Hardest COM classes at URI

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

COM 316A: Rhetorical Criticism Average GPA 1.90, 109 students
COM 307: Audio Commun in Media Average GPA 2.31, 190 students
COM 324: Nonverbal Communication Average GPA 2.70, 161 students
COM 382: Communication Theory Average GPA 2.71, 2,300 students
COM 415: The Ethics of Persuasion Average GPA 2.80, 376 students
COM 462: Comm & Global Society Average GPA 2.87, 274 students
COM 446: Media Theory Average GPA 2.92, 297 students
COM 421: Adv Interpersonal Communicat Average GPA 2.93, 302 students
COM 381: Research Methods Communication Average GPA 2.96, 3,131 students
COM 243G: Advertising and Consumerism Average GPA 2.97, 546 students
COM 322: Gender and Communication Average GPA 3.02, 732 students
COM 416: Propaganda Average GPA 3.04, 228 students
COM 383: Rhetorical Theory Average GPA 3.05, 2,572 students
COM 321G: Social Media/interpersonal Com Average GPA 3.06, 1,014 students
COM 203: Intro to Sport Media & Comm Average GPA 3.08, 1,053 students
COM 221: Interpersonal Communication Average GPA 3.10, 4,532 students
COM 361: Intercultural Communication Average GPA 3.12, 939 students
COM 320: Health Communication Average GPA 3.12, 489 students
COM 455: Science & Comm a Cen of Limits Average GPA 3.12, 180 students
COM 210: Persuasion: Rhetoric-influence Average GPA 3.22, 1,814 students
COM 369G: Technologies and Music Average GPA 3.22, 269 students
COM 250: Digital and Media Literacy Average GPA 3.22, 159 students
COM 202: Public Speaking Average GPA 3.23, 4,719 students
COM 414: The Rhetoric of Sports in Film Average GPA 3.23, 773 students
COM 316B: Television Criticism Average GPA 3.25, 109 students
COM 208: Argumentation and Debate Average GPA 3.26, 449 students
COM 100: Communication Fundamentals Average GPA 3.27, 29,113 students
COM 450: Organizational Comm. Theory Average GPA 3.28, 255 students
COM 402: Leadership & Motivation Average GPA 3.29, 343 students
COM 209: Great American Speeches Average GPA 3.29, 120 students
COM 246: New Media and Society Average GPA 3.30, 2,239 students
COM 411: Advanced Rhetorical Theory Average GPA 3.30, 478 students
COM 351: Organizational Comm Skills Average GPA 3.31, 1,378 students
COM 326: Family Communication Average GPA 3.31, 693 students
COM 385: Sports Communication Research Average GPA 3.31, 607 students
COM 440: Media Effects: Entertainment Average GPA 3.32, 652 students
COM 204: Intro to Sports Broadcasting Average GPA 3.32, 531 students
COM 230: The Art of Storytelling Average GPA 3.35, 516 students
COM 410: Advanced Topics in Comm.stds. Average GPA 3.35, 475 students
COM 341: Documentary Pre-production Average GPA 3.35, 185 students
COM 315: Envir Dimen of Communication Average GPA 3.36, 1,256 students
COM 251: Small Group Communication Average GPA 3.40, 2,351 students
COM 310: Topics in Communication Average GPA 3.42, 1,323 students
COM 447: Entertainment Media Research Average GPA 3.42, 207 students
COM 302: Advanced Public Speaking Average GPA 3.45, 743 students
COM 346: Soc & Cult Aspects of Media Average GPA 3.51, 1,915 students
COM 445: Media Advertising Average GPA 3.54, 319 students
COM 422: Com and Conflict Intervention Average GPA 3.55, 495 students
COM 442: Strategic Media Communication Average GPA 3.55, 431 students
COM 460: Environ. Comm: Local & Global Average GPA 3.60, 853 students
COM 441: Race, Class, & Gender in Media Average GPA 3.63, 1,073 students
COM 502: Communication Methods Average GPA 3.66, 114 students
COM 100H: Honors Section-comm. Fund. Average GPA 3.67, 1,835 students
COM 108G: Spaceship Earth: Comm/sustain Average GPA 3.70, 363 students
COM 520: Seminar in Media Studies Average GPA 3.73, 110 students
COM 530: Seminar in Organizational Comm Average GPA 3.76, 120 students
COM 321GH: Hon. Sect. of Com 321g Average GPA 3.84, 116 students
COM 491: Special Problems Average GPA 3.85, 472 students
COM 492: Special Problems Average GPA 3.86, 144 students
COM 435: Group Perf. Nondramatic Lit Average GPA 3.87, 153 students