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ARTH 2223

The Arts of Egypt · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

90BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024 – Spring 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

13thMore challenging than 13% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

83BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”2 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.

A survey of the art, architecture, and archaeology of the Nile Valley within the broader context of the ancient and medieval worlds. The course introduces major monuments and artistic developments in Egypt and neighboring lands from the Dynastic periods through the Hellenistic and Roman times and the advent of Christianity and Islam. Students will explore cross-cultural contacts and artistic exchange between the Nile Valley and the rest of North and East Africa as well as the broader Near East.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
John LansdowneAssistant Professor, Medieval Art · Art, Art History, and Film Provisional	942 records	25th	13th

There is no ranking to read here: John Lansdowne is the only instructor with evaluation records for ARTH 2223, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by John Lansdowne

5 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ARTH 1101Art: Prehistoric to Middle Ages	68 records	76
ARTH 2221Early Medieval Art	23 records	73
ARTH 3016Holy Lands	12 records	96
ARTH 1110Imperial Designs: Art and Rivalry in the Eastern Mediterranean Frontier	11 record	68
ARTH 4392Painting in Italy at the End of the Middle Ages	11 record	95

Other ARTH classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ARTH 1102Art: Renaissance to Modern Times	818 records	85
ARTH 2251Modern Architecture	110 records	82
ARTH 1101Art: Prehistoric to Middle Ages	68 records	76
ARTH 2205Early American Art	18 records	84
ARTH 4498Independent Study	56 records	100
ARTH 1107History of Architecture	15 records	81

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

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

9456th pctl

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

9666th pctl

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

9671st pctl

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

9878th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8419th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8831st pctl

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

9247th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8938th pctl

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

8939th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9253rd 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.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8313th pctl

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

9675th 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
John Lansdowne	Spring 2025	01	96	93	40
John Lansdowne	Spring 2024	01	92	88	40

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.