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ICSP 1199

Islamic Civilization · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

94BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2023

—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

100thMore challenging than 100% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

100BC — “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

93rdMore work than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

80BC — “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	RMP overall
David DipasqualePolitical Science	983 records	93rd	100th	9020 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: David Dipasquale is the only instructor with evaluation records for ICSP 1199, 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 David Dipasquale

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
POLI 1042Introduction to Modern Politics	519 records	83
ICSP 2615Islam and Liberal Democracy	15 records	91
ICSP 4906Advanced Independent Research II	22 records	—
POLI 2605The Architecture of Power	12 records	90
POLI 2625Islam, the Muslim World, and Democratic Politics	12 records	38
POLI 2638Islamic Political Philosophy	12 records	94

Other ICSP classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ICSP 2615Islam and Liberal Democracy	15 records	91
ICSP 3310Women and Gender in Islam	15 records	90
ICSP 7101Readings and Research--Grad	55 records	—
ICSP 4942ICS Senior Seminar Continuation	13 records	95
ICSP 2250Conversion, Islam, and Politics in the Balkans	12 records	80
ICSP 3315Islam and Modernity: The Turkish Experience	12 records	93

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.

9779th pctl

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

9778th pctl

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

9773rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9991st pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9992nd pctl

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

9351st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9992nd pctl

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

9784th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9675th 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.

8093rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

100100th pctl

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

9989th 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
David Dipasquale	Fall 2023	01	97	93	—
David Dipasquale	Fall 2022	01	97	94	80
David Dipasquale	Fall 2021	01	100	94	80

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.