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HIST 1006

Asia in the World II · 8 instructors on record · 22 sections

What the course score is made of

67BC evaluations22 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 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

5thMore challenging than 5% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

78BC — “Intellectually Challenging”22 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

3rdMore work than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

38BC — “Workload”22 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 examines Asia in the shaping of the modern world, from competing definitions of empires circa 1800 to the rise of the notion of the twenty-first century as a "Pacific Century." It investigates the definition(s) of Asia as a world region, explores transnational interactions, and emphasizes Asians as historical actors via written, visual, and aural sources. Events are placed in the context of key historical paradigms, including varying definitions of modernity, the rise of the nation-state, the birth of mass politics, new mechanisms of war, the language of self-determination, changing views of gender, shifting types of media/consumption, etc.

The board

8 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 1 of the 8 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Tiffany ThompsonHistory Provisional	942 records	25th	10th	—no page
2	Jacob SalibaHistory	816 records	3rd	6th	1003 ratings · all classes
3	Mia SwensonHistory Provisional fewer records	852 records	25th	4th	—no page
4	Anna PiecuchTeaching Assistant · History Provisional	832 records	2nd	3rd	—no page
5	Franziska SeraphimAssociate Professor · History Provisional	771 record	25th	5th	802 ratings · all classes
6	Yajun MoAssociate Professor · History Provisional	681 record	25th	9th	906 ratings · all classes
7	Nicholas QuadriniHistory	604 records	3rd	10th	—no page
8	Michael BaileyHistory	604 records	30th	2nd	3410 ratings · all classes

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 5 of 8 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 22 records

The Professor4 items

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

827th pctl

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

826th pctl

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

806th pctl

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

803rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8112th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8110th pctl

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

783rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

796th pctl

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

8216th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8010th 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.

383rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

785th pctl

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

723rd 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

22 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Franziska Seraphim	Spring 2025	01	77	73	40
Jacob Saliba	Spring 2025	04	94	84	40
Jacob Saliba	Spring 2025	07	99	84	40
Mia Swenson	Spring 2025	08	80	75	40
Tiffany Thompson	Spring 2025	09	94	81	40
Tiffany Thompson	Spring 2025	11	93	84	40
Mia Swenson	Spring 2025	12	91	76	40
Anna Piecuch	Spring 2025	13	87	76	40
Anna Piecuch	Spring 2025	16	80	66	20
Yajun Mo	Spring 2022	21	68	61	40
Jacob Saliba	Spring 2022	22	84	76	20
Jacob Saliba	Spring 2022	23	80	57	40
Nicholas Quadrini	Spring 2022	24	60	70	40
Michael Bailey	Spring 2022	25	80	75	40
Jacob Saliba	Spring 2022	26	64	60	40
Jacob Saliba	Spring 2022	27	68	60	40
Nicholas Quadrini	Spring 2022	28	50	60	40
Michael Bailey	Spring 2022	29	56	43	—
Nicholas Quadrini	Spring 2022	30	68	56	20
Nicholas Quadrini	Spring 2022	31	63	55	40
Michael Bailey	Spring 2022	32	40	47	40
Michael Bailey	Spring 2022	33	63	57	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.