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ACCT 8810

Communication Skills for Managers · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

93BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2022 – Summer 2025

—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

32ndMore challenging than 32% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 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

100thMore work than 100% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

100BC — “Workload”4 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.

This course focuses on specific practical applications of business communication required of MSA students and future managers. Writing assignments include memos, analytic reports, proposals, and a variety of business correspondence. Students also write collaboratively. This course is offered asynchronously, but students also meet with the instructor for personalized communications guidance. Students will not earn credit for both ACCT8810 and BCOM6688. Students should not take this course if they have taken or plan to take BCOM6688.

The only instructor on record

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Jocelyn RiceUndergrad Management Honors/Ethics	944 records	100th	32nd

There is no ranking to read here: Jocelyn Rice is the only instructor with evaluation records for ACCT 8810, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Jocelyn Rice

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ENGL 1010First Year Writing Seminar	136442 records	80
ENGL 1080Literature Core	90257 records	80
BCOM 1021Essential Business Communication	748 records	80
BCOM 6688Business Writing and Communication Skills for Managers	222 records	89

Other ACCT classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ACCT 1021Financial Accounting	25157 records	83
ACCT 3307Managerial Cost and Strategic Analysis	220 records	84
ACCT 3321Intermediate Accounting for Finance and Consulting	518 records	70
ACCT 1022Managerial Accounting	717 records	74
ACCT 4405Federal Taxation	217 records	87
ACCT 3302Financial Accounting Standards and Theory II	216 records	88

The line

All 13 items · means across 4 records

The Professor4 items

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

9451st pctl

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

9774th pctl

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

9240th pctl

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

9445th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9574th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9359th pctl

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

9248th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9258th pctl

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

9464th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9357th 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.

100100th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8732nd pctl

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

8937th 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

4 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jocelyn Rice	Summer 2025	01	89	89	—
Jocelyn Rice	Summer 2024	01	89	86	—
Jocelyn Rice	Summer 2023	01	96	96	—
Jocelyn Rice	Summer 2022	01	100	100	100

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.