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Institute for Regional and International Studies

College of Letters and Science · University of Wisconsin-Madison
13,250 grades38 courses92 professors39 terms

Department and course prefixes as University of Wisconsin-Madison lists them in its own catalog.

3.45
average GPA across 13,250 grades
+1% vs. University of Wisconsin-Madison overall (3.42)
91%
A or B
of 13,250 grades
1.8%
D, F or withdrew
A57.2%
B34.0%
Every term against the 3.45 department average 39 terms
Fall 2006Spring 2026
Course prefixes · 2
PrefixDistributionGPAGrades
INTL ST · 34 courses
3.44 −0% vs. department 12,939
LACIS · 4 courses
3.77 +9% vs. department 311
Most taken
INTL ST 101
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
3.30
5,926 grades
−4% vs. dept
INTL ST 318
3.36
862 grades
−3% vs. dept
INTL ST 317
3.34
780 grades
−3% vs. dept
INTL ST 401
TOPICS IN GLOBAL SECURITY
3.71
708 grades
+7% vs. dept
INTL ST 535
WOMEN'S GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
3.75
662 grades
+9% vs. dept
INTL ST 301
3.41
584 grades
−1% vs. dept
INTL ST 320
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
3.89
570 grades
+13% vs. dept
INTL ST 402
TOPICS IN POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
3.27
420 grades
−5% vs. dept
Courses with a grade record · 38
100 level1200 level3300 level14400 level7500 level1600 level11700 level1
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level1 course
INTL ST 101 · — INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
3.30 −4% vs. dept 5,926
200 level3 courses
LACIS 260 · — LATIN AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION
3.29 −5% vs. dept 7
INTL ST 266 · — INTRODUCTION TO THE MIDDLE EAST
3.41 −1% vs. dept 169
INTL ST 275 · — LEAD WITH LANGUAGES: PUTTING LANGUAGE SKILLS TO WORK
3.67 +7% vs. dept 40
300 level14 courses
INTL ST 301
3.41 −1% vs. dept 584
INTL ST 311 · — THE GLOBAL GAME: SOCCER, POLITICS, AND IDENTITY
3.56 +3% vs. dept 35
INTL ST 317
3.34 −3% vs. dept 780
INTL ST 318
3.36 −3% vs. dept 862
INTL ST 320 · — CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
3.89 +13% vs. dept 570
INTL ST 322
3.63 +5% vs. dept 55
INTL ST 325 · — SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
3.89 +13% vs. dept 19
INTL ST 327
3.68 +7% vs. dept 14
INTL ST 330 · — GLOBAL HISTORY OF HUMANITARIANISM
3.56 +3% vs. dept 9
INTL ST 332 · — EAST ASIA & THE U.S. SINCE 1899
3.38 −2% vs. dept 8
INTL ST 335 · — GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATION
3.83 +11% vs. dept 6
LACIS 367 · — THE LITERATURE OF MIGRATION AND THE MIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN THE AMERICAS
3.65 +6% vs. dept 13
INTL ST 374 · — THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
3.68 +7% vs. dept 11
INTL ST 375 · — THE COLD WAR - FROM WORLD WAR II TO END OF SOVIET EMPIRE
3.83 +11% vs. dept 12
400 level7 courses
INTL ST 401 · — TOPICS IN GLOBAL SECURITY
3.71 +7% vs. dept 708
INTL ST 402 · — TOPICS IN POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
3.27 −5% vs. dept 420
INTL ST 403 · — TOPICS IN CULTURE IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
3.53 +2% vs. dept 318
INTL ST 431 · — CONTENTIOUS POLITICS
3.73 +8% vs. dept 234
INTL ST 434 · — THE POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
3.29 −5% vs. dept 106
INTL ST 439 · — THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GENOCIDE
3.56 +3% vs. dept 159
LACIS 440 · — TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN, AND IBERIAN STUDIES
3.77 +9% vs. dept 268
500 level1 course
INTL ST 535 · — WOMEN'S GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
3.75 +9% vs. dept 662
600 level11 courses
INTL ST 601 · — TOPICS IN GLOBAL SECURITY
3.68 +7% vs. dept 402
INTL ST 602 · — TOPICS IN POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
3.55 +3% vs. dept 260
INTL ST 603 · — TOPICS IN CULTURE IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
3.75 +9% vs. dept 279
INTL ST 604
3.59 +4% vs. dept 22
INTL ST 606
3.67 +7% vs. dept 23
INTL ST 620 · — TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
3.79 +10% vs. dept 129
INTL ST 622
3.68 +7% vs. dept 55
INTL ST 667
3.53 +2% vs. dept 37
INTL ST 692 · — SENIOR THESIS
3.50 +1% vs. dept 1
LACIS 699 · — DIRECTED STUDY
4.00 +16% vs. dept 23
INTL ST 699 · — DIRECTED STUDY
4.00 +16% vs. dept 2
700 level1 course
INTL ST 720 · — GLOBAL STUDIES SEMINAR
3.80 +10% vs. dept 22
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