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PSCI-2164: Foundations of Contemporary Security Environments

Description: Introduction to multiple analytical perspectives on contemporary security environments, including political, legal, ethical, technical, environmental and historical and cultural perspectives relative to the conception, design and implementation of security solutions, practices, and policies. Emphasizes applying and analyzing the effectiveness of diverse procedures, tools and policies used in security and privacy solutions, decision-making, risk management and operational policy to mitigate local, national, international and global threats.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 5F Quant & Comp Thnk Found., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: BIT-2164, CS-2164

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 3.73 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 74.17%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.13%

Aaron F Brantly202485.4%8.5%3.5%0.7%1.2%0.7%3.777
Clara H Suong202483.8%11.3%1.9%0.5%1.8%0.7%3.739
Joseph J Simpson202271.5%17.8%0.0%0.0%7.1%3.6%3.501
Nataliya D Brantly202474.9%10.0%10.9%0.0%0.0%4.2%3.642
Calderon Eduardo D Villacis202190.9%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.851

Grade Distribution Over Time

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