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Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.ECON 9902962.LAWS 8856973.PRTO 3300984.BSLW 2299975.PHIL 4932986.LAWS 8308987.SCWK 9960998.EESC 99011009.MUSP 16609610.UGMG 10109811.UNCP 55119712.SCWK 883197

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Class record · POLI · MCAS

POLI 3505

The Future of War · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
95BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2023
—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

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What the challenge rank is made of
—BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record — does not contribute

Boston College's “intellectually challenging” question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not an easy class.

What the workload rank is made of
—BC — “Workload”1 record — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

This course is class-restricted to juniors and seniors.. What is the future of war? This question has persistently occupied scholars, policymakers, and military analysts. Yet, as new technologies emerge, politics shift, and security threats expand, it takes on increasing relevance and urgency in contemporary international politics. This course will explore historical and contemporary questions about the future of war related to why states fight wars, how they fight wars, and how they seek to regulate the conduct of war in light of new technologies.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
Jennifer EricksonInternational Studies Provisional961 record——827 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Jennifer Erickson is the only instructor with evaluation records for POLI 3505, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Jennifer Erickson

4 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
INTL 2501Introduction to International Relations754 records81
POLI 2541Global Governance13 records83
POLI 7807Field Seminar in International Relations12 records90
POLI 3520Seminar: Globalization and National Security11 record100

Other POLI classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
POLI 1021How to Rule the World: Introduction to Political Theory645 records82
POLI 1041Fundamental Concepts of Politics1037 records76
POLI 2360Seminar: Rights in Conflict923 records84
POLI 1042Introduction to Modern Politics519 records83
POLI 2665The Question of Justice919 records80
POLI 2440A Continent on the Move: Immigration in Contemporary Europe110 records86

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Game log

1 section · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Jennifer EricksonFall 2023019695—

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.