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ARTS 1109

Design is Human · 1 instructor on record · 6 sections

What the course score is made of

69BC evaluations6 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – 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

2ndMore challenging than 2% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

74BC — “Intellectually Challenging”6 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”6 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

6 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Jennifer BurnsEnvironmental Studies	756 records	25th	2nd	1002 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Jennifer Burns is the only instructor with evaluation records for ARTS 1109, 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.

Also taught by Jennifer Burns

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ARTH 1102Art: Renaissance to Modern Times	818 records	85
ENVS 3355Sustainable Cities	27 records	87
ENVS 2240Ideas and Practices in Environmental Studies	25 records	78
ENVS 4006Place-making for a Net-Zero Future: Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design	15 records	85
ARTS 1602Perspectives on Art: Art and the Environment	12 records	74
ARTH 1720Animals in the Moral Imagination: Art and Empathy	11 record	36

Other ARTS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ARTS 1101Drawing I: Foundations	1045 records	76
ARTS 1102Painting I: Foundations	740 records	81
ARTS 1156Imagemaking with Photoshop and Illustrator	734 records	88
ARTS 1141Ceramics I	423 records	87
ARTS 1163Introduction to Digital Photography	522 records	91
ARTS 1161Photography I	520 records	93

The line

All 13 items · means across 6 records

The Professor4 items

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

817th pctl

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

836th pctl

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

794th pctl

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

814th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

702nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

691st pctl

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

805th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

763rd pctl

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

789th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

786th 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.

742nd pctl

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

798th 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

6 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jennifer Burns	Spring 2025	01	80	73	—
Jennifer Burns	Fall 2023	01	91	83	—
Jennifer Burns	Spring 2023	01	61	56	40
Jennifer Burns	Fall 2022	01	70	63	40
Jennifer Burns	Spring 2022	01	79	71	40
Jennifer Burns	Fall 2021	01	67	65	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.