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ADPL 1810

Special Topics: Our Common Home: Philosophies of Ecology · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

91BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2024 – 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

53rdMore challenging than 53% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

93rdMore work than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

80BC — “Workload”2 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 a journey through the diverse landscape of ecological thinking as shaped by diverse world philosophical systems. "Our Common Home: Philosophies of Ecology" delves into the intersections of ecology, philosophy, religion, and cultural perspectives to unravel the intricate relationships between humans and the natural world. The title, and course, emphasize the bond of responsibility between human communities as the home we share. The title, and course, also emphasize that earth is the common home not just between human beings, but also between humans and all other plants and animals. The word ecology means literally the study of home. The way we think and feel about our home shapes how we interact with it, and how we relate to one another within it. The course will feature diverse readings from ancient philosophy and religion, to poetry and literature, to contemporary articles in ecological science. Our efforts to understand the various ways of thinking about ecology will take us around the world and down through history.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Eric SeversonAdvancing Studies Provisional	942 records	93rd	53rd

There is no ranking to read here: Eric Severson is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADPL 1810, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Eric Severson

2 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADPL 1500Ethics	413 records	89
ADPL 1800World Philosophies	18 records	90

Other ADPL classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADPL 1500Ethics	413 records	89
ADPL 1800World Philosophies	18 records	90
ADPL 2011True Detectives: Investigating the Crimes and Mysteries of Existence	18 records	90
ADPL 1070Philosophy of the Person I	36 records	83
ADPL 1483Philosophy of Human Sexuality	14 records	91
ADPL 1498Philosophy of Cinema	14 records	95

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

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

9564th pctl

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

9237th pctl

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

9565th pctl

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

9771st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9469th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9678th pctl

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

9351st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9474th 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.

9254th 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.

8093rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9153rd pctl

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

9147th 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Eric Severson	Fall 2025	01	91	86	80
Eric Severson	Fall 2024	01	97	97	—

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.