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PSCI-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: IS-3115

Repeatability: up to 9 credit hours

Sections Taught: 21

Average GPA: 3.41 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 44.46%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.63%

Ioannis Stivachtis202033.5%38.6%19.3%3.5%3.4%1.7%2.952
Desiree Poets202444.4%33.3%11.1%11.1%0.0%0.0%3.041
Alexander T Stubberfield202268.5%24.3%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.652
Mohammed N Pervaiz202052.8%27.8%8.3%0.0%11.1%0.0%3.072
Joel Peters202376.5%20.7%0.0%0.0%2.8%0.0%3.664
Priya Dixit202175.0%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.3%3.821
Mauro J Caraccioli202281.8%18.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.871
Jennifer L Lawrence202166.6%25.0%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.481
Keith P Nelson202435.8%33.3%14.2%6.7%3.3%6.7%2.922
Binio S Binev202450.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.391
Chengqiu Wu202445.5%45.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.1%3.501
Bikrum S Gill202283.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.731
Ilja A Luciak202366.6%11.1%22.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.381
Vernon N Ferguson202391.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.3%0.0%3.671

Grade Distribution Over Time

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