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ICSP 2250

Conversion, Islam, and Politics in the Balkans · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

80BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – Spring 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

60thMore challenging than 60% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

92BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”2 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

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Mariela DakovaSlavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures Provisional	912 records	78th	60th

There is no ranking to read here: Mariela Dakova is the only instructor with evaluation records for ICSP 2250, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Mariela Dakova

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
SLAV 2169Introduction to Slavic Peoples and Cultures	25 records	80
SLAV 2065Society and National Identity in the Balkans	14 records	89
SLAV 1881Introduction to Bulgarian I	12 records	99
SLAV 1882Introduction to Bulgarian II	12 records	100
SLAV 2811Continuing Bulgarian I	12 records	97
SLAV 2812Continuing Bulgarian II	12 records	100

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 1199Islamic Civilization	13 records	94
ICSP 4942ICS Senior Seminar Continuation	13 records	95
ICSP 3315Islam and Modernity: The Turkish Experience	12 records	93

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9669th pctl

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

9562nd pctl

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

9242nd pctl

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

9555th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8316th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8726th pctl

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

9138th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9045th pctl

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

8833rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9043rd 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9260th pctl

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

9571st 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Mariela Dakova	Spring 2024	01	88	78	60
Mariela Dakova	Spring 2023	01	94	82	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.