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Positions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

Class record · ADHA · ADV

ADHA 7035

Healthcare Innovation-Based Strategy: Managing Change · 1 instructor on record · 12 sections

What the course score is made of
62BC evaluations12 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 1 2023 – Summer 2024
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
25thMore challenging than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
86BC — “Intellectually Challenging”12 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”12 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.

The only instructor on record

12 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
Karen SmithAdvancing Studies6112 records100th25th401 rating · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Karen Smith is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADHA 7035, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Other ADHA classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ADHA 7050Smart Healthcare: Digital Strategies and Business Models218 records88
ADHA 7000Blueprints of Care: Mapping Health Systems and Structures for Population Health314 records92
ADHA 7015Innovative Leaders: Transformational Health Leadership114 records96
ADHA 7045From Data to Decisions: Health and Healthcare Analytics114 records96
ADHA 7010From Capitol to Clinic: The Intersection of Health Policy and Practice212 records90
ADHA 7025The Price of Care: Financial Decision Making in Healthcare112 records88

The line

All 13 items · means across 12 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
681st pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
815th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
681st pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
731st pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
755th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
702nd pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
751st pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
701st pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
8420th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
765th 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.
8625th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
682nd 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

12 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Karen SmithSummer 2024016973100
Karen SmithSummer 2023016666
Karen SmithSummer 2022014951100
Karen SmithSpring 2022016976
Karen SmithFall 2021016760
Karen Smith2024FALL1017774100
Karen SmithMidterm Fall 2022014040100
Karen SmithMidterm Fall 2023014043100
Karen SmithMidterm Fall 2025014050100
Karen SmithMidterm Spring 2024017882100
Karen SmithMidterm Spring 2025016056100
Karen SmithSpring 1 2023017469

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.