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ADHS 1321

Government, Globalism, Capitalism: A History · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

87BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 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

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

84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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”1 record · 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 involves a comprehensive survey of the connection between politics, economics, and internationalism, and the effects of this connection in the development of World History. In particular, the course takes an in-depth look at the beginnings of capitalism in the sixteenth century; at how capitalism affected, and was affected by, the growth of the nation state; and at how capitalism became the dominant economic, social, and, in some cases, the religious belief system for many countries, particularly those in the West. We will also look at how the concept of capitalism has fared against global challenges from newer political/economic/religious ideologies such as Socialism, Marxism, Communism, Fascism, and international terrorism. And, finally, we hope to identify just how the theory and practice of global capitalism has proven to be so resilient, despite its evident flaws, to the extent that it remains one of the major forms of economic, cultural, social, and political systems practiced by many countries in the world today. Throughout this course, issues of race, gender, class, nationality, religion, and age will be to the fore, as we strive to discover how the world came to be as it is today.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Michael PaulAdvancing Studies Provisional	891 record	25th	17th

There is no ranking to read here: Michael Paul is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADHS 1321, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Michael Paul

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADPO 1041Fundamental Concepts of Politics	24 records	89
ADHS 2320Remaking Europe - Marshall Plan to Brexit	13 records	91
ADHS 1142An Emerging World	12 records	99
ADHS 1125Diplomatic U.S. History	11 record	89
ADHS 1152Politics of Democracy: The West, the World, and the Coming of Democracy Since 1789	11 record	98
ADHS 1168Anglo-American Relations in Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries	11 record	87

Other ADHS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADHS 1801Themes of African History	19 records	89
ADHS 1902The Late Ottoman Empire and Egypt	16 records	87
ADHS 1081Modern History I	24 records	91
ADHS 2210For God and Country	13 records	81
ADHS 2320Remaking Europe - Marshall Plan to Brexit	13 records	91
ADHS 3002Women and Gender in World History	13 records	89

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

The Professor4 items

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

9134th pctl

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

9133rd pctl

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

9136th pctl

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

9340th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8728th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8832nd pctl

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

8927th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9150th pctl

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

9149th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9250th 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.

8624th 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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Michael Paul	Spring 2025	01	89	87	40

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.