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GERM 2242

Germany Divided and Reunited · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – Fall 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

41stMore challenging than 41% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

89BC — “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

30thMore work than 30% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

47BC — “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.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Daniel BowlesAssociate Professor, German Studies · Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies	923 records	30th	41st	966 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Daniel Bowles is the only instructor with evaluation records for GERM 2242, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Daniel Bowles

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
GERM 2001German Composition and Conversation I	45 records	97
GERM 2002German Composition and Conversation II	45 records	87
GERM 1601Perspectives on Art: Expression and Explosion	12 records	94
GERM 2163Triumphant Calamity: The Modern Condition	12 records	90
GERM 3006Kindheit und Krise	12 records	88
GERM 1701Constructing Deviance: Madmen, Hysterics, and Criminals	11 record	78

Other GERM classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
GERM 1001Elementary German I	420 records	85
GERM 1002Elementary German II	318 records	81
GERM 1050Intermediate German I	616 records	83
GERM 1061Intensive Reading in German	216 records	84
GERM 1051Intermediate German II	615 records	86
GERM 1003Elementary German Practicum I	25 records	85

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.

9561st pctl

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

9343rd pctl

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

9243rd pctl

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

9552nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9150th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9363rd pctl

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

9242nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8726th pctl

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

9359th 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.

4730th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8941st pctl

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

9676th 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

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Daniel Bowles	Fall 2025	01	92	89	40
Daniel Bowles	Fall 2024	01	93	87	40
Daniel Bowles	Spring 2023	01	91	87	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.