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Class record · AADS · MCAS

AADS 3310

Studies of Race, Law, and Resistance · 1 instructor on record · 10 sections

What the course score is made of
86BC evaluations10 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026
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
36thMore challenging than 36% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”10 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
41stMore work than 41% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
53BC — “Workload”10 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 will examine and analyze protest movements for racial and economic justice from 1896 to 1968 and how these struggles contributed to sweeping reforms in U.S. law and public policy during and beyond this period. This course will examine violence and other resistance, focusing on the legal and extra-legal strategies by disadvantaged ethnic minorities challenging de jure and de facto discrimination based on race, color, national origin, and/or ancestry. This course will be of special interest to students interested in social justice and those considering post-graduate legal studies.

The only instructor on record

10 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
Juan ConcepcionAfrican and African Diaspora Studies8610 records41st36th808 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Juan Concepcion is the only instructor with evaluation records for AADS 3310, 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.

Other AADS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
AADS 1110Introduction to African Diaspora Studies510 records80
AADS 1114When Gods Begin Again: Intro to African and African Diaspora Religions310 records84
AADS 2204Music and Social Justice210 records90
AADS 6600Senior Seminar: Theorizing the Diaspora46 records94
AADS 2182Black Popular Culture25 records90
AADS 2400Ifa: an Indigenous African Literary & Divinatory Tradition24 records87

The line

All 13 items · means across 10 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
8925th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
804th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9345th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9449th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
8113th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
8621st pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9672nd pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
8936th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
8626th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
8213th 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.
5341st pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
8836th 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

10 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Juan ConcepcionSpring 2026019391
Juan ConcepcionFall 202501858660
Juan ConcepcionSpring 202501959540
Juan ConcepcionFall 202401868960
Juan ConcepcionSpring 202401919240
Juan ConcepcionFall 2023018691
Juan ConcepcionSpring 202301959360
Juan ConcepcionFall 202201848560
Juan ConcepcionSpring 202201737840
Juan ConcepcionFall 202101676460

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.