HIST 2804
Irish America · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections
Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 57% of BC classes.
The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.
How is this worked out?
That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.
Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.
How is this worked out?
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.
One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.
How is this worked out?
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.
Fulfills US History requirement for History Majors.This course will focus on the history of the Irish Diaspora to America from the beginning of the colonial period to the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 and the end of the Irish Civil War the following year.The course will begin with consideration of English intervention in Ireland during the Tudor and Stuart periods, with special emphasis on how colonization and conquest in Ireland set templates for the English colonization of what became the original thirteen United States. Attention will then shift to the first wave of Ulster migration to America during the Pre-Revolutionary War period. The focus will next include Irish political refugees to the United States following the failed rebellion of 1798, and then the issue of mass immigration during the Famine of 1845-1850 and beyond. The course will conclude with the interaction between Irish Americans and Irish Nationalism during the period leading to the Easter Uprising and its aftermath.Issues to be addressed will include Irish immigrant involvement in American politics. , the devotional revolution in the Roman Catholic Church, the labor movement, the womens rights movement, Irish American support for radical politics and independence in Ireland itself, and Irish American interaction with other oppressed and marginalized groups in American society.
| Instructor | Curve | Easiness | Challenge | RMP overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas MurphyHistory | 8392 raw · 3 records | 76±0 to the score | 53rd | 864 ratings · all classes |
There is no ranking to read here: Thomas Murphy is the only instructor with evaluation records for HIST 2804, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.
Also taught by Thomas Murphy
6 other classes| Class | Instructors | Course score |
|---|---|---|
| TMRE 7060Education in Living Faith: Foundations and Practice | 38 records | 90 |
| HIST 2401U.S. History I | 14 records | 83 |
| HIST 2402U.S. History II | 14 records | 90 |
| HIST 2817The U.S. Presidency | 13 records | 89 |
| HIST 2509Catholics and Social Justice | 12 records | 83 |
| HIST 2512The Jesuits: A Secret History | 22 records | 81 |
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 recordsBars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.
What each item asks
- Explains Clearly
- The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
- Available
- The instructor was available for help outside of class.
- Motivating
- The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
- Sparks Interest
- The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
- Organized
- The course was well organized.
- Clear Goals
- The learning objectives for the course were clear.
- Useful Later
- What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
- Assignments
- Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
- Fast Feedback
- I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
- Useful Feedback
- The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
- Workload
- How 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.
- Challenge
- The course was intellectually challenging.
- Attendance
- Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.
Why these numbers are curved
Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Murphy | Fall 2025 | 01 | 94 | 85 | 60 |
| Thomas Murphy | Spring 2025 | 01 | 96 | 88 | 40 |
| Thomas Murphy | Spring 2024 | 01 | 87 | 82 | 60 |
How to read this board
Instructors 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.