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POLI 4491

Russian Politics · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

93BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – 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

51stMore challenging than 51% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

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

40BC — “Workload”2 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

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Gerald EasterPolitical Science Provisional	962 records	25th	51st

There is no ranking to read here: Gerald Easter is the only instructor with evaluation records for POLI 4491, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Gerald Easter

5 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
POLI 4934Honors Seminar	23 records	91
POLI 7809Modern State	12 records	93
POLI 4498Ethnopolitics in Eastern Europe	11 record	97
POLI 7805Comparative Authoritarianism: Russia and China	11 record	95
POLI 7808Comparative Regime Change	11 record	82

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 2 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.

9345th pctl

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

9457th pctl

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

9983rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8832nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9254th pctl

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

9457th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9362nd pctl

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

100100th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9253rd 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.

9151st pctl

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

9253rd 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Gerald Easter	Spring 2026	01	97	94	40
Gerald Easter	Spring 2023	01	94	91	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.