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BIOL 4260

Human Anatomy with Lab · 1 instructor on record · 35 sections

How the curve score is built

76Teaching86 raw · 45th percentile of BC classes

−3Easiness adjustmenteasiness 65 · 76 raw workload · lighter than 13% of BC classes

73Curve scorethe teaching curve −3 for the workload · at most ±6 either way

Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 13% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of

86BC evaluations35 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.

How is this worked out?

That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.

What the challenge rank is made of

89thMore challenging than 89% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

97BC — “Intellectually Challenging”35 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.

How is this worked out?

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

87thMore work than 87% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

76BC — “Workload”35 records · raw score out of 100

One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.

How is this worked out?

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.

This course provides an intermediate level comprehensive study of the structure of the human body, emphasizing the relationships among tissues, organs, and organ systems. The lecture component introduces foundational anatomical terminology, structural organization, and the functional significance of major systems, including the skeletal, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. Clinical and some developmental correlations are integrated throughout to highlight applications in health, disease, and human movement. The Laboratory component includes an introductory study of histology and weekly system by system, hands-on dissections using the cat as our main model system along with various other preserved specimens. Prerequisite: BIOL2000 Molecules and Cells

The only instructor on record

35 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Curve	Easiness	Challenge	RMP overall
Lynn DibenedettoAssociate Professor of the Practice · Biology	7892 raw · 35 records	61−4 to the score	89th	6410 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Lynn Dibenedetto is the only instructor with evaluation records for BIOL 4260, 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 Lynn Dibenedetto

5 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
UNCS 2245First-Year Topic Seminar	32107 records	89
BIOL 4330Human Physiology	128 records	85
BIOL 3310Human Physiology Laboratory	18 records	86
BIOL 2025Medical Terminology	14 records	83
BIOL 3300Human Physiology	11 record	83

Other BIOL classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
BIOL 2040Investigations in Molecular Cell Biology Lab	2176 records	87
BIOL 1310Anatomy and Physiology Lab 1	443 records	78
BIOL 1330Anatomy and Physiology Lab 2	443 records	76
BIOL 2210Microbiology for Health Professionals Laboratory	341 records	84
BIOL 4330Human Physiology	128 records	85
BIOL 3050Genetics	225 records	73

The line

All 13 items · means across 35 records

Instructor4

Course3

Feedback3

Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.

What each item asks

Explains Clearly: The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
Available: The instructor was available for help outside of class.
Motivating: The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
Sparks Interest: The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
Organized: The course was well organized.
Clear Goals: The learning objectives for the course were clear.
Useful Later: What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
Assignments: Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
Fast Feedback: I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
Useful Feedback: The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
Workload: How 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.
Challenge: The course was intellectually challenging.
Attendance: Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.

Why these numbers are curved

Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. 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

35 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2025	01	93	85	80
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2025	02	93	78	—
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2025	03	91	89	60
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2025	04	88	80	—
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2025	05	93	80	40
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2025	06	98	94	100
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2025	07	86	82	80
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2024	01	91	83	100
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2024	02	84	80	100
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2024	03	85	73	60
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2024	04	94	89	60
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2024	05	93	91	80
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2024	06	95	92	60
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2024	07	93	94	80
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2023	01	92	84	—
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2023	02	84	78	—
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2023	03	96	93	—
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2023	04	93	89	—
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2023	05	96	88	—
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2023	06	91	84	—
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2023	07	85	84	—
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2022	01	93	86	100
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2022	02	89	88	60
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2022	03	95	92	100
Lynn Dibenedetto	Fall 2022	04	97	86	40

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How to read this board

Instructors 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.