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CLAS 2250

Multiculturalism in the Roman Empire · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

94BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022

—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

21stMore challenging than 21% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

85BC — “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.

From its beginnings as a small city-state in central Italy, Rome built a vast multicultural empire stretching across the entire Mediterranean and much of Europe. We will travel through this empire, visiting such different peoples and provinces as the Germans and the Jews, Britain and Greece. How did those people remain loyal to their origins while also becoming Roman? How did the different cultures included within the empire transform who "the Romans" were and what it meant to be Roman? How did the emperors--those larger-than-life figures like Augustus and Nero--use the diversity of the empire to craft their public images as conquerors or as...Greek actors? We'll use a combination of written sources, archaeological evidence, and even visual art to investigate these questions and to explore the ever-expanding melting pot of the Roman world.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Mark ThatcherAssociate Professor of the Practice · Classical Studies Provisional	961 record	78th	21st	929 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Mark Thatcher is the only instructor with evaluation records for CLAS 2250, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Mark Thatcher

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
CLAS 1011Elementary Latin II	416 records	83
CLAS 1010Elementary Latin I	312 records	80
CLAS 1053Intermediate Ancient Greek II	26 records	95
CLAS 2205Greek History	15 records	91
CLAS 3302Greek Rhetoric	13 records	99
CLAS 2207Greeks and Barbarians	12 records	85

Other CLAS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
CLAS 1057Intermediate Latin II	417 records	85
CLAS 1011Elementary Latin II	416 records	83
CLAS 1056Intermediate Latin I	314 records	82
CLAS 1010Elementary Latin I	312 records	80
CLAS 1020Elementary Ancient Greek I	16 records	95
CLAS 1021Elementary Ancient Greek II	16 records	94

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.

9773rd 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.

9244th pctl

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

9445th 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.

9243rd 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.

9989th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9679th 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.

8521st pctl

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

9043rd 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
Mark Thatcher	Fall 2022	01	96	94	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.