Hardest MUS classes at UIUC

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

  1. MUS 101: Music Theory and Practice I Average GPA 2.77, 251 students
  2. MUS 102: Music Theory and Practice II Average GPA 3.03, 440 students
  3. MUS 202: Music Theory and Practice IV Average GPA 3.06, 318 students
  4. MUS 313: The History of Music I Average GPA 3.08, 1,587 students
  5. MUS 201: Music Theory and Practice III Average GPA 3.08, 337 students
  6. MUS 208: Musicianship IV Average GPA 3.15, 119 students
  7. MUS 108: Musicianship II Average GPA 3.18, 410 students
  8. MUS 314: The History of Music II Average GPA 3.19, 1,377 students
  9. MUS 107: Musicianship I Average GPA 3.20, 430 students
  10. MUS 103: Rudiments of Music Theory I Average GPA 3.30, 466 students
  11. MUS 407: Elect Music Techniques I Average GPA 3.30, 269 students
  12. MUS 110: Introd Art Mus: Intl Perspect Average GPA 3.34, 1,439 students
  13. MUS 242: Elements of Conducting Average GPA 3.34, 332 students
  14. MUS 130: Sound Opinions Average GPA 3.40, 5,644 students
  15. MUS 244: Social Foundations of Music Ed Average GPA 3.41, 134 students
  16. MUS 501: Grad Music History Review 1 Average GPA 3.45, 375 students
  17. MUS 414: Music and Society Average GPA 3.49, 141 students
  18. MUS 343: Music in Adolescence Average GPA 3.53, 325 students
  19. MUS 502: Tonal Theory Average GPA 3.53, 176 students
  20. MUS 335: Elem and Mid Sch Instrum Music Average GPA 3.54, 110 students
  21. MUS 418: Regional Studies in Musicology Average GPA 3.56, 185 students
  22. MUS 408: Music Since World War II Average GPA 3.57, 563 students
  23. MUS 400: Counterpoint and Fugue Average GPA 3.58, 113 students
  24. MUS 133: Introduction to World Music Average GPA 3.59, 15,603 students
  25. MUS 434: Assessment/eval in Music Ed Average GPA 3.60, 300 students
  26. MUS 350: Music Teaching in Ens Settings Average GPA 3.60, 228 students
  27. MUS 411: Genre Studies in Musicology Average GPA 3.60, 128 students
  28. MUS 344: Instr Methods for Sec Ens Average GPA 3.64, 167 students
  29. MUS 339: Princpls and Technqs in Mus Ed Average GPA 3.64, 144 students
  30. MUS 132: Popular Music Studies Average GPA 3.68, 6,316 students
  31. MUS 240: Orientation Mus Tchg Lrng K-hs Average GPA 3.68, 510 students
  32. MUS 243: Introductory Music Ed Tech Average GPA 3.68, 457 students
  33. MUS 342: Music in Childhood Average GPA 3.70, 113 students
  34. MUS 439: Differentiating Music Instrctn Average GPA 3.71, 323 students
  35. MUS 499: Jazz Forum Average GPA 3.72, 1,106 students
  36. MUS 444: Healthy Music Practices Average GPA 3.72, 189 students
  37. MUS 526: Baroque Performance Practice Average GPA 3.72, 109 students
  38. MUS 346: Choral Mthds Secondary Ensem Average GPA 3.73, 207 students
  39. MUS 241: Music for Elementary Teachers Average GPA 3.86, 208 students
  40. MUS 527: Classical Performance Practice Average GPA 3.86, 109 students
  41. MUS 263: Men's Glee Club Average GPA 3.88, 482 students
  42. MUS 261: University Mixed Chorus Average GPA 3.89, 523 students
  43. MUS 272: University Band Average GPA 3.90, 800 students
  44. MUS 250: U of I Symphony Orchestra Average GPA 3.92, 1,531 students
  45. MUS 262: Women's Glee Club Average GPA 3.93, 647 students
  46. MUS 271: Hindsley Symphonic Band Average GPA 3.93, 479 students
  47. MUS 269: Wind Orchestra Average GPA 3.94, 420 students
  48. MUS 268: Wind Symphony Average GPA 3.95, 201 students
  49. MUS 450: Advanced Ensemble Music Average GPA 3.96, 225 students
  50. MUS 274: Basketball Band Average GPA 3.98, 171 students
  51. MUS 273: Marching Illini Average GPA 3.99, 311 students

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