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HIST 1012

Atlantic Worlds II: Race, Religion, and the Struggle for Democracy · 11 instructors on record · 34 sections

What the course score is made of

75BC evaluations34 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2023

—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

17thMore challenging than 17% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”34 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”34 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.

Formerly Modern Atlantic Worlds This course is a continuation of Atlantic Worlds I, but with new thematic impulses. The course looks at: 1.) The Enlightenment and its challenges to religion; 2.) The rise of the teleological ideology of Marxism/Leninism and its political properties in relation to religion, race, and the state; 3.) European colonial expansionism and its implementation in areas of the world where democratic values were becoming skewed over time; 4.) racial thinking and the role of the churches in the 20th century as eugenic movements swept through various sections of the democracies and as totalitarianism rose in Europe. Business history, Latin American history, African history, Jesuit history, and even the history of Jazz all play a role in this class on the ever-expanding Atlantic World!

The board

11 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 11 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Meghan MccoyHistory	933 records	25th	14th	—no page
2	Daniel CrownVisiting Assistant Professor · History	923 records	3rd	17th	—no page
3	Laura ClerxVisiting Assistant Professor · History	913 records	25th	44th	—no page
4	Mia MichaelHistory	863 records	25th	24th	—no page
5	Brianna ReisbeckHistory	843 records	3rd	10th	—no page
6	William StratfordHistory Provisional	822 records	25th	4th	—no page
7	Avner GoldsteinTeaching Assistant · History	823 records	25th	13th	—no page
8	Robin RadnerHistory	813 records	1st	20th	—no page
9	Charles GallagherHistory Provisional	762 records	39th	17th	5215 ratings · all classes
10	Dominic FerraraHistory fewer records	763 records	25th	19th	—no page
11	Daniel RuizHistory	776 records	25th	18th	—no page

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. 2 of 11 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 34 records

The Professor4 items

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

9027th pctl

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

9028th pctl

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

8719th pctl

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

8921st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8521st pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8520th pctl

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

8410th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8211th pctl

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

9045th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8935th 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.

8417th pctl

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

8935th 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

34 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Daniel Ruiz	Fall 2023	02	70	78	40
Daniel Ruiz	Fall 2023	04	58	69	40
Meghan Mccoy	Fall 2023	05	97	83	—
William Stratford	Fall 2023	06	82	75	40
Meghan Mccoy	Fall 2023	07	98	84	40
William Stratford	Fall 2023	08	81	72	40
Dominic Ferrara	Fall 2023	09	70	64	40
Robin Radner	Fall 2023	10	80	85	40
Daniel Ruiz	Fall 2023	11	85	88	—
Robin Radner	Fall 2023	12	82	84	20
Meghan Mccoy	Fall 2023	13	85	83	—
Robin Radner	Fall 2023	14	80	80	20
Dominic Ferrara	Fall 2023	15	75	78	40
Dominic Ferrara	Fall 2023	16	83	80	—
Charles Gallagher	Spring 2023	01	70	61	40
Daniel Ruiz	Spring 2023	02	82	74	40
Daniel Ruiz	Spring 2023	03	82	70	40
Daniel Crown	Spring 2023	04	93	69	40
Brianna Reisbeck	Spring 2023	05	82	71	40
Daniel Ruiz	Spring 2023	06	86	76	40
Brianna Reisbeck	Spring 2023	07	84	69	40
Brianna Reisbeck	Spring 2023	08	86	73	20
Avner Goldstein	Spring 2023	09	87	76	40
Daniel Crown	Spring 2023	10	96	77	40
Daniel Crown	Spring 2023	11	87	71	20

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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.