Hardest UP classes at UIUC

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

1. UP 316: Urban Informatics II Average GPA 3.16, 503 students
2. UP 204: Chicago: Planning & Urban Life Average GPA 3.20, 504 students
3. UP 330: The Modern American City Average GPA 3.21, 232 students
4. UP 205: Ecology & Env Sustainability Average GPA 3.27, 715 students
5. UP 160: Race, Social Justice, Cities Average GPA 3.30, 154 students
6. UP 101: Introduction to City Planning Average GPA 3.33, 2,841 students
7. UP 312: Communication for Planners Average GPA 3.38, 560 students
8. UP 260: Social Inequality and Planning Average GPA 3.38, 495 students
9. UP 203: Cities: Planning & Urban Life Average GPA 3.40, 231 students
10. UP 480: Sustainable Design Principles Average GPA 3.41, 394 students
11. UP 230: Intro to Transport Planning Average GPA 3.42, 110 students
12. UP 116: Urban Informatics I Average GPA 3.44, 325 students
13. UP 405: Watershed Ecology and Planning Average GPA 3.44, 103 students
14. UP 185: Cities in a Global Perspective Average GPA 3.46, 703 students
15. UP 438: Disasters and Urban Planning Average GPA 3.51, 219 students
16. UP 494: Planning Colloquium Average GPA 3.52, 320 students
17. UP 347: Junior Planning Workshop Average GPA 3.52, 280 students
18. UP 406: Urban Ecology Average GPA 3.53, 245 students
19. UP 418: Gis for Planners Average GPA 3.58, 961 students
20. UP 311: Local Planning, Gov't and Law Average GPA 3.59, 211 students
21. UP 505: Urban and Regional Analysis Average GPA 3.61, 314 students
22. UP 486: Planning with Climate Change Average GPA 3.61, 128 students
23. UP 510: Plan Making Average GPA 3.64, 220 students
24. UP 423: Cmnty Dev in the Global South Average GPA 3.65, 214 students
25. UP 340: Planning for Healthy Cities Average GPA 3.67, 301 students
26. UP 201: Planning in Action Average GPA 3.69, 372 students
27. UP 211: Local Planning, Gov't and Law Average GPA 3.69, 266 students
28. UP 136: Urban Sustainability Average GPA 3.70, 397 students
29. UP 501: Planning History and Theory Average GPA 3.70, 366 students
30. UP 430: Urban Transportation Planning Average GPA 3.71, 598 students
31. UP 511: Law and Planning Average GPA 3.74, 338 students
32. UP 475: Real Estate Dev. Fundamentals Average GPA 3.75, 203 students
33. UP 504: Urban History and Theory Average GPA 3.76, 426 students
34. UP 508: Survey Design and Analysis Average GPA 3.77, 145 students
35. UP 503: Physical Planning Average GPA 3.84, 273 students

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