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AADS 2466

State Building and Conflict in Africa · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

76BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2024 – 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

10thMore challenging than 10% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

81BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

39thMore work than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

50BC — “Workload”2 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 is about the relationship between political violence and state-building in Africa. The first four weeks provide background topics such as war and state formation in pre-colonial Africa and the dynamics of colonial conquest. The core themes will follow in the following four weeks, including the onset, intensity, and termination of civil war in post-colonial Africa. The last four weeks explore patterns of conflict and state-building in individual African countries. Beyond the descriptive goals, the course significantly emphasizes explaining issues. Thus, students should not only develop an understanding of what patterns of conflict and state-building in post-colonial Africa look like but also engage in a range of competing academic theories designed to describe and explain the patterns. Students can also critically weigh available evidence in developing their original understanding.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Mesfin WoldegebrielAfrican and African Diaspora Studies Provisional	782 records	39th	10th	769 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Mesfin Woldegebriel is the only instructor with evaluation records for AADS 2466, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Mesfin Woldegebriel

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
AADS 2455Identity, Culture, and Conflict Resolution Practices in Africa	13 records	80
AADS 2465Africa in International Politics	13 records	85
AADS 2467Politics of Development in Africa	11 record	87

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 2 records

The Professor4 items

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

8410th pctl

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

8818th pctl

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

827th pctl

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

8610th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8728th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8725th pctl

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

849th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8416th pctl

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

8420th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8725th 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.

5039th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8110th pctl

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

8315th 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Mesfin Woldegebriel	Fall 2025	01	67	66	40
Mesfin Woldegebriel	Fall 2024	01	89	85	60

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.