Class record · INTL · MCAS

INTL 2840

Global China and the Belt and Road Initiative · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

77BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022

—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

13thMore challenging than 13% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

83BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”1 record · 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

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Andrew GrantInternational Studies Provisional	771 record	25th	13th

There is no ranking to read here: Andrew Grant is the only instructor with evaluation records for INTL 2840, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Andrew Grant

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
INTL 2204Where on Earth: Foundations in Global Culture & Political Geography	220 records	88
INTL 2540Political Geography and Geopolitics	22 records	72
INTL 2208Filling in the Maps: Geography You Should Know	11 record	100

Other INTL classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
INTL 2501Introduction to International Relations	754 records	81
INTL 5563Ethics, Religion, and International Politics	848 records	89
INTL 4941International Studies Senior Seminar	1022 records	84
INTL 2204Where on Earth: Foundations in Global Culture & Political Geography	220 records	88
INTL 2200Where on Earth: Foundations in Global History	611 records	73
INTL 3540Research Methods in International Studies	46 records	72

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

The Professor4 items

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

8820th pctl

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

8923rd pctl

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

817th pctl

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

815th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8523rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8937th pctl

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

9136th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8519th pctl

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

8939th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8831st 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.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8313th pctl

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

8726th 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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Andrew Grant	Spring 2022	01	77	77	40

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.