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HIST 1027

Modern History I · 16 instructors on record · 22 sections

What the course score is made of

84BC evaluations22 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2022 – Summer 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

31stMore challenging than 31% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “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

81stMore work than 81% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

65BC — “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 covers several centuries of time and traces the political, social, economic, and cultural changes that created the modern world. Depending on the expertise of the instructor, different parts of the world may serve as focal points for examining the complex historical processes behind modern-day transnational relationships, values, and ideas. As part of the Core Curriculum, this course seeks to broaden students' intellectual horizons by exposing them to new places, periods, and perspectives.

The board

16 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 16Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

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. 4 of the 16 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Kevin MarchHistory Provisional	1002 records	78th	87th	—no page
2	Daniel CrownVisiting Assistant Professor · History Provisional	1001 record	100th	17th	—no page
3	Alexander D'aliseraVisiting Assistant Professor · History Provisional	922 records	—	—	—no page
4	Mia SwensonHistory Provisional fewer records	961 record	93rd	40th	—no page
5	Rachael YoungHistory Provisional	931 record	78th	2nd	1001 rating · all classes
6	Alaurea HolderHistory Provisional	921 record	—	52nd	—no page
7	Abigail HillTeaching Assistant · History Provisional	892 records	—	36th	—no page
8	Emily DupuisHistory Provisional fewer records	901 record	—	48th	—no page
9	Elspeth CurrieHistory Provisional	852 records	93rd	48th	—no page
10	Rachel BrodyHistory Provisional fewer records	831 record	—	—	5613 ratings · all classes
11	Avner GoldsteinTeaching Assistant · History Provisional	842 records	93rd	12th	—no page
12	Tiffany ThompsonHistory Provisional	801 record	25th	48th	—no page
13	Joshua TrueloveCommunication Provisional fewer records	781 record	78th	3rd	—no page
14	Khalil SawanTeaching Assistant · History Provisional	802 records	78th	100th	—no page
15	William StratfordHistory Provisional	741 record	—	25th	—no page
16	Robin RadnerHistory Provisional	731 record	25th	2nd	—no page

All 16 instructors listed.

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. 16 of 16 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.

9031st pctl

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

9240th pctl

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

8927th pctl

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

9131st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9464th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9255th pctl

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

8823rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9149th pctl

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

9467th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9359th 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.

6581st pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8731st pctl

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

8419th 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
Robin Radner	Summer 2025	01	73	80	40
Emily Dupuis	Summer 2025	02	90	80	—
Elspeth Currie	Summer 2025	03	84	76	—
Alaurea Holder	Summer 2025	05	92	88	—
Mia Swenson	Summer 2025	06	96	93	80
Alexander D'alisera	Summer 2024	01	89	80	—
Avner Goldstein	Summer 2024	02	78	80	80
Elspeth Currie	Summer 2024	03	86	82	80
Khalil Sawan	Summer 2024	04	88	85	60
William Stratford	Summer 2024	05	74	77	—
Abigail Hill	Summer 2024	06	88	72	—
Alexander D'alisera	Summer 2023	01	95	95	—
Rachel Brody	Summer 2023	02	83	78	—
Avner Goldstein	Summer 2023	03	90	96	—
Khalil Sawan	Summer 2023	04	73	68	—
Abigail Hill	Summer 2023	05	90	91	—
Kevin March	Summer 2022	01	100	100	80
Daniel Crown	Summer 2022	02	100	88	100
Kevin March	Summer 2022	03	100	93	40
Tiffany Thompson	Summer 2022	04	80	80	40
Joshua Truelove	Summer 2022	05	78	75	60
Rachael Young	Summer 2022	06	93	80	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.