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Virginia Tech

PSCI-2054: Introduction to World Politics

Description: An introduction to the prevalent methods and theories in the study of world politics. Topics include: historical context of contemporary world politics, global actors and power relations, conflict and conflict resolution, international law, and contemporary global issues.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: GEOG-2054, IS-2054

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 122

Average GPA: 3.09 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 30.11%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.52%

Alana G Romanella201475.5%13.4%7.2%0.0%2.0%2.0%3.672
Paul C Avey201533.4%50.0%8.4%8.3%0.0%0.0%3.051
Adriana N Seagle201547.4%30.5%16.0%1.8%4.4%0.0%3.063
Ioannis Stivachtis201543.3%32.1%16.3%3.0%4.0%1.2%3.0618
Courtney I Thomas202443.3%39.4%11.2%2.3%1.1%2.6%3.2139
Laura Zanotti202325.0%30.0%25.0%0.0%20.0%0.0%2.362
Thomas Staff Powell201128.3%41.7%21.7%4.2%0.0%4.2%2.953
Molly F Todd202367.6%21.4%2.1%2.0%5.5%1.3%3.447
Scott G Nelson200816.4%43.2%27.2%8.2%5.0%0.0%2.5519
Desiree Poets202423.1%57.1%9.7%3.6%3.8%2.6%2.966
Staff Georgakis201337.0%49.6%8.6%2.4%2.4%0.0%3.123
Johannes D Grow201777.7%22.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.641
De Paula Francine Rossone201461.6%15.3%0.0%7.7%7.7%7.7%3.071
Ryan C Briggs201626.7%39.9%19.9%6.6%0.0%6.7%2.931
William D Miller201850.0%42.8%0.0%0.0%7.1%0.0%3.331
Robert Hodges201880.0%20.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.781
Leah A Ramnath202372.5%18.8%4.3%1.5%1.6%1.5%3.624
Na Mi201057.2%28.6%0.0%14.3%0.0%0.0%3.241
Brett R Netto201758.9%27.9%6.7%0.0%6.5%0.0%3.293
Damion K Blake201312.6%81.4%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%3.001
Jong O Ra201145.0%40.0%10.0%0.0%5.0%0.0%3.171
Anthony Szczurek202088.9%5.6%0.0%0.0%5.6%0.0%3.671
Hamza Safouane201550.0%31.8%18.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.261
Madison J Tepper202277.3%13.5%9.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.641
Dimitri Tsarouhas202336.3%36.3%27.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.211

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