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HIST 1621

The "Other" Americans: Representation and Reality in Asian America · 3 instructors on record · 13 sections

What the course score is made of

77BC evaluations13 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – 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

50thMore challenging than 50% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”13 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

43rdMore work than 43% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

54BC — “Workload”13 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 board

3 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.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
1	Arissa OhAssociate Professor · History	843 records	39th	52nd
2	Anthony TranCommunication Provisional	811 record	—	43rd
3	Hongyan YangComplex Problems and Enduring Questions	819 records	45th	49th

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. 1 of 3 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 line

All 13 items · means across 13 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.

8819th pctl

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

8824th pctl

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

9022nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8831st pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8831st pctl

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

8927th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8620th pctl

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

8731st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8417th 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.

5443rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9050th pctl

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

9250th 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

13 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Arissa Oh	Spring 2025	01	78	66	60
Hongyan Yang	Spring 2025	02	74	56	60
Hongyan Yang	Spring 2025	03	84	68	60
Hongyan Yang	Spring 2025	04	78	68	60
Hongyan Yang	Spring 2025	05	87	70	60
Anthony Tran	Spring 2023	01	81	80	—
Arissa Oh	Spring 2023	01	87	80	—
Hongyan Yang	Spring 2023	01	80	80	—
Hongyan Yang	Spring 2023	02	79	80	40
Hongyan Yang	Spring 2023	03	73	79	40
Hongyan Yang	Spring 2023	04	88	96	60
Hongyan Yang	Spring 2023	05	87	91	60
Arissa Oh	Spring 2023	06	88	84	40

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.