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Class record · ARTH · MCAS

ARTH 3332

Italian High Renaissance Art · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of
89BC 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
22ndMore challenging than 22% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
85BC — “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.

The course studies the High Renaissance, of brief duration (1500-1520), but whose artists, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael, attained a level of creative accomplishment that served as a model for years to come. We explore the development of style, artistic rivalry, relationships between patrons and artists, the creation of Renaissance Rome, and competing artistic developments in Venice. This year, we focus especially on Leonardo in celebration of the 500th anniversary of his death. We also trace the development of art after Raphael's death in 1520, to understand how artists reacted to the challenge of the High Renaissance.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Amy GolahnyPart-time Faculty, Art History · Art, Art History, and Film Provisional892 records25th22nd

There is no ranking to read here: Amy Golahny is the only instructor with evaluation records for ARTH 3332, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Amy Golahny

2 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ARTH 2232Northern Renaissance Art24 records77
ARTH 3342Age of Rembrandt in a Global Context13 records81

Other ARTH classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ARTH 1102Art: Renaissance to Modern Times818 records85
ARTH 2251Modern Architecture110 records82
ARTH 1101Art: Prehistoric to Middle Ages68 records76
ARTH 2205Early American Art18 records84
ARTH 4498Independent Study56 records100
ARTH 1107History of Architecture15 records81

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.
9134th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9345th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9239th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9131st pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
8938th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9043rd pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9137th 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.
9358th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
8830th 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.
8522nd pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9145th 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
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Amy GolahnySpring 202501898840
Amy GolahnySpring 202401888940

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.