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HIST 4225

The Witch, the Church, and the Law · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

96BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2024

—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

61stMore challenging than 61% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

92BC — “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.

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a convergence of political, social, and religious movements produced thousands of trials for crimes of witchcraft, sorcery, and superstition throughout Europe and in North America. This course explores these trials, particularly emphasizing their legal and ecclesiastical aspects. Related issues of popular belief in sorcery, magic, and diabolical activity will also be considered. Attention will be devoted to the question of why women were so frequently among the accused.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Virginia ReinburgProfessor · History	953 records	43rd	61st	765 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Virginia Reinburg is the only instructor with evaluation records for HIST 4225, 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 Virginia Reinburg

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
HIST 1801The Age of Revolutions	35 records	88
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HIST 8000Colloquium: Introduction to Doctoral Studies	35 records	91
HIST 1705Revolutionary Media: How Books Changed History	13 records	85
HIST 3223Study and Writing of History: Witchcraft and Witch Trials, 1550?1700	11 record	89
HIST 4223The French and Haitian Revolutions	11 record	86

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All of them

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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.

9778th pctl

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

9237th pctl

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

9671st pctl

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

9770th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9573rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9357th pctl

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

9457th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9575th pctl

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

8114th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8727th 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.

9261st pctl

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

9678th 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
Virginia Reinburg	Fall 2024	01	95	93	40
Virginia Reinburg	Spring 2023	01	97	96	60
Virginia Reinburg	Fall 2021	01	95	97	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.