Spring 2027

Global (in)security

GLOBAL (IN)SECURITY examines how today's world is shaped by the intensification of security while many populations simultaneously experience profound insecurity.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2010: 2.76 GPA, 37.5% A/AB (n=88 letter grades); Spring 2015: 3.48 GPA, 74.6% A/AB (n=114 letter grades); Spring 2016: 3.28 GPA, 57.5% A/AB (n=181 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the key theoretical debates and frameworks in critical security studies, including securitization theory, critical theory, and constructivist, postcolonial, and feminist approaches to security.

  • Describe historical developments in global security regimes from the Cold War, through the global "war on terror," and into the post-GWOT era.

  • Analyze the scope and concept of security beyond the object of the state to include multiple actors, scales, and processes.

  • Discuss and debate contemporary global security concerns.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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GEOG/INTLST 317

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2010: 2.76 GPA, 37.5% A/AB (n=88 letter grades); Spring 2015: 3.48 GPA, 74.6% A/AB (n=114 letter grades); Spring 2016: 3.28 GPA, 57.5% A/AB (n=181 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Contemporary wars, human displacement, ecological disasters, state repression, and the rise of authoritarian governance
  • Regulation of bodies and populations marked by race, citizenship, gender, and geography
  • Historical developments in global security regimes from the Cold War to the post-GWOT era

Skills

  • Identifying key theoretical debates and frameworks in critical security studies
  • Analyzing the scope and concept of security beyond the state
  • Discussing and debating contemporary global security concerns

Grades

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About this comparison

960 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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