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HIST 1806

Podcasting the Ottomans · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

82BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 2026

—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

24thMore challenging than 24% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

86BC — “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

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

53BC — “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
Dana SajdiAssociate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies · History	873 records	43rd	24th

There is no ranking to read here: Dana Sajdi is the only instructor with evaluation records for HIST 1806, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Dana Sajdi

5 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
HIST 8000Colloquium: Introduction to Doctoral Studies	35 records	91
ICSP 7101Readings and Research--Grad	55 records	—
HIST 4122Odysseys in the Western and Islamic Traditions	22 records	100
HIST 3120Study and Writing: The Arabian Nights from Baghdad to Hollywood	11 record	90
HIST 5009Senior Colloquium: The Question of Palestine	11 record	97

Other HIST classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
HIST 1001Europe in the World 1	2077 records	72
HIST 1002Europe in the World II	1541 records	75
HIST 1113The African Diaspora and the World I	1239 records	76
HIST 1012Atlantic Worlds II: Race, Religion, and the Struggle for Democracy	1134 records	75
HIST 1093Modern History I	930 records	79
HIST 1094Modern History II	824 records	81

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.

9026th pctl

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

8714th pctl

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

9240th pctl

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

9449th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8012th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8211th pctl

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

8820th 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.

9040th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9039th 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.

5343rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8624th pctl

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

9249th 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
Dana Sajdi	Spring 2026	01	87	83	40
Dana Sajdi	Spring 2024	01	86	84	60
Dana Sajdi	Spring 2022	01	89	79	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.