Course Response Rate
| Raters | Students |
|---|---|
| Responded | 10 |
| Invited | 11 |
| Response Ratio | 91% |
Course General Questions
| Count | Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Unsatisfactory | Course Mean | FAS Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluate the course overall. | 9 | 44% | 44% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 4.33 | 4.22 |
| Course materials (readings, audio-visual materials, textbooks, lab manuals, website, etc.) | 9 | 44% | 22% | 33% | 0% | 0% | 4.11 | 4.22 |
| Assignments (exams, essays, problem sets, language homework, etc.) | 8 | 63% | 25% | 13% | 0% | 0% | 4.50 | 4.10 |
| Feedback you received on work you produced in this course | 9 | 33% | 44% | 22% | 0% | 0% | 4.11 | 4.11 |
| Section component of the course | 3 | 33% | 0% | 33% | 33% | 0% | 3.33 | 4.25 |
General Instructor Questions
| Count | Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Unsatisfactory | Instructor Mean | FAS Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluate your Instructor overall. | 9 | 78% | 11% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 4.67 | 4.53 |
| Gives effective lectures or presentations, if applicable | 9 | 56% | 22% | 11% | 11% | 0% | 4.22 | 4.43 |
| Is accessible outside of class (including after class, office hours, e-mail, etc.) | 9 | 89% | 0% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 4.78 | 4.50 |
| Generates enthusiasm for the subject matter | 9 | 67% | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4.67 | 4.60 |
| Facilitates discussion and encourages participation | 9 | 44% | 11% | 11% | 33% | 0% | 3.67 | 4.53 |
| Gives useful feedback on assignments | 9 | 67% | 22% | 0% | 11% | 0% | 4.44 | 4.48 |
| Returns assignments in a timely fashion | 9 | 89% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4.89 | 4.46 |
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 | 9 |
| Response Ratio | 82% |
| Mean | 3.44 |
| Median | 3.00 |
| Mode | 3 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.24 |
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 | 5 | 56% |
| Likely to Recommend | 4 | 2 | 22% |
| Recommend with Reservations | 3 | 2 | 22% |
| Unlikely to Recommend | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Definitely not Recommend | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Response Ratio | 82% |
| Mean | 4.33 |
| Median | 5.00 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.87 |
What was/were your reason(s) for enrolling in this course? (Please check all that apply)
| Options | Count |
|---|---|
| Elective | 6 |
| Concentration or Department Requirement | 3 |
| Secondary Field or Language Citation Requirement | 1 |
| Undergraduate General Education Requirement | 0 |
| 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 course provides a rare opportunity to discuss a variety of topics and geographical contexts through a single lens, in this case mobility studies. Regardless of your own academic trajectory, the readings and discussions in this course will be relevant to your work and complicate/enrich your approach to your own study. At times, the course felt like a survey course—taking on themes of gender, urbanism, migration, and environmental change one at a time. On a weekly basis, this course does not demand a lot of work as there are usually only a couple of short–medium journal articles/book chapters to read. Discussion posts are flexible and generative and assignments are not overly long. While I am glad I took this course, I would have a couple of reservations in recommending this class to peers. First, the Professor has a habit of jumping into discussions so frequently that students became hesitant to speak. At times, discussions felt stifled by this dynamic and seemed to drag on despite the general interest in the topics being discussed. Changes to discussion formatting could improve this and it certainly wasn't a deal breaker. Additionally, assignment feedback was pretty minimal and if you are looking for a class to dramatically improve your academic writing, this likely would not be it. That being said, this class really could be whatever you make it—ample opportunities for presentations, wide open essay prompts, and an open ended final all make it an ideal class to adapt to your own academic needs. |
| This could be a valuable course if you are interested in mobility studies. I now have a much more comprehensive understanding of the intersections between movement, identity, and privilege. |
| PLEASE take this class!!! Do not be afraid of the grade components, Professor Agbiboa is extremely considerate and passionate about his work and not at all a harsh grader. I never realized how interrelated mobility studies is with my lived experiences and it was the first time I felt seen and heard in a class at Harvard. I doubt I will ever be able to use my identities and experiences to inform academic discussion. Truly life changing. Take it! |
| The course was definitely interesting for putting mobility on the table as an analytic but the course material is very wide ranging so your understanding of the topic will still be general. The readings are really short but they're hit and miss and much of class time will be spent listening to the professor speak generally about tangentially related topics. If there is a very specific topic related to mobility you're looking to explore, then maybe this is a good class for you —you could do this through the papers and presentations, of which there are many—but otherwise you won't gain a rigorous understanding of the material. |
| interesting readings! if you have anything related to mobility studies in mind already that you want to explore further, the essays are a nice place to do so because daniel provides purposefully open–ended essay prompts that you can run with. |