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ARCH-1016: 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

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 68

Average GPA: 3.57 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 41.62%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.98%

Clive R Vorster202489.0%11.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.913
Salahuddin Choudhury202049.4%35.0%15.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.382
Arian Korkuti202183.0%16.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.792
Donna W Dunay202371.3%23.6%2.6%0.0%0.0%2.5%3.6810
Madison C Cook202445.2%45.0%5.8%0.0%0.0%3.9%3.363
Deidre Regan202143.6%44.5%10.0%2.0%0.0%0.0%3.283
Ronald W Daniel202464.5%33.3%1.2%0.0%0.0%1.1%3.605
Brian F Katen202128.9%65.4%2.0%0.0%0.0%3.8%3.353
Isaac A Mangual202389.4%10.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.832
William R Green202465.0%31.1%1.9%0.0%0.0%2.0%3.633
Shelley F Martin202252.3%36.3%10.1%0.0%1.4%0.0%3.354
Virginia E Melnyk202466.2%28.9%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.552
Christopher B Pritchett202472.5%22.7%4.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.617
Jessica M Hernandez202494.1%5.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.921
Marie L Paget202039.1%52.8%8.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.302
Howard S Gartner202475.1%23.6%0.0%0.0%1.4%0.0%3.694
Shanice A Aga202288.9%11.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.871
Sheng Qi Wang202265.3%34.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.592
Robert L Vance201945.0%50.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.461
Chenxuan He202338.2%54.5%7.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.312
Carrasco Edgar E Garcia202495.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.951
James Bassett202163.8%30.2%1.4%3.0%0.0%1.4%3.543
Hilary Bryon202251.3%37.8%8.1%0.0%2.7%0.0%3.291
Andrew C Shaver202453.5%39.2%3.6%0.0%0.0%3.6%3.491

Grade Distribution Over Time

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