Hardest IE classes at UIUC

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

IE 410: Adv Stochastic Process & Appl Average GPA 2.78, 592 students
IE 413: Simulation Average GPA 2.89, 648 students
IE 300: Analysis of Data Average GPA 2.94, 5,145 students
IE 330: Industrial Quality Control Average GPA 3.06, 558 students
IE 370: Stochastic Processes & Applic Average GPA 3.10, 630 students
IE 412: Or Models for Mfg Systems Average GPA 3.11, 388 students
IE 398: Simulation Average GPA 3.29, 300 students
IE 310: Determin Models in Optmzation Average GPA 3.31, 2,417 students
IE 420: Financial Engineering Average GPA 3.31, 806 students
IE 400: Design & Anlys of Experiments Average GPA 3.32, 738 students
IE 430: Economic Found of Quality Syst Average GPA 3.36, 602 students
IE 360: Facilities Planning and Design Average GPA 3.39, 914 students
IE 361: Production Planning & Control Average GPA 3.43, 906 students
IE 411: Optimization of Large Systems Average GPA 3.44, 404 students
IE 431: Design for Six Sigma Average GPA 3.45, 496 students
IE 522: Statistical Methods in Finance Average GPA 3.55, 682 students
IE 405: Computing for Ise Average GPA 3.55, 458 students
IE 526: Stochastic Calculus in Finance Average GPA 3.57, 486 students
IE 531: Algorithms for Data Analytics Average GPA 3.58, 118 students
IE 525: Stochastic Calculus Average GPA 3.59, 784 students
IE 498: High Frequency Trading Average GPA 3.62, 267 students
IE 524: Optimization in Finance Average GPA 3.66, 617 students
IE 421: High Frequency Trading Tech Average GPA 3.66, 295 students
IE 371: Simulation Modeling for Ie Average GPA 3.66, 235 students
IE 340: Human Factors Average GPA 3.68, 685 students
IE 523: Financial Computing Average GPA 3.68, 675 students
IE 598: Electronic Trading Average GPA 3.77, 257 students
IE 529: Stats of Big Data & Clustering Average GPA 3.81, 174 students
IE 532: Analysis of Network Data Average GPA 3.83, 115 students
IE 534: Deep Learning Average GPA 3.89, 628 students