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ADCJ 3051

American Institutions · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022 – Fall 2025

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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

52ndMore challenging than 52% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 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

33rdMore work than 33% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

48BC — “Workload”5 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.

The word institution has many meanings. In sociology, it means a large-scale arrangement created and maintained to serve the needs of society. The criminal justice system is one example. Another is marriage. In political science, institutions are the organizations that generate economic and social policy and mediate conflicts. The courts are an example; trade unions are another. In history, institutions are what shaped political, economic, and social outcomes in the past. One example is slavery. Another is the civil rights movement. This course uses these different yet often overlapping meanings of institutions to examine the American experience. In many cases the American experience is a shared one, yet in many cases the experiences of particular groups of people are distinctly different from those of others. Some Americans had to fight for their freedom. Some had to fight to be recognized as U.S. citizens. Women had to fight to be able to vote and to enter into contracts without their husbands permission. Some Americans had to fight to marry a person of another race or of the same gender. Others had to fight for a living wage. Some Americans accused of crimes had to fight to ensure that their rights were protected. Many of these fights occurred in courtrooms. This course uses summaries of important court decisions that were both shaped by, and helped to shape, the American institutions we have today. It also uses writings and speeches by individuals whose efforts made them key figures in their respective movements.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Peyton PaxsonAdvancing Studies	915 records	33rd	52nd

There is no ranking to read here: Peyton Paxson is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADCJ 3051, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Peyton Paxson

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADCJ 3010Criminal Law and Procedure	34 records	83
ADCO 1020Survey of Mass Communication	24 records	87
ADCJ 2101Corrections: Policies and Practices	11 record	79
ADCJ 4100Corrections: Policies and Practices	11 record	97

Other ADCJ classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADCJ 2001Crime and Punishment	15 records	95
ADCJ 1101Principles of Criminal Justice	24 records	87
ADCJ 3010Criminal Law and Procedure	34 records	83
ADCJ 1100Introduction to Social Justice	13 records	84
ADCJ 2000Criminology	12 records	93
ADCJ 2110Perspectives and Concepts of the Juvenile Justice System	12 records	77

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

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

9346th pctl

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

9240th pctl

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

9348th pctl

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

9338th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9676th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9574th pctl

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

9460th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9149th pctl

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

9572nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9466th 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.

4833rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9152nd pctl

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

8521st 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

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Peyton Paxson	Fall 2025	01	86	82	40
Peyton Paxson	Spring 2025	01	92	94	40
Peyton Paxson	Spring 2024	01	93	93	60
Peyton Paxson	Fall 2023	01	88	83	40
Peyton Paxson	Fall 2022	01	94	88	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.