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SOCY 3375

American Economic Crisis and Social Change · 1 instructor on record · 9 sections

What the course score is made of

89BC evaluations9 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

62ndMore challenging than 62% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

92BC — “Intellectually Challenging”9 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

30thMore work than 30% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

46BC — “Workload”9 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.

Course is offered every semester. This course offers a new way to think about American and global capitalism, focusing on our values and our intertwined economic, environmental and social crises, including our current problems of corporate monopolies, extreme inequality, and the extinction threats of climate change and wars of mass destruction. We examine economic problems including poverty, debt, insecure jobs, unaffordable prices and the failure of many of our industries and corporations to compete globally. We also examine socio-economic crises including global warming, systemic racism, overweening corporate power and erosion of democracy. We look finally at how to transform our socio-economic system toward a more just, sustainable and democratic economy and society.

The only instructor on record

9 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Charles DerberProfessor · Sociology	899 records	30th	62nd	8210 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Charles Derber is the only instructor with evaluation records for SOCY 3375, 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 Charles Derber

2 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
SOCY 1049Social Problems	38 records	88
SOCY 1092Peace or War	15 records	81

Other SOCY classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
SOCY 1001Introductory Sociology	2657 records	82
SOCY 2210Research Methods	723 records	79
SOCY 1030Deviance and Social Control	213 records	74
SOCY 2215Social Theory	313 records	76
SOCY 2200Statistics	311 records	74
SOCY 1501Global Implications of Climate Change	310 records	78

The line

All 13 items · means across 9 records

The Professor4 items

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

9347th pctl

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

8818th pctl

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

9244th pctl

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

9552nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8729th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8937th pctl

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

9781st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9149th pctl

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

9147th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9358th 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.

4630th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9262nd pctl

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

9571st 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

9 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Charles Derber	Spring 2026	01	92	88	—
Charles Derber	Fall 2025	01	88	88	—
Charles Derber	Spring 2025	01	95	98	40
Charles Derber	Fall 2024	01	88	92	40
Charles Derber	Spring 2024	01	90	92	40
Charles Derber	Fall 2023	01	80	80	60
Charles Derber	Spring 2023	01	92	91	40
Charles Derber	Fall 2022	01	87	84	60
Charles Derber	Fall 2021	01	88	89	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.