<p>All UG courses are designed for average people.</p>
<p>That may be true for “frosh” 100 level classes, but not true for courses in “harder” majors once you get to the 200+ levels. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that Cal III or OChem II is designed for “average people.” If they were, than an average student could get a C in those classes, and I don’t think they can without tons and tons of study/tutoring or super inflated grading. And, I certainly would NOT say that my son’s 400 level math classes were designed for average people. Those classes were 400/500 level combo classes and I would suspect that to pass those classes (without ridiculous inflation) an IQ of at least 125 would be needed…and a 125 IQ is in the 95th percentile. Even if a 120 IQ is needed, that would be almost 90th percentile…certainly not average. </p>
<p>But, again, I do think that the 100 level “Intro to XXXX” courses are designed so that the average person can pass them.</p>