Practices Average GPA 3.77, 2,015 students
  72. VIS 107A: Sculpture: Making the Object Average GPA 3.77, 397 students
  73. VIS 108: Advanced Projects in Art Average GPA 3.77, 307 students
  74. VIS 145B: Time&process Digital Media Ii Average GPA 3.77, 297 students
  75. VIS 157D: Uscivilrights:art&media Average GPA 3.77, 184 students
  76. VIS 112: Art Historical Methods Average GPA 3.78, 117 students
  77. VIS 10: Computing Arts Lecture Series Average GPA 3.79, 1,792 students
  78. VIS 101A: Designing Urban Ecologies Average GPA 3.79, 159 students
  79. VIS 150: Landmarks of World Cinema Average GPA 3.80, 265 students
  80. VIS 106C: Painting: Portfolio Projects Average GPA 3.80, 229 students
  81. VIS 110D: Visual Narrative Average GPA 3.80, 134 students
  82. VIS 105C: Drawing: Portfolio Projects Average GPA 3.81, 202 students
  83. VIS 145A: Time&process Digital Media I Average GPA 3.82, 757 students
  84. VIS 30: Intro to Speculative Design Average GPA 3.82, 693 students
  85. VIS 133: Lecture Topics in Spec Design Average GPA 3.82, 189 students
  86. VIS 105D: Aesthetics/chinese Calligraphy Average GPA 3.82, 151 students
  87. VIS 107B: Sculpture: Practices & Genre Average GPA 3.82, 128 students
  88. VIS 32: Art, Design, and the Brain Average GPA 3.82, 119 students
  89. VIS 141A: Computer Programming/arts I Average GPA 3.83, 314 students
  90. VIS 80: Introduction to Studio Major Average GPA 3.84, 1,316 students
  91. VIS 105B: Drawing: Practices and Genre Average GPA 3.84, 439 students
  92. VIS 121C: Art & Bible in Middle Ages Average GPA 3.84, 227 students
  93. VIS 1: Intr/art-making:2-d Practices Average GPA 3.85, 2,984 students
  94. VIS 152D: Identitythrutransnationalcinem Average GPA 3.85, 861 students
  95. VIS 106A: Painting: Image Making Average GPA 3.85, 666 students
  96. VIS 7: Movie Magic: Melies to Marvel Average GPA 3.85, 530 students
  97. VIS 105A: Drawing: Representing/subject Average GPA 3.86, 685 students
  98. VIS 122B: Baroque Average GPA 3.86, 538 students
  99. VIS 160B: Senior Proj/computing Arts Ii Average GPA 3.86, 234 students
  100. VIS 163: Design Research & Criticism Average GPA 3.88, 214 students

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