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ARCH-1015: Foundation Design Laboratory

Description: Foundation Design Lab is an immersive, interactive learning environment focused on inquiry, experimentation, discovery, and synthesis for students studying architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and industrial design. The design lab develops self-reliance and self-critique, opens intellectual horizons, and challenges students to continually expand and deepen their aesthetic judgement and critical understanding. Course contact to credit hour structure: Lecture (1H,1C), Lab (6L, 2C), Design Lab/Studio (5L,3C).

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 6 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ARCH-2044, ARCH-3115, LAR-1014

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 69

Average GPA: 3.50 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 33.85%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.57%

Brian F Katen202033.5%55.8%10.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.242
Jessica M Hernandez202479.0%19.9%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.723
Clive R Vorster202384.7%15.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.803
Donna W Dunay202274.4%24.2%1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.634
Ronald W Daniel202450.1%40.8%9.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.387
Shanice A Aga202166.7%33.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.631
Robert J Dunay202246.8%50.7%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.384
Isaac A Mangual202284.6%13.1%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.762
Howard S Gartner202461.6%34.4%1.1%1.0%2.0%0.0%3.495
Shelley F Martin202166.3%28.2%0.0%3.1%0.0%2.5%3.592
William R Green202357.7%32.3%8.3%0.0%0.0%1.7%3.513
Sheng Qi Wang202161.8%35.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%3.552
Chenxuan He202229.4%68.3%2.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.272
Deidre Regan202441.8%48.2%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.313
Christopher B Pritchett202463.3%33.4%3.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.566
Robert L Vance201960.8%26.0%13.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.391
Arian Korkuti202073.2%18.9%7.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.552
Madison C Cook202345.3%46.7%5.3%0.0%0.0%2.8%3.342
Virginia E Melnyk202329.6%60.7%7.4%2.4%0.0%0.0%3.172
Carrasco Edgar E Garcia202495.0%2.5%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.912
Marie L Paget201921.1%73.7%5.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.131
Staff Shaver202395.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.841
Salahuddin Choudhury201945.4%40.9%9.1%0.0%0.0%4.5%3.341
James Bassett202040.0%53.3%2.2%0.0%0.0%4.3%3.392
Hilary Bryon202211.5%88.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.101
Kathryn C Albright202452.9%47.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.531
Terry L Clements202464.7%35.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.581
Brad A Whitney202442.2%52.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.3%3.411
Diane Pfeiffer202491.1%6.6%2.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.831
Andrew C Shaver202478.9%15.8%5.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.801

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Summer I 2022Fall 2022Summer I 2023Fall 2023Summer I 2024Fall 2024Term050% W