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UNAS 1715

War and Peace: Historical and Literary Experiences · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

69BC evaluations3 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

42ndMore challenging than 42% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

89BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”3 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

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Thomas EpsteinProfessor of the Practice · Classical Studies	693 records	78th	42nd	6813 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Thomas Epstein is the only instructor with evaluation records for UNAS 1715, 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 Thomas Epstein

6 other classes

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FILM 2211Russian Cinema	13 records	95
CLAS 1604Perspectives on Art: Techniques and Technology	12 records	73
CLAS 1704Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov: What is the Good Life?	12 records	84

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All of them

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UNAS 3337Cross Currents: Thinking about Multicultural Leadership	1224 records	75

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

827th pctl

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

859th pctl

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

839th pctl

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

8611th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

776th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

764th pctl

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

8411th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8519th pctl

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

8318th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8315th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8942nd pctl

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

9039th 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Thomas Epstein	Spring 2026	01	49	51	—
Thomas Epstein	Spring 2025	01	71	68	60
Thomas Epstein	Fall 2021	01	87	89	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.