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AADS 2265

Women in Blues · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

87BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2023 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

17thMore challenging than 17% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”3 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course explores women in music from Vaudeville blues of the late 1800's, blues queens of the 1920's through contemporary blues artists such as Shamekia Copeland, Adele, Beyonce and Nicki Minaj. We will have mindful and empathetic conversations based on culture, race and perspective. The outcome of this class is that students have a thorough understanding of the legacy of blues music, the women who were at the forefront of the genre and the impact of blues on a worldwide audience.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Shannon JacobAfrican and African Diaspora Studies	953 records	25th	17th	1003 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Shannon Jacob is the only instructor with evaluation records for AADS 2265, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Shannon Jacob

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
AADS 2204Music and Social Justice	210 records	90
MUSP 1770Gospel Music Workshop	28 records	96
AADS 2268Country Music: Black Roots	11 record	80
THTR 1055Advanced Vocal Workshop	11 record	100

Other AADS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
AADS 1110Introduction to African Diaspora Studies	510 records	80
AADS 1114When Gods Begin Again: Intro to African and African Diaspora Religions	310 records	84
AADS 2204Music and Social Justice	210 records	90
AADS 3310Studies of Race, Law, and Resistance	110 records	86
AADS 6600Senior Seminar: Theorizing the Diaspora	46 records	94
AADS 2182Black Popular Culture	25 records	90

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9775th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9774th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9882nd pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9773rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9358th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9358th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9034th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9152nd pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9148th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9356th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8417th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8937th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Shannon Jacob	Fall 2025	01	95	84	40
Shannon Jacob	Fall 2024	01	96	91	40
Shannon Jacob	Fall 2023	01	95	87	—

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.