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ICSP 3310

Women and Gender in Islam · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

How the curve score is built

81Teaching90 raw · 65th percentile of BC classes

−2Easiness adjustmenteasiness 69 · 60 raw workload · lighter than 22% of BC classes

79Curve scorethe teaching curve −2 for the workload · at most ±6 either way

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 22% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of

90BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

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.

What the challenge rank is made of

85thMore challenging than 85% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

96BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 records · raw score out of 100

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.

What the workload rank is made of

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

60BC — “Workload”5 records · raw score out of 100

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.

This course explores women and gender roles in Islamic history, civilization, and societies, beginning with the pre-Islamic period and continuing through the present. The goal is to present women and womens issues as central to the main narrative of Islamic history, rather than as a side story. This course explores questions related to both historical and contemporary religious interpretation and practice, Sunni, Shia and Sufi, as well as the impact of religion and gender constructs on womens access to the public sphere, positions of leadership, and legal status.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Curve	Easiness	Challenge
Natana Delong-BasTheology	8393 raw · 5 records	68−2 to the score	85th

There is no ranking to read here: Natana Delong-Bas is the only instructor with evaluation records for ICSP 3310, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Natana Delong-Bas

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
THEO 1431Islam and Christianity in Dialogue	1341 records	78
ICSP 7101Readings and Research--Grad	55 records	—
THEO 1707Geographies of Imperialism: Theology of Colonization	13 records	82
ICSP 7855Modern/Contemporary Islam in Context	12 records	98
THEO 3200Engaging Interreligious Leadership	22 records	85
THEO 1703Building a Habitable Planet: Theological Perspectives	11 record	63

Other ICSP classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ICSP 2615Islam and Liberal Democracy	15 records	91
ICSP 7101Readings and Research--Grad	55 records	—
ICSP 1199Islamic Civilization	13 records	94
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 5 records

Instructor4

Course3

Feedback3

Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars 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

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Natana Delong-Bas	Fall 2025	01	100	90	—
Natana Delong-Bas	Fall 2024	01	100	100	60
Natana Delong-Bas	Fall 2023	01	100	100	—
Natana Delong-Bas	Fall 2022	01	87	87	60
Natana Delong-Bas	Fall 2021	01	80	76	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.