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POLI 2440

A Continent on the Move: Immigration in Contemporary Europe · 1 instructor on record · 10 sections

What the course score is made of

86BC evaluations10 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—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

32ndMore challenging than 32% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”10 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

33rdMore work than 33% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

49BC — “Workload”10 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.

Why do people migrate? How do host states and societies react to an increasingly multicultural and diverse foreign population? What impacts the political, economic and socio-cultural incorporation of Europe's immigrants? This course explores the central debates in immigration studies through a survey of contemporary Western Europe, with cases comprising immigrant populations in both traditional immigrant receivers (e.g., Moroccans in France or Turks in Germany) and "new" immigration countries (e.g. Africans and Latin Americans in Spain or Poles and Nigerians in Ireland). Middle Eastern refugees in Europe will be discussed throughout the semester. Particular emphasis is placed on how the relationship between the immigrant and the receiving state transforms both.

The only instructor on record

10 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Elitsa MollesAdjunct Professor · Political Science	9110 records	33rd	32nd	887 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Elitsa Molles is the only instructor with evaluation records for POLI 2440, 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 Elitsa Molles

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
INTL 2436Comparative Politics of Populism and Migration in Europe	15 records	90
INTL 2546World Politics: Conflict and Cooperation	15 records	85
MCPO 1091Introduction to Comparative Politics	12 records	77

Other POLI classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
POLI 1021How to Rule the World: Introduction to Political Theory	645 records	82
POLI 1041Fundamental Concepts of Politics	1037 records	76
POLI 2360Seminar: Rights in Conflict	923 records	84
POLI 1042Introduction to Modern Politics	519 records	83
POLI 2665The Question of Justice	919 records	80
POLI 3510Globalization	110 records	87

The line

All 13 items · means across 10 records

The Professor4 items

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

9558th pctl

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

9671st pctl

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

9351st pctl

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

9446th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9465th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9464th pctl

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

9248th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9152nd pctl

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

9782nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9781st 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.

4933rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8732nd pctl

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

8727th 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

10 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Elitsa Molles	Spring 2026	01	94	89	—
Elitsa Molles	Fall 2025	01	91	86	40
Elitsa Molles	Spring 2025	01	92	86	40
Elitsa Molles	Fall 2024	01	90	86	60
Elitsa Molles	Spring 2024	01	95	88	60
Elitsa Molles	Fall 2023	01	93	90	60
Elitsa Molles	Spring 2023	01	93	85	40
Elitsa Molles	Fall 2022	01	89	86	40
Elitsa Molles	Spring 2022	01	87	77	40
Elitsa Molles	Fall 2021	01	92	88	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.