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ADHS 2320

Remaking Europe - Marshall Plan to Brexit · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of
91BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2023 – Summer 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
74thMore challenging than 74% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
94BC — “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
95thMore work than 95% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
90BC — “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 is an examination of European history since the end of World War Two. In this course, students will analyze how the politics, culture, and society of both Western and Eastern Europe were transformed after 1945. Topics covered include the end of World War Two; emergence of Cold War; decolonization; the economic, political, and cultural forces integral to the development of the European Union; the fall of communism; internal migration and its effects on relations between European states; the role of economics, politics, culture, and migration in facilitating the path to the decision by the people of Britain to leave the edifice of the European Union (Brexit). Special focus is placed on identities and interests of individual European countries, how these identities and interests have changed since 1945, and how these changes have affected the European experiment.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Michael PaulAdvancing Studies943 records95th74th

There is no ranking to read here: Michael Paul is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADHS 2320, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Michael Paul

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ADPO 1041Fundamental Concepts of Politics24 records89
ADHS 1142An Emerging World12 records99
ADHS 1125Diplomatic U.S. History11 record89
ADHS 1152Politics of Democracy: The West, the World, and the Coming of Democracy Since 178911 record98
ADHS 1168Anglo-American Relations in Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries11 record87
ADHS 1311Development of the Pre-Modern World11 record90

Other ADHS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ADHS 1801Themes of African History19 records89
ADHS 1902The Late Ottoman Empire and Egypt16 records87
ADHS 1081Modern History I24 records91
ADHS 2210For God and Country13 records81
ADHS 3002Women and Gender in World History13 records89
ADHS 1011Atlantic Worlds12 records88

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.
9883rd pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9881st pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9778th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9663rd pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
100100th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9889th 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.
9471st pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9677th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9677th 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.
9095th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9474th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8112th 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
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Michael PaulSummer 2025019898100
Michael PaulSummer 202401928480
Michael PaulSummer 2023019191

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.