Spring 2027

Global Military History (5000 Bce - Present)

Introductory global military history course examining war and peace from 5000 BCE to the 21st century, focusing on military cultures, technologies, and societal impacts rather than specific battles or tactics.

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Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.49 GPA, 76.3% A/AB (n=93 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.45 GPA, 77.3% A/AB (n=44 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the Impact of Military Technologies: identify major military-technological changes and their impact on societies more generally.

  • Recognize Military Cultures: acknowledge the many ways in which war shaped culture outside of the battlefield in the arts, music, and literature.

  • Demonstrate Critical Writing Skills: communicate complex ideas through written evaluations. Specifically, emphasis is placed on improving analytical/argumentative writing skills through a number of written assignments.

  • Show Critical Reading and Communication: demonstrate critical thinking and reading through the analysis of historical primary and secondary sources, discussion, and independent research.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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HISTORY 133

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.49 GPA, 76.3% A/AB (n=93 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.45 GPA, 77.3% A/AB (n=44 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Role of war and peace in human history from early organized violence to the 21st century.
  • Emergence of military cultures and technologies across the globe over time.
  • Impact of organized violence on soldiers and all members of society.
  • War's representation in popular culture: poetry, propaganda, music, movies, and social media.
  • Connections and commonalities of war across different world regions.

Skills

  • Identify major military-technological changes and explain their impact on societies.
  • Acknowledge how war shaped culture outside the battlefield in arts, music, and literature.
  • Communicate complex ideas through written evaluations and improve analytical/argumentative writing skills.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and reading through analysis of historical sources, discussion, and independent research.

Grades

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About this comparison

1330 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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