INST406

Cross Disciplinary Communication Lab

Explores the world of communicating the ideas behind the things we make. In design, the product tends to be the prize: a manifestation of experience, sensibilities, and observations. But products do not always articulate a complete picture of what they are and how they came to be. Communication--speaking, writing, depicting, presenting to various audiences--is an under-leveraged component of design, connecting the product with emotion, process, context, and most importantly, the audience.

Spring 2026

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Fall 2025

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Spring 2025

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Past Semesters

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.62 between 87 students*

INST406 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065707580% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 18.39%
A: 32.18%
A+: 27.59%
B-: 5.75%
B: 3.45%
B+: 4.6%
C: 3.45%
C+: 1.15%
F: 1.15%
W: 1.15%
other: 1.15%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.