Advertising classes by average grade Hardest first Easiest first Biggest first
Bars start at 2.0
ADV 315 History and Development of Advertising 423 grades 3.22 ADV 305 Fundamentals of Advertising 306 grades 3.36 ADV 303 Advertising and Popular Culture 148 grades 3.43 ADV 348S The Business of Sports Media 227 grades 3.44 ADV 318J Introduction to Integrated Brand Communication 1,669 grades 3.46 ADV 336 Topics in Multicultural Issues in Advertising and Public Relations 108 grades 3.48 ADV 345J Advertising and Public Relations Media Planning 1,413 grades 3.49 ADV 316 Creativity and American Culture 124 grades 3.53 ADV 309R Introduction to Advertising and Public Relations Research 1,161 grades 3.55 ADV 319 Psychology of Advertising 3,008 grades 3.58 ADV 344K Advertising and Public Relations Research 1,429 grades 3.68 ADV 353 Advertising and Public Relations Law and Ethics 852 grades 3.70 ADV 378 Advanced Topics in Advertising 1,322 grades 3.72 ADV 339L Brand Storytelling 966 grades 3.73 ADV 370J Integrated Communications Management 807 grades 3.77 ADV 378S Special Topics in Sports Media 1,733 grades 3.81 ADV 324 Communicating Sustainability 153 grades 3.81 ADV 343K Portfolio I 110 grades 3.81 ADV 323 Public Communication of Science and Technology 632 grades 3.83 ADV 325 Introduction to Advertising Creativity 795 grades 3.84 ADV 305S Introduction to Integrated Communication for Sports 1,023 grades 3.84 ADV 334 International Advertising 271 grades 3.85 ADV 339K Digital Graphic Communication 938 grades 3.85 ADV 377M Topics in Media Studies 445 grades 3.87 ADV 332C New Media Entrepreneurialism 1,868 grades 3.87 ADV 377 Advertising Media Topics 145 grades 3.89 ADV 332 Technology Marketing and Advertising 2,120 grades 3.92 ADV 332D Entrepreneurialism in Communication 426 grades 3.95 Show all 28 classes By year 2025–26: 3.75 School year Average grade Grades 2023–24 3.64 8,002 2024–25 3.73 8,547 2025–26 3.75 8,974
Across every term since summer 2011, Advertising classes average 3.50 on 116,705 grades.
Compare departments 22nd-highest of 83 Professor evaluations UT’s public results Sources UT grade reports We averaged every A to F grade UT reported in ADV classes from fall 2023 to summer 2026, using UT’s grade points (A is 4.0, A- is 3.67). This is a course-grade average. A class is listed once it gave 100 grades across at least two terms.
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