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POLI 4497

The Politics of Contemporary India: Democracy and Identity · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

77BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 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

64thMore challenging than 64% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

93BC — “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

—BC — “Workload”2 records — 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.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Thibaud MarcessePolitical Science Provisional	862 records	—	64th	946 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Thibaud Marcesse is the only instructor with evaluation records for POLI 4497, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, 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 Thibaud Marcesse

5 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
POLI 2412Political Parties, Voters and Party Systems in Comparative Perspective	15 records	82
POLI 2407Introduction to South Asian Politics	14 records	92
POLI 2413The New Worlds of Welfare Capitalism: Economic Reform, Redistribution, and Social Policy	14 records	86
POLI 4496Democracy and Political Mediation in the Global South	12 records	97
POLI 7803Field Seminar in Comparative Politics	22 records	79

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.

9240th pctl

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

9028th pctl

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

9242nd pctl

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

8921st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9145th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9358th pctl

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

772nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8725th pctl

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

631st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8725th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9364th pctl

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

9252nd 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. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Thibaud Marcesse	Spring 2026	01	85	68	—
Thibaud Marcesse	Fall 2023	01	86	86	—

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.