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BSLW 2207

Urban Design: Introduction to Contemporary Issues · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

80BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 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

50thMore challenging than 50% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”5 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 explores the changing demands on urban environments in the twenty-first century and the latest policies, technologies, and design approaches being developed to address them. Topics will include analyses of the factors that shape cities' physical form, including zoning and regulatory contexts, real estate development patterns, transportation infrastructure, environmental challenges, and aesthetics. The material will be introduced as case studies and surveys, with presentations by design professionals, city officials, and real estate developers. Students will gain literacy in zoning, real estate metrics, planning, and issues related to architectural design and large-scale urban design. The semester will conclude with a final project synthesizing many of the topics covered.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Matthew LittellBusiness Law	825 records	78th	50th

There is no ranking to read here: Matthew Littell is the only instructor with evaluation records for BSLW 2207, so the number is a record, not a position.

Other BSLW classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
BSLW 1021Law I--Introduction to Law and Legal Process	12108 records	88
BSLW 3345Managing for Social Impact and the Public Good	524 records	85
BSLW 6001Leading for Social Impact	619 records	79
BSLW 2299Real Estate Field Projects	115 records	97
BSLW 2208Urban Action Lab	313 records	85
BSLW 1185Topics: Law and Economics	110 records	95

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

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

9239th pctl

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

8817th pctl

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

9029th pctl

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

9236th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9039th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8832nd pctl

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

9351st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9152nd 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.

8831st 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9050th pctl

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

9254th 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

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Matthew Littell	Fall 2025	01	80	75	60
Matthew Littell	Fall 2024	01	90	88	60
Matthew Littell	Fall 2023	01	71	74	—
Matthew Littell	Fall 2022	01	83	84	60
Matthew Littell	Fall 2021	01	86	80	60

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.