Course Response Rate
| Raters | Students |
|---|---|
| Responded | 15 |
| Invited | 19 |
| Response Ratio | 79% |
Course General Questions
| Count | Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Unsatisfactory | Course Mean | FAS Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluate the course overall. | 15 | 67% | 20% | 13% | 0% | 0% | 4.53 | 4.22 |
| Course materials (readings, audio-visual materials, textbooks, lab manuals, website, etc.) | 15 | 67% | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4.67 | 4.22 |
| Assignments (exams, essays, problem sets, language homework, etc.) | 15 | 67% | 20% | 0% | 13% | 0% | 4.40 | 4.10 |
| Feedback you received on work you produced in this course | 14 | 21% | 14% | 29% | 29% | 7% | 3.14 | 4.11 |
| Section component of the course | 15 | 53% | 27% | 13% | 7% | 0% | 4.27 | 4.25 |
General Instructor Questions
| Count | Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Unsatisfactory | Instructor Mean | FAS Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluate your Instructor overall. | 15 | 80% | 13% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 4.73 | 4.53 |
| Gives effective lectures or presentations, if applicable | 15 | 80% | 7% | 13% | 0% | 0% | 4.67 | 4.43 |
| Is accessible outside of class (including after class, office hours, e-mail, etc.) | 15 | 73% | 27% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4.73 | 4.50 |
| Generates enthusiasm for the subject matter | 14 | 79% | 21% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4.79 | 4.60 |
| Facilitates discussion and encourages participation | 14 | 71% | 14% | 7% | 7% | 0% | 4.50 | 4.53 |
| Gives useful feedback on assignments | 4 | 75% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 4.00 | 4.48 |
| Returns assignments in a timely fashion | 5 | 60% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 3.40 | 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 | 14 |
| Response Ratio | 74% |
| Mean | 5.21 |
| Median | 5.50 |
| Mode | 6 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.89 |
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 | 10 | 67% |
| Likely to Recommend | 4 | 3 | 20% |
| Recommend with Reservations | 3 | 1 | 7% |
| Unlikely to Recommend | 2 | 1 | 7% |
| Definitely not Recommend | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Response Ratio | 79% |
| Mean | 4.47 |
| Median | 5.00 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.92 |
What was/were your reason(s) for enrolling in this course? (Please check all that apply)
| Options | Count |
|---|---|
| Elective | 9 |
| Concentration or Department Requirement | 5 |
| Secondary Field or Language Citation Requirement | 2 |
| Undergraduate General Education Requirement | 0 |
| Expository Writing Requirement | 0 |
| Foreign Language Requirement | 0 |
| Pre-Med Requirement | 0 |
| Divisional Distribution Requirement | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|
| Take this course! Professor McCarthy is an amazing lecturer, you will learn so much from this course. I'd highly recommend this course for English concentrators and anyone thinking about doing Afam. This course was really excellent, the books we read are so interesting and all connect to one another. The courseload is more than manageable, so don't let that deter you. |
| This is one of my favorite classes I've ever taken at Harvard. Prof. McCarthy is an excellent lecturer and an incredible teacher. I learned so much, the readings were great, class discussion was always engaging. I would leave class and spend all of lunch telling my friends about what we had talked about because the material was that interesting and presented in such an engaging way. I thought about the topics we were discussing in class a ton outside of class and I know that I'll be thinking about them for a long time to come. Can't recommend it highly enough. |
| Incredible lectures |
| TAKE THIS CLASS! you will definitely enjoy your experience! Especially if you are looking to learn more about Black history, this class is for you! Professor McCarthy is an amazing teacher who truly cares about his students and will work with you to succeed as well as get you to think more about the course materials. This class is a must take :) |
| TAKE THIS COURSE!! You will learn so much, you will actually want to go to lecture and do readings because they both are interesting, and you will not be too stressed out. This class is really special. but if you take the course you should definitely make an effort to really engage with it, because people who didn't try to get the most out of it really wasted a great opportunity. classes like these are what I want to get out of my harvard education , and these are the classes where I'm going to look back and remember how it impacted me |
| This class is great!! Prof McCarthy is so engaged with the content and really cares about the students. The lectures are pretty interesting and provide a lot of context to the readings. Sometimes the readings can be a bit lengthy but its' manageable. I really recommend if you’re interested in Black liberation theory and Black studies. |
| Take the course. |
| This is a wonderful course, and great for getting better context behind many African–American historical figures and schools of thought which you might have heard about but might not know too much on. The discussions are great and the material applicable to real life. And McCarthy is an awesome lecturer. |