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IS-3115: Selected World Problems

Description: Selected world problems and how they affect various countries and regions. Each semester, a topic will be chosen. 3115: World problems in a global or regional context. 3116: World problems in a European context. 3115 and/or 3116 may be repeated for a combined maximum of 9 credit hours.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: PSCI-3115

Repeatability: up to 9 credit hours

Sections Taught: 18

Average GPA: 3.49 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 48.08%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.29%

Ilja A Luciak202329.4%35.2%11.8%5.9%17.6%0.0%2.551
Scott G Nelson202250.0%45.0%0.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%3.321
Ameena M Zia202177.2%18.1%0.0%0.0%4.5%0.0%3.661
Jennifer L Lawrence202186.4%4.5%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.751
Priya Dixit202188.5%7.6%3.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.751
Vernon N Ferguson2023100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Mauro J Caraccioli202268.9%31.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.721
Desiree Poets202444.0%39.9%12.0%0.0%0.0%4.0%3.351
Alexander T Stubberfield202283.8%0.0%16.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.652
Deborah J Milly202242.9%42.9%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.411
Bikrum S Gill202253.3%40.0%3.3%3.3%0.0%0.0%3.441
Ioannis Stivachtis202034.3%45.3%13.2%4.6%0.7%1.9%3.092
Chengqiu Wu202446.2%30.8%7.7%0.0%0.0%15.4%3.481
Mohammed N Pervaiz202081.7%18.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.752
Binio S Binev202450.0%44.4%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.411

Grade Distribution Over Time

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