Course Response Rate
| Raters | Students |
|---|---|
| Responded | 48 |
| Invited | 62 |
| Response Ratio | 77% |
Course General Questions
| Count | Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Unsatisfactory | Course Mean | FAS Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluate the course overall. | 40 | 45% | 33% | 18% | 5% | 0% | 4.18 | 4.18 |
| Course materials (readings, audio-visual materials, textbooks, lab manuals, website, etc.) | 40 | 48% | 30% | 23% | 0% | 0% | 4.25 | 4.19 |
| Assignments (exams, essays, problem sets, language homework, etc.) | 39 | 44% | 49% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 4.36 | 4.05 |
| Feedback you received on work you produced in this course | 40 | 53% | 25% | 18% | 5% | 0% | 4.25 | 4.08 |
| Section component of the course | 40 | 60% | 20% | 13% | 5% | 3% | 4.30 | 4.22 |
General Instructor Questions
| Count | Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Unsatisfactory | Instructor Mean | FAS Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluate your Instructor overall. | 28 | 50% | 29% | 18% | 4% | 0% | 4.25 | 4.49 |
| Gives effective lectures or presentations, if applicable | 29 | 59% | 21% | 17% | 3% | 0% | 4.34 | 4.40 |
| Is accessible outside of class (including after class, office hours, e-mail, etc.) | 21 | 38% | 29% | 29% | 5% | 0% | 4.00 | 4.47 |
| Generates enthusiasm for the subject matter | 29 | 66% | 21% | 14% | 0% | 0% | 4.52 | 4.55 |
| Facilitates discussion and encourages participation | 15 | 53% | 20% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 4.07 | 4.49 |
| Gives useful feedback on assignments | 6 | 83% | 17% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4.83 | 4.46 |
| Returns assignments in a timely fashion | 6 | 67% | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4.67 | 4.43 |
On average, how many hours per week did you spend on coursework outside of class? Enter a whole number between 0 and 168.
Frequency chart and mean excludes students who answered 31 or more hours.
On average, how many hours per week did you spend on coursework outside of class? Enter a whole number between 0 and 168.
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Response Count | 39 |
| Response Ratio | 63% |
| Mean | 3.77 |
| Median | 3.00 |
| Mode | 3 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.62 |
How strongly would you recommend this course to your peers?
How strongly would you recommend this course to your peers?
| Options | Score | Count | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recommend with Enthusiasm | 5 | 22 | 55% |
| Likely to Recommend | 4 | 15 | 38% |
| Recommend with Reservations | 3 | 3 | 8% |
| Unlikely to Recommend | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Definitely not Recommend | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Response Ratio | 65% |
| Mean | 4.48 |
| Median | 5.00 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.64 |
What was/were your reason(s) for enrolling in this course? (Please check all that apply)
| Options | Count |
|---|---|
| Elective | 21 |
| Concentration or Department Requirement | 15 |
| Secondary Field or Language Citation Requirement | 8 |
| Undergraduate General Education Requirement | 3 |
| Expository Writing Requirement | 0 |
| Foreign Language Requirement | 0 |
| Pre-Med Requirement | 0 |
| Divisional Distribution Requirement | 1 |
| Quantitative Reasoning with Data Requirement | 0 |
Comments from students
What would you like to tell future students about this class? (Your response to this question may be published anonymously.)
| Comments |
|---|
| This is a great intro course. The materials is super interesting, the professors and tfs are super nice and the course is not stressful and doesn't take up a lot of time outside of class. Everyone at Harvard should take this class. |
| Please take this class; It is a gem and very laidback. |
| This is a very politically correct Af Am course with almost a white–centered discussion of oppression |
| Be attentive because the information learned in this course can truly change the way you perceive the environment around you. |
| The section and the tfs (Panashe Chigumadzi and Katilau Mbindyo) were great!! Hammonds' lecture topics were interesting but sometimes delivered blandly. |
| Take this class! |
| .Lecture is the best part of this course, you really learn so much and the material is always interesting. |
| I always learned something new |
| This is an amazing course and I learned so much. Even if you feel like you've covered a lot of the topics on the syllabus in prior studies, you will still learn and in section you'll grow so much! |
| If you don't have to take this class as a requirement I honestly would not recommend it. The lecture–style format in my opinion makes it very challenging to actually retain material and you'll do a lot of self–teaching. With that being said the readings are very good and you certainly will expand your current view of Blackness and Black studies. |
| Course was awesome to open my eyes to how Eurocentric and White–centric our world is. Lectures were awesome to listen to, but a bit stressful when you realize that recordings are hard to find/hard to look up afterwards and lecture slides aren't posted online. |
| Take this class especially if professor gates is teaching. He has so much wisdom. |
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| Taking this class serves as a good introductory course for African American history. A lot of the material in this course may be things that you have already learned, but if you are considering concentrating in or getting a secondary in African American studies then I think that this is a good introduction to the department. |
| The class isn't difficult, but your experience can be TF dependent. |
| I do not think you'll regret taking this course. It's a broad introduction to one of the most rich, tragic, and fruitful part of American society. |
| While this class is very interesting, informative, and important, you might want to opt out if topics centered around Black oppression make you considerably depressed/angry/uncomfortable etc. |
| you will learn so many disturbing things, be prepared to be outraged and upset, do not pass up on this class! |
| This is a must–take class! They make it really accessible and everyone can learn from the material they teach and the conversations that the class fosters. |
| I enjoyed this course. Readings can be long and lectures are information heavy, but lecture recordings or slides are not provided, so you have to take very thorough notes to answer very specific quiz questions. I found the essays to be appropriately challenging. |
| I would definitely take this class if your interested in AAAS. Great introduction, and not too much reading or work. |
| Brilliant professors and guests, great readings and conversation, provides such essential context for understanding the country we live in. |