Hardest CMN classes at UIUC

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

  1. CMN 321: Strategies of Persuasion Average GPA 2.57, 3,428 students
  2. CMN 277: Intro to Mediated Comm Average GPA 2.86, 3,272 students
  3. CMN 310: The Rhetorical Tradition Average GPA 2.87, 268 students
  4. CMN 429: Race and the Mass Media Average GPA 2.98, 712 students
  5. CMN 338: Relationships and Technologies Average GPA 3.04, 164 students
  6. CMN 275: Media, Money and Power Average GPA 3.06, 1,447 students
  7. CMN 421: Persuasion Theory & Research Average GPA 3.07, 348 students
  8. CMN 102: Introduction to Communication Average GPA 3.09, 8,589 students
  9. CMN 345: Visual Media Effects Average GPA 3.09, 590 students
  10. CMN 396: Communication & Leadership Average GPA 3.12, 3,760 students
  11. CMN 326: Mass Media and the Audience Average GPA 3.12, 1,262 students
  12. CMN 260: Intro to Health Communication Average GPA 3.18, 3,399 students
  13. CMN 214: Org Comm & Diversity Average GPA 3.19, 354 students
  14. CMN 280: Comm Technology & Society Average GPA 3.20, 826 students
  15. CMN 115: Interviewing Average GPA 3.20, 115 students
  16. CMN 230: Intro to Interpersonal Comm Average GPA 3.21, 5,439 students
  17. CMN 210: Public Comm in Everyday Life Average GPA 3.22, 940 students
  18. CMN 377: Propaganda and Modern Society Average GPA 3.22, 536 students
  19. CMN 375: Imagining the Past and Future Average GPA 3.23, 3,663 students
  20. CMN 212: Intro to Organizational Comm Average GPA 3.25, 3,068 students
  21. CMN 336: Communicating in Families Average GPA 3.25, 2,690 students
  22. CMN 496: Provider Patient Communication Average GPA 3.26, 1,030 students
  23. CMN 412: Adv Organizational Comm Average GPA 3.29, 406 students
  24. CMN 368: Sexual Communication Average GPA 3.30, 6,528 students
  25. CMN 411: Organizational Comm Assessment Average GPA 3.33, 279 students
  26. CMN 462: Health Comm in Relationships Average GPA 3.34, 679 students
  27. CMN 463: Organizational Health Comm Average GPA 3.35, 722 students
  28. CMN 231: Communication and Conflict Average GPA 3.36, 151 students
  29. CMN 113: Small Group Communication Average GPA 3.38, 507 students
  30. CMN 101: Public Speaking Average GPA 3.41, 11,331 students
  31. CMN 464: Health Communication Campaigns Average GPA 3.41, 316 students
  32. CMN 211: Business and Professional Comm Average GPA 3.44, 1,852 students
  33. CMN 361: Storytelling as Oral Comm Average GPA 3.44, 304 students
  34. CMN 340: Visual Politics Average GPA 3.45, 1,692 students
  35. CMN 220: Communicating Public Policy Average GPA 3.46, 1,080 students
  36. CMN 410: Workplace Comm Technology Average GPA 3.47, 491 students
  37. CMN 312: Communicating for Innovation Average GPA 3.47, 199 students
  38. CMN 232: Intro to Intercultural Comm Average GPA 3.48, 1,940 students
  39. CMN 323: Argumentation Average GPA 3.49, 922 students
  40. CMN 476: Commercialism and the Public Average GPA 3.50, 190 students
  41. CMN 215: Interviewing Average GPA 3.54, 117 students
  42. CMN 435: Building Interpersonal Skills Average GPA 3.56, 906 students
  43. CMN 213: Small Group Communication Average GPA 3.59, 741 students
  44. CMN 250: Social Movement Communication Average GPA 3.60, 913 students
  45. CMN 111: Oral & Written Comm I Average GPA 3.61, 1,813 students
  46. CMN 465: Social Marketing Average GPA 3.61, 684 students
  47. CMN 199: Undergraduate Open Seminar Average GPA 3.63, 121 students
  48. CMN 112: Oral & Written Comm II Average GPA 3.69, 1,549 students
  49. CMN 320: Comm Controversy Public Policy Average GPA 3.69, 149 students
  50. CMN 432: Gender Communication Average GPA 3.75, 656 students
  51. CMN 413: Adv Small Group Communication Average GPA 3.78, 142 students
  52. CMN 304: Communication Internship Average GPA 3.85, 118 students

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