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INTL 2856

Contentious History and the Politics of Contemporary Korea · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

93BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2022 – Summer 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

26thMore challenging than 26% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

86BC — “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
Ingu HwangInternational Studies	943 records	93rd	26th	8816 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Ingu Hwang is the only instructor with evaluation records for INTL 2856, 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 Ingu Hwang

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
INTL 4941International Studies Senior Seminar	1022 records	84
UNAS 1716From Hiroshima to K-Pop: Historical Perspectives	18 records	90
INTL 2854Colonial Korea and its Legacies	14 records	86
INTL 2875Development and Social Justice in Korea	14 records	87
INTL 3530Korean War: Conflict, Security, and Peace	14 records	95
INTL 2860Human Rights in East Asia	12 records	79

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 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

9666th pctl

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

9883rd pctl

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

9668th pctl

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

9878th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9888th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9571st pctl

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

9673rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9153rd pctl

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

9040th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8519th 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.

8626th pctl

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

9781st 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
Ingu Hwang	Summer 2024	01	96	96	60
Ingu Hwang	Summer 2023	01	90	90	—
Ingu Hwang	Summer 2022	01	96	93	100

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.