ADEN 1900
Literature of Transformation: System-Impacted Voices · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections
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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.
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.
In this class, students will join a community of learners to read texts that visualize life beyond the bounds of the carceral system. The classs focus is two-fold: 1) to delve into the liberatory power of literature and 2) to engage in the practical cultivation of college skills that will ensure student success at BC. Students will collaboratively read poetry, philosophical consolation, memoirs, essays, and short fiction to examine the ways that authors use literary expression to critique systems, to humanize individuals who have been incarcerated, and to imagine new futures. The assignments, activities, and projects will introduce students to college technologies, offer practice in planning and scheduling time, help students identify and utilize resources geared for student success, and prepare students to conduct library research. Students will also engage in self-reflection and create an academic plan that empowers them to make the most of their educational experience.
| Instructor | Overall | Workload | Challenge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle BrooksAdvancing Studies | 1003 records | 95th | 91st |
There is no ranking to read here: Michelle Brooks is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADEN 1900, so the number is a record, not a position.
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All 13 items · means across 3 recordsBar 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
3 sections · newest first| Instructor | Term | Sec | Instr | Course | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Brooks | Spring 2026 | 21 | 100 | 80 | 80 |
| Michelle Brooks | Spring 2025 | 21 | 100 | 100 | — |
| Michelle Brooks | Fall 2024 | 21 | 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.