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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: 29

Average GPA: 3.42 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 46.00%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.29%

Debra F Skiles202251.2%27.7%13.9%2.6%3.1%1.5%3.177
David J Felt201629.0%48.4%13.0%9.7%0.0%0.0%2.901
Michael J Alexander201943.2%36.8%14.5%1.9%2.0%1.5%3.166
Robert A Flahive201954.7%26.1%1.3%5.6%5.6%6.8%3.242
Bestami S Bilgic202390.0%6.3%1.8%0.0%1.1%0.7%3.812
Terry L Findley202479.8%17.0%2.5%0.2%0.3%0.2%3.748
Kelly A Minor202382.2%8.9%4.4%1.5%1.5%1.5%3.611
Elizabeth L Mckagen202280.0%12.9%2.8%1.4%2.9%0.0%3.641
Julie L Harvey202084.6%15.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.801

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