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Instructor record · International Studies · Spring 2024 – Spring 2025

Francis O'donnell

International Studies · 6 evaluation records across 1 class

On this class's board
What the overall is made of
86BC evaluations6 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024 – Spring 2025
Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

Sources are averaged by how much we trust each one and by how many records sit behind it, so a handful of reviews nudges the number rather than replacing it.

What the challenge rank is made of
BC — “Intellectually Challenging”6 records — does not contribute

Boston College's “intellectually challenging” question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not an easy class.

What the workload rank is made of
BC — “Workload”6 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 line

All 13 items · means across 6 records

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Class by class

1 class · 6 sections

How each position is worked outPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

INTL 2501 Introduction to International RelationsOvr86ChalWork
On this class's board4th of 7 instructors

6 sections on record · course itself rated 85 out of 100. See the full board for INTL 2501.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Spring 2025088988
Spring 2025097775
Spring 2025109893
Spring 2024088284
Spring 2024099193
Spring 2024107878
All 13 items for INTL 2501

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

How to read this pageScores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Almost every class scores high on that scale (the median is about 90), so challenge and workload are shown as a rank against every instructor we hold rather than as a score; the raw figure is in the breakdown above. Neither describes quality, and neither is ever marked better or worse anywhere on this site. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero. The position printed against each class is this instructor's place on that class's own board, computed from the same records the board itself is built from.