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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: 186

Average GPA: 3.46 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 35.18%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.55%

Clive R Vorster202476.9%23.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.757
Donna W Dunay202352.6%44.0%2.3%0.0%0.0%1.1%3.5132
Madison C Cook202445.2%45.0%5.8%0.0%0.0%3.9%3.363
Hilary Bryon202241.6%51.2%4.0%1.7%0.9%0.6%3.298
Arian Korkuti202183.0%16.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.792
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 Martin202256.5%37.6%4.9%0.0%1.0%0.0%3.4511
Brian F Katen202137.3%60.3%0.7%0.0%0.0%1.8%3.389
Salahuddin Choudhury202050.8%36.0%12.3%0.6%0.3%0.0%3.3516
Martha L Sullivan201543.3%54.2%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.404
Christopher B Pritchett202465.9%29.8%3.9%0.0%0.0%0.4%3.5613
Marie L Paget202042.4%48.6%6.7%1.7%0.0%0.6%3.309
Akshay Sharma200871.5%26.6%2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.622
Benjamin L Gauslin200639.5%53.0%7.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.252
Kathryn C Albright201644.4%51.1%3.9%0.6%0.0%0.0%3.408
Gregory Tew201847.3%39.9%12.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.275
Deidre Regan202144.6%45.3%8.7%1.5%0.0%0.0%3.304
Virginia E Melnyk202466.2%28.9%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.552
David Dugas201154.4%40.7%4.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.467
Bassett Paola A Zellner200940.9%54.5%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.381
John S Poole201139.0%55.4%5.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.334
James Bassett202157.0%34.5%4.9%1.5%0.7%1.4%3.446
Ronald W Daniel202464.5%33.3%1.2%0.0%0.0%1.1%3.605
Jessica M Hernandez202494.1%5.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.921
Helene S Renard201339.4%57.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.9%3.382
Shanice A Aga202288.9%11.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.871
Howard S Gartner202475.1%23.6%0.0%0.0%1.4%0.0%3.694
Sheng Qi Wang202265.3%34.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.592
Erin E Carraher201169.8%22.2%7.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.512
Alvarez Luis O Velez201136.8%51.8%11.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.272
Robert L Vance201945.0%50.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.461
Adam T Burke201738.0%57.1%4.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.421
Chenxuan He202338.2%54.5%7.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.312
David A Brothers200532.0%36.0%32.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.041
Markus Breitschmid200540.0%45.0%10.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%3.201
Carrasco Edgar E Garcia202495.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.951

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