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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: 185

Average GPA: 3.35 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.59%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.43%

Donna W Dunay202246.5%48.2%4.4%0.3%0.0%0.7%3.4219
Arian Korkuti202073.2%18.9%7.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.552
Marie L Paget201931.5%61.3%5.9%0.0%0.0%1.2%3.278
Brian F Katen202029.7%60.9%7.3%0.8%0.0%1.3%3.217
Jessica M Hernandez202394.1%5.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.941
Clive R Vorster202372.6%27.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.695
Ronald W Daniel202350.1%39.2%10.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.366
Hilary Bryon202222.8%70.4%6.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.187
Salahuddin Choudhury201944.3%43.2%11.1%0.6%0.5%0.3%3.2816
Christopher B Pritchett202356.0%40.4%3.3%0.0%0.0%0.4%3.5012
Robert J Dunay202230.7%65.6%3.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.3015
Howard S Gartner202361.3%33.8%1.3%1.2%2.5%0.0%3.474
Shelley F Martin202147.2%47.7%4.0%0.6%0.0%0.5%3.4210
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
Virginia E Melnyk202329.6%60.7%7.4%2.4%0.0%0.0%3.172
Kathryn C Albright201541.2%52.4%4.8%1.6%0.0%0.0%3.306
Gregory Tew201848.3%49.5%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.8%3.456
Deidre Regan202040.0%52.5%7.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.284
Benjamin L Gauslin200528.6%56.5%13.1%0.0%1.8%0.0%3.112
Helene S Renard201231.5%63.4%2.5%2.5%0.0%0.0%3.212
Martha L Sullivan201423.1%67.5%9.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.184
James Bassett202039.8%57.1%1.2%0.0%0.6%1.2%3.377
Adam T Burke201638.1%61.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.381
Isaac A Mangual202284.6%13.1%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.762
Akshay Sharma200745.3%45.9%8.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.313
David Dugas201130.1%62.7%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.238
John S Poole201028.6%63.5%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.6%3.207
Alvarez Luis O Velez201025.4%68.3%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.192
Erin E Carraher201040.9%45.4%13.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.291
Bassett Paola A Zellner200834.8%52.2%13.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.171
Robert L Vance201960.8%26.0%13.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.391
David A Brothers200416.0%68.0%16.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.981
Madison C Cook202345.3%46.7%5.3%0.0%0.0%2.8%3.342
Shanice A Aga202166.7%33.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.631
Staff Shaver202395.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.841
Carrasco Edgar E Garcia202390.0%5.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.851
Markus Breitschmid200422.2%40.7%18.5%7.4%11.1%0.0%2.541

Grade Distribution Over Time