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ADHS 2410

Special Topics: Geopolitics of the Cold War: Origins, Consequences, and the New World (Dis)Order · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

97BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · 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

48thMore challenging than 48% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “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.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Michael PaulAdvancing Studies Provisional	961 record	78th	48th

There is no ranking to read here: Michael Paul is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADHS 2410, 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.

9986th pctl

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

9667th pctl

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

9986th pctl

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

100100th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9785th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9786th pctl

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

9571st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9788th pctl

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

9676th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9675th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9048th pctl

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

9466th 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 2026	01	96	97	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.