POLI 3527
Terrorism, Insurgency, and Political Violence · 1 instructor on record · 10 sections
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Terrorism, insurgency, and political violence are unfortunately all around us. Whether its the targeting of elected officials in the U.S. or the killing of civilians in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, or ongoing civil wars in Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence by and against non-state actors is the most common form of conflict in the 21st century. Are terrorism and political violence inventions from the modern era, or do they have a deeper past? What drives an individual to join an armed group? Why do some groups choose to employ violence, while others do not? Are terrorism and insurgency effective political tactics? Just how significant is the threat of terrorism to you and to others around the world? This course will address these and other questions, while introducing students to relevant analytical frameworks, theories, and cases concerning terrorism, insurgency, and related forms of political violence.In addition to its topical focus, this course could rightly be called a methods course. Students in the class will learn how to improve their analytical thinking, conduct high quality research, and present an effective argument, both orally and in writing. They will learn the potential and pitfalls of theories of political violence through constant analysis and engagement with the history of terrorism and insurgency. By the conclusion of the course, students will emerge not only with a far richer understanding of these issues, but also as more sophisticated consumers, analysts, and producers of knowledge.
| Instructor | Overall | Workload | Challenge | RMP overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter KrauseAssociate Professor · Political Science | 9310 records | 46th | 87th | 947 ratings · all classes |
There is no ranking to read here: Peter Krause is the only instructor with evaluation records for POLI 3527, 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 Peter Krause
6 other classes| Class | Instructors | Course score |
|---|---|---|
| INTL 2501Introduction to International Relations | 754 records | 81 |
| POLI 1202Research Methods and Political Violence | 17 records | 97 |
| INTL 3541Research Methods in Political Science | 13 records | 93 |
| POLI 1207Research Methods and Political Violence II | 13 records | 92 |
| POLI 3570The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | 12 records | 97 |
| POLI 4593International Relations of the Middle East | 11 record | 88 |
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 2440A Continent on the Move: Immigration in Contemporary Europe | 110 records | 86 |
The line
All 13 items · means across 10 recordsBar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Krause | Fall 2025 | 01 | 95 | 93 | 60 |
| Peter Krause | Summer 2025 | 01 | 100 | 92 | 60 |
| Peter Krause | Summer 2025 | 02 | 100 | 100 | — |
| Peter Krause | Fall 2024 | 01 | 100 | 98 | 60 |
| Peter Krause | Summer 2024 | 01 | 95 | 100 | — |
| Peter Krause | Fall 2023 | 01 | 99 | 96 | — |
| Peter Krause | Summer 2023 | 01 | 85 | 85 | — |
| Peter Krause | Summer 2023 | 02 | 60 | 60 | — |
| Peter Krause | Summer 2022 | 01 | 100 | 80 | 40 |
| Peter Krause | Fall 2021 | 01 | 100 | 93 | 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.