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HIST-1215: Intro to World History

Description: Examine political, economic, social, and cultural change around the world over the course of human existence, with particular emphasis connections and comparisons of human societies across space and time. 1215: Covers early civilizations to 1500 CE. Major themes include the development of human civilization and the interactions of different societies through exchange of people, ideas, goods, and disease. 1216: Covers from 1500 CE to present. Major themes include the spread of European imperialism and resistance to it, development of nation-states, world wars, and post-colonial globalization.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 23

Average GPA: 3.51 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 54.65%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.51%

Debra F Skiles202237.9%36.4%17.3%3.1%3.3%1.9%3.004
Bestami S Bilgic202492.9%4.2%1.2%0.0%0.8%0.9%3.873
Terry L Findley202479.8%17.0%2.5%0.2%0.3%0.2%3.748
Kelly A Minor202458.0%21.4%9.5%3.1%4.0%4.0%3.252
Michael J Alexander201943.7%41.4%13.7%0.0%0.0%1.3%3.241
Robert A Flahive201954.7%26.1%1.3%5.6%5.6%6.8%3.242
Elizabeth L Mckagen202280.0%12.9%2.8%1.4%2.9%0.0%3.641
Shreya Hari Nurani202475.0%8.3%8.3%8.3%0.0%0.0%3.451
Julie L Harvey202084.6%15.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.801

Grade Distribution Over Time

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