Hardest IS classes at UIUC

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

IS 203: Analytical Fndts Info Problems Average GPA 3.27, 632 students
IS 340: Project Management Average GPA 3.40, 223 students
IS 205: Program for Info Problems Average GPA 3.42, 568 students
IS 311: History Fndts of Info Society Average GPA 3.48, 115 students
IS 145: Mapping Inequalities Average GPA 3.49, 136 students
IS 308: Race, Gender, and Info Tech Average GPA 3.52, 506 students
IS 316: Design of Usable Interfaces Average GPA 3.52, 166 students
IS 310: Computing in the Humanities Average GPA 3.54, 215 students
IS 142: Social Hist. of Games & Gaming Average GPA 3.55, 187 students
IS 206: Intro Database Concepts & Apps Average GPA 3.59, 1,134 students
IS 523: Preserving Info Resources Average GPA 3.61, 232 students
IS 490: Teen Library Programs Average GPA 3.64, 173 students
IS 439: Web Devel Using App Framwrk Average GPA 3.64, 129 students
IS 204: Research Design Info Sciences Average GPA 3.65, 837 students
IS 597: Machine Learning Cloud Average GPA 3.68, 447 students
IS 551: Youth Services Librarianship Average GPA 3.68, 161 students
IS 390: Blockchain and Society Average GPA 3.68, 160 students
IS 202: Social Aspects Info Tech Average GPA 3.69, 2,197 students
IS 305: Program for Info Problems II Average GPA 3.70, 145 students
IS 226: Introduction to Hci Average GPA 3.71, 502 students
IS 327: Concepts of Machine Learning Average GPA 3.71, 417 students
IS 477: Data Mgmt, Curation, & Reprodu Average GPA 3.73, 482 students
IS 409: Web Technologies & Techniques Average GPA 3.73, 147 students
IS 455: Database Design & Prototyping Average GPA 3.74, 434 students
IS 199: Ischool Explore, Engage, Devel Average GPA 3.74, 338 students
IS 457: Data Storytelling Average GPA 3.74, 316 students
IS 583: Booklab: Print to Programming Average GPA 3.74, 184 students
IS 100: Exploring the Ischool Average GPA 3.75, 1,521 students
IS 467: Ethics & Policy for Data Scien Average GPA 3.75, 663 students
IS 309: Computers and Culture Average GPA 3.76, 416 students
IS 496: Computer Networks Average GPA 3.76, 105 students
IS 561: Information Modeling Average GPA 3.77, 327 students
IS 542: Research and Inquiry for Youth Average GPA 3.77, 307 students
IS 430: Foundations Info Processing Average GPA 3.78, 407 students
IS 357: Intro to Data Storytelling Average GPA 3.78, 217 students
IS 543: Digital Preservation Average GPA 3.79, 486 students
IS 567: Text Mining Average GPA 3.80, 154 students
IS 101: Intro to Information Sciences Average GPA 3.81, 1,855 students
IS 229: Web Design Fundamentals Average GPA 3.81, 183 students
IS 418: Community Engagement Average GPA 3.81, 111 students
IS 590: Comics: Advising Readers Average GPA 3.82, 943 students
IS 563: Fantasy Lit/media for Youth Average GPA 3.82, 147 students
IS 594: Project Management Average GPA 3.82, 117 students
IS 517: Methods of Data Science Average GPA 3.83, 225 students
IS 507: Data, Stat, and Info Average GPA 3.84, 684 students
IS 585: Bibliographic Metadata Average GPA 3.84, 215 students
IS 452: Foundations Info Processing Average GPA 3.84, 183 students
IS 458: Instruc Strat Tech Info Prof Average GPA 3.84, 127 students
IS 582: Academic Librarianship Average GPA 3.85, 555 students
IS 515: Information Modeling Average GPA 3.85, 409 students
IS 502: Libraries Info and Society Average GPA 3.85, 372 students
IS 571: Info Service for Diverse Users Average GPA 3.85, 320 students
IS 581: Foundations of Media Literacy Average GPA 3.85, 164 students
IS 413: Teen Materials Average GPA 3.85, 154 students
IS 445: Data Visualization Average GPA 3.86, 1,157 students
IS 510: Libraries Info and Society Average GPA 3.86, 894 students
IS 471: Instruc Strat Tech Info Prof Average GPA 3.86, 161 students
IS 504: Sociotechnical Info Systems Average GPA 3.87, 704 students
IS 407: Introduction to Data Science Average GPA 3.87, 327 students
IS 506: Youth Services Librarianship Average GPA 3.87, 121 students
IS 505: Info Org and Access Average GPA 3.88, 1,309 students
IS 501: Reference and Info Services Average GPA 3.88, 969 students
IS 525: Data Warehousing and Bi Average GPA 3.88, 449 students
IS 577: Data Mining Average GPA 3.88, 343 students
IS 573: Introduction to Artists Books Average GPA 3.88, 171 students
IS 530: Collection Development Average GPA 3.90, 337 students
IS 508: Collection Development Average GPA 3.91, 222 students
IS 403: Children's Materials Average GPA 3.91, 198 students
IS 446: Systems Analysis and Design Average GPA 3.91, 125 students
IS 380: Consulting for Info Pros Average GPA 3.92, 149 students
IS 532: School Library Management Average GPA 3.93, 606 students
IS 200: Career Exploration Average GPA 3.93, 265 students
IS 592: Public Librarianship Average GPA 3.93, 102 students
IS 537: Theory & Prct of Data Cleaning Average GPA 3.97, 2,018 students
IS 534: Information Consulting Average GPA 3.99, 101 students